Marketisation, ethics and healthcare: policy, practice and moral formation

How does the market in its various forms affect and redefine healthcare ethics?

The marketisation of Western healthcare systems has now proceeded well into its fourth decade, yet the distinction between what is a market and what is not a market has become increasingly opaque amidst changing discourses, policies and institutional structures.

Furthermore ethics as a discipline dealing with individual, clinical decisions appears to have become separated from political economy.

This volume explores how 'the market', in its various guises, continues to affect and redefine health professionals and impact on the care they provide.