Medical ethics and humanities / edited by Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon.

Date:
[2010], ©2010
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Publication/Creation

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

xvii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction to the study of ethics -- Theory in bioethics -- Principles of biomedical ethics -- The common moral system -- Case-based decision making in ethics -- Professionalism and the internal morality of medicine -- The provider-patient relationship -- Confidentiality -- Competence -- Informed consent I -- Informed consent II -- Ethics across the lifespan -- Ethics and genetics -- Human reproduction and birth -- The landscape of ethical issues in pediatrics -- Death -- End-of-life decision making -- Law -- Health law and medical malpractice -- My brother's keeper? : allocating legal responsibility among medical providers -- Humanities in medicine -- Introduction to medical humanities -- Reproduction and childbirth -- Midlife -- Aging and end of life.

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    Medical Collection
    W50 2010M48
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ISBN

  • 9780763760632
  • 0763760633