Books Three favourite... places near Guy’s Campus As recommended by Clair McInally, Senior Communications Officer, King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre John Keats statue, Counting House Colonnade
Values, Ethics & Health Care Dr Peter Duncan, Department of Education & Professional Studies
Why is thinking about values and ethics a crucial component of health care training and practice? How can we go about engaging in such thinking? Values, Ethics & Health Care responds to these essential questions. It examines key ethical frameworks and debates within the field of health care, locating them firmly in their social and occupational contexts. Guiding readers through a range of dilemmas and difficulties encountered in health care practice with case studies and real-life examples, this text illustrates how to apply knowledge to professional practice and decision-making. It offers a critical and reflective understanding of health care ethics and values and presents an interprofessional approach and relates theory to ‘everyday’ ethics. It also includes helpful features such as ‘thinking about’ points and links to further reading. This is essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates as well as practitioners in the field. SAGE Publications Ltd
Consuming Space: Placing Consumption in Perspective
Youth Prolonged: Old Age Postponed
Edited by Dr Michael Goodman and Professor Michael Redclift, Department of Geography, and David Goodman
Professor Robert Weale, Institute of Gerontology
An examination of the relationship between space, place and consumption offers important insights into some of the most powerful forces constructing contemporary societies. Space and place are made and remade through consumption. Yet how do cultures of consumption discover space, and how do they construct place? Consuming Space addresses these questions by exploring the implications of conceptualising consumption as a spatial, increasingly global, yet intensely localised activity. This work develops integrative approaches that articulate the processes involved in the production and consumption of space and place. The result is a varied, engaging, and innovative study of consumption and its role in structuring contemporary capitalist political economies which enriches our understanding of the diverse spatial and locational patterns and relations of consumption in modern society. Ashgate
What exactly is human ageing? Can it be slowed down? These questions have puzzled scientists and laymen alike for generations, and continue to do so today. The author addresses these thought-provoking issues by challenging pre-conceived notions of age-perception, age-acceptance and inter-age relations. Pertinent matters of age-related communication are dealt with, and the reader is treated to a grand tour of the latest theories of ageing, agerelated biological changes and age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s Disease. Here, the author’s expertise in agerelated eye diseases comes into its own. Professor Weale’s work not only underlines important genetic and avoidable risk factors but gives ample consideration to possible consequences stemming from different early lifestyles. Readers will re-consider their ideas of what it means to age, and gain a better understanding of what can and cannot slow down the process of ageing. Imperial College Press, 2010
If you have walked through the Counting House Colonnade to New Hunt’s House you might have noticed the petite body of John Keats peeking out from his stone alcove. This unobtrusive statue sitting quietly within the square of manicured grass is the first thing I see every morning before I start work, and he makes me smile. He is perfect company at lunch while you read a book or enjoy a coffee. Taz Cafe, Borough High Street
Taz is a small, unpretentious cafe that serves really good wholesome Turkish food at reasonable prices. Small stools and tables are available if you arrive at the right time; otherwise takeaway is always an option. I usually order the meze – offering a selection of different tastes all on one plate. Cobbled streets of London Bridge
The best thing about London Bridge for me is the cobbled streets. I love walking from London Bridge tube down to The Golden Hinde and along the Thames. I half expect the characters of a Dickens novel to walk by. The cobbled streets create an atmosphere that is so unique to this part of London. I feel like the past and the present are converging under my feet with every step. Email your three favourite things related to a Campus to: internalcommunications@ kcl.ac.uk
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