Safety ethics; cases from aviation, healthcare, and occupational and environmental health.

SciTech Book News, June, 2005

T55

2004-027232

0-7546-4247-X

Safety ethics; cases from aviation, healthcare, and occupational and environmental health.

Patankar, Manoj S. et al.

Ashgate Publishing Co., [c]2005

228 p.

$69.95

Patankar (aviation science, Saint Louis University) looks at moral and ethical attitudes underlying the types of decisions that perpetuate many of the latent failures in safety-critical systems. He presents an interdisciplinary discussion of ethical decision-making, beginning with a concise introduction to ethical foundations followed by case studies from aviation, healthcare, and environmental and occupational health. The book offers insight for educators, regulators, and professional organizations in these areas.