Healthcare Ethics and Professional Regulation in Operating Department Practice

doi:10.1017/9781108876902.004

Chapter 3 - Healthcare Ethics and Professional Regulation in Operating Department Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 August 2022

Edmund Horowicz and

Edited by

Paul Rawling and

Daniel Rodger: Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer in Perioperative Practice, London South Bank University
Kevin Henshaw: Affiliation:
Associate Head of Allied Health Professions, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
Paul Rawling: Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer in Perioperative Practice, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
Scott Miller: Affiliation:
Consultant Anaesthetist, St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

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In acknowledging that ethics should be regarded as the cornerstone of healthcare practice and the significance of professional regulation for healthcare practitioners providing patient care, it is vital to develop an understanding of how and why this is the case. This chapter has been written to support all perioperative practitioners in developing this knowledge in the context of the operating theatre. The chapter includes discussion of some of the key moral theories and frameworks that may be used to guide reflective, ethical decision making before moving on to consider the role of professional codes and regulation in prescribing and enforcing standards of professional conduct and directing ethical decision making.

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Ethics Moral Theory Principlism Professionalism Regulation Conscientious Objection

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