Interprofessional Ethics: A Developing Field? Notes from the Ethics & Social Welfare Conference

Banks, S.

Abstract

This article discusses the nature of interprofessional ethics and some of the ethical issues and challenges that arise when practitioners from different professions work closely together in the fields of health and social care. The article draws on materials from a conference on this theme, covering issues of confidentiality and information sharing in practice and research with vulnerable people; challenges for teaching and learning about ethics in interprofessional settings; the potential of virtue ethics and an ethic of care for understanding and handling ethical issues in interprofessional practice; and the extent to which interprofessional working may be about surveillance and control. It concludes that the need to understand and handle ethical issues in interprofessional working is contributing to the revitalisation of professional ethics as a dynamic field of study.

Citation

Banks, S. (2010). Interprofessional Ethics: A Developing Field? Notes from the Ethics & Social Welfare Conference. Ethics and Social Welfare, 4(3), 280-294. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2010.516116

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2010-11
• Deposit Date: Mar 28, 2013
• Journal: Ethics and Social Welfare
• Print ISSN: 1749-6535
• Electronic ISSN: 1749-6543
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 280-294
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2010.516116
• Keywords: Interprofessional Ethics, Health Care, Social Care, Virtue Ethics, Ethic of Care, Professions, Interprofessional Education.