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Slow Ethics and the Art of Care

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The path to good care-giving can be challenging, particularly where practices are characterised by crisis, moral panic and cultural complexity. How can we respond ethically when there is pressure t...
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The path to good caregiving can be challenging. How can we respond ethically when there is pressure to meet targets, work faster and implement quick fixes? 

This book offers a solution in the form of slow ethics. Slow ethics counters the craving for short-term answers, restores balance and affirms the value of the art of care. The book features real-life stories from different care contexts, enticing readers to adopt an approach that enables humans, other species and the environment to flourish.
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Price: $61.99
Pages: 216
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Series: Emerald Points
Publication Date: 21 May 2020
ISBN: 9781839091988
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies, Health, Relationships & Personal development, HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies, PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions

'This book offers considerable insight into how health care might be delivered in the current challenging climate and leads the way in developing a new approach to delivering health care.'
Ann Gallagher is Professor of Ethics and Care at the International Care Ethics Observatory, University of Surrey, UK. She has published on a wide range of topics relating to ethics and care.
Chapter 1. Introducing Slow Ethics and the Art of Care 
Chapter 2. Sensitivity: A Nice Cup of Tea 
Chapter 3. Solidarity: Moral Repair and Caring about Ethics in Research Practice 
Chapter 4. Space: Moral Reflection, Ciúnas and the Art of Care 
Chapter 5. Sustainability: Enhancing the Ecology of Care 
Chapter 6. Scholarship: Sucking it Up and Restoring Humanity 
Chapter 7. Stories: The Millennial Samaritan