Ethical dimensions in the health professions / Ruth Purtilo.

Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders Co., [1993], ©1993.

xxi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

2nd ed.

What is ethics and why is it useful? -- Elements of ethics -- Types of ethical problems -- Five-step process of ethical decision-making -- Student factors -- Responsibilites to the self -- Humanizing health care -- Confidentiality -- Information disclosure; truth-telling -- Information disclosure: informed consent -- The "difficult" patient and the suicidal patient -- Care for patients with terminal illness -- Support and challenge in professional peer relationships -- Blowing the whistle on incompetent or unethical colleagues -- Allocation of health care resources -- Compensatory justice -- Complex questions of justice -- The health professional in the policy domain -- The health professional as citizen.

Includes bibliographical references and index