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  • Hidden assets : values and decision-making in the NHS

    Schöpfer:
    King's Fund
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    Abstract:
    This book is based on a series of King's Fund seminars which looked at what values mean for a modern, publicly owned health organisation. It highlights specific value conflicts and argues that for values to 'live' as an organisational reality, trade-offs must be visible, managed and explicit. Topics include: the ...

  • Contested decisions : priority setting in the NHS

    Schöpfer:
    McIver, Shirley, King's Fund, and Ham, Chris
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    Abstract:
    This book is a sequel to 'Tragic Choices in Health Care: the case of Child B', and continues the examination of ethical questions and conflicts of interest arising from priority setting and treatment decisions. Discussing five cases where funding of a treatment was refused or questioned, it assesses whether lessons ...

  • Living values in the NHS : stories from the NHS's 50th year

    Schöpfer:
    King's Fund, Malby, Becky, and Pattison, Stephen
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    Abstract:
    The stories in this publication were told as a part of a King's Fund project that aimed to uncover some of the values that shape day-to-day action and behaviour in the NHS. In one-day storytelling workshops, staff were asked to recount recent experiences that mattered to them, and service users ...

  • Tragic choices in health care : the case of Child B

    Schöpfer:
    Pickard, Susan, Ham, Chris, and King's Fund
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    Abstract:
    This book tells the story of Jaymee Bowen (Child B) whose case has come to epitomise the dilemmas involved in making tragic choices in health care. It shows that the story was complex and not simply an example of health care rationing. While media reports at the time emphasised the ...