What are Values and Values-based practice?
Everyone
has them. Most organisations claim to have them. What are they? The
aim of values-based practice is to support effective health care
decision making. As a set of practical tools, VBP gives us the skills
to respond in a positive and problem-solving way to the increasingly
complex values that are involved in every aspect of modern health care.
VBP is in this respect similar to evidence-based practice. Both aim to
support health care decision making.
Evidence-based practice
relies on objective evidence derived from research. With evidence,
objectivity (freedom from bias) is important. VBP, by contrast, relies
on subjectivity. It seeks to get as close as possible to the values,
the points of view and perspectives of those directly concerned in a
given direction.
Resources
Whose Values - Workbook
NMHDU (formerly NIMHE) Values Framework
Notes & Annotated Reading Guide
Presentation Slides
View the presentations below and download copies of the slides
Values Based Practice and the new Mental Health Act - Download a copy
Guiding Principles -Download a copy
Finding a Shared Vision of How People`s Mental Health Problems Should be Understood - Download a copy
Links
Warwick Medical School Values Based Practice