CHORDS - Community: Healthcare Organisation and Regulation in a Diverse Society
Lead Research Organisation:
Keele University
Department Name: Inst for Law Politics and Justice
Abstract
The CHORDS scoping study set out to identify and critically examine the ways in which 'community' is conceptualised in health law and ethics. Drawing on a review of the existing literature, along with three in-depth case studies (on rural healthcare, organ transplants and alcohol policy), two main findings emerged. First, the community is frequently missing in legal and ethical analysis of healthcare, and where the term is used it is rare for there to be any critical analysis of the concept. Second, where the concept of community is used it carries considerable weight, with writers and policy-makers using it to support the legitimacy of actions and interventions. As a result we conclude that there is a need for further research critically analysing the ways in which concepts of community function in contemporary health law and ethics. More specifically there is a need for more research on the ways in which assumptions about the community are used in ethical and legal analysis of healthcare policy and practice, including the ways in which these are challenged by practices such as medical migration, and in critically analysing the way the good of the community is used in the justification of health policy.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Sheelagh McGuinness (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
McGuinness, S
(2011)
CHORDS: Community, Healthcare Organisation and Regulation in a Diverse Society
Description | The CHORDS scoping study set out to identify and critically examine the ways in which 'community' is conceptualised in health law and ethics. Drawing on a review of the existing literature, along with three in-depth case studies (on rural healthcare, organ transplants and alcohol policy), two main findings emerged. First, the community is frequently missing in legal and ethical analysis of healthcare, and where the term is used it is rare for there to be any critical analysis of the concept. Second, where the concept of community is used it carries considerable weight, with writers and policy-makers using it to support the legitimacy of actions and interventions. |
Exploitation Route | We conclude that there is a need for further research critically analysing the ways in which concepts of community function in contemporary health law and ethics. More specifically there is a need for more research on the ways in which assumptions about the community are used in ethical and legal analysis of healthcare policy and practice, including the ways in which these are challenged by practices such as medical migration, and in critically analysing the way the good of the community is used in the justification of health policy. |
Sectors | Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
Description | SLS Conference (Cambridge) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | We presented details of our scoping study at the Society of Legal Scholars Conference in Cambridge in September 2011. This is an annual event that brings together academics and researchers from across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |