Professional and Public Values in Health and Social Care
Samuriwo, Ray
Authors
Ray Samuriwo
Contributors
Graeme Smith
Editor
Andrew Todd
Editor
Abstract
Health and social care are laden with a plethora of professional and public values. However, few have sought to consider how these values are formed, surface and are enacted in health and social care. Fewer have consistently sought to elicit, understand and critique the values that exist in the complex ecology of care delivery. This chapter critically analyses the contribution of key contemporary practical theologians to the understanding of the values that are at play in health and social care with a focus on its relevance to contemporary and future work. The contribution of foundational practical theologians to the development of theory as well as practice in health and social care will be critically discussed in this chapter. It will also examine the relevance and importance of the work of foundational practical theologians in understanding, surfacing, describing and critiquing the values that are at play in different facets of health and social care. Further, it will consider the enduring legacy of Professor Pattison's work on values for the development of theory, the prosecution of future research and the praxis of health and social care and summarise the elements of health and social care that merit further understanding.
Citation
Samuriwo, R. (2024). Professional and Public Values in Health and Social Care. In G. Smith, & A. Todd (Eds.), Future Faith: Public and Practical Theologies for the Contemporary World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003389743
Online Publication Date
Dec 30, 2024
Publication Date
2024
Deposit Date
Jan 22, 2025
Publisher
Routledge
Peer Reviewed
Peer Reviewed
Book Title
Future Faith: Public and Practical Theologies for the Contemporary World
