Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Ninth Edition
McGraw-Hill Education (Verlag)
978-1-260-45754-4 (ISBN)
Clinical Ethics is the most popular clinically oriented guide to the complex field of medical ethics. It provides crystal-clear case-based coverage of ethical situations encountered in everyday medical practice.
This unparalleled guide is famous for its four-topics method of approaching ethical problems (medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features)—an organizational process that helps you better understand the complexities involved in clinical ethics cases and find a resolution for each case. In each chapter, the authors discuss case examples and provide analysis, comments, and specific recommendations.
Sections and chapters include:
TOPIC 1: Medical Indications
Indicated and Nonindicated Interventions
Clinical Judgment and Clinical Uncertainty
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Orders not to Resuscitate
Medical Error
Determination of Death
TOPIC 2: Preferences of Patients
Informed Consent
Decisional Capacity
Decision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated Patient
Surrogate Decision Makers
Failure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic Relationship
TOPIC 3: Quality of Life
Divergent Evaluations of Quality of Life
Enhancement Medicine
Compromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining Interventions
Pain Relief for Terminally Ill Patients
Medically Assisted Dying
Suicide
TOPIC 4: Contextual Features
Health Professions
Other Interested Parties
Confidentiality of Medical Information
Economics of Clinical Care
Allocation of Scarce Health Resources
Influence of Religion on Clinical Decisions
Role of Law in Clinical Ethics
Clinical Research and Education
Public Health
Organizational Ethics
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Introduction
The Four Topics
Ethical Reasoning in Clinical Ethics
Resources in Clinical Ethics
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
The Four Topics Chart
TOPIC ONE
Medical Indications
1.1 Indicated and Nonindicated Interventions
1.2 Clinical Judgment and Clinical Uncertainty
1.3 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Orders not to Resuscitate
1.4 Medical Error
1.5 Determination of Death
1.6 Summary
TOPIC TWO
Preferences of Patients
2.1 Informed Consent
2.2 Decisional Capacity
2.3 Decision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated Patient
2.4 Surrogate Decision Makers
2.5 Failure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic Relationship
TOPIC THREE
Quality of Life
3.1 Divergent Evaluations of Quality of Life
3.2 Enhancement Medicine
3.3 Compromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining Interventions
3.4 Pain Relief for Terminally Ill Patients
3.5 Medically Assisted Dying
3.6 Suicide
TOPIC FOUR
Contextual Features
4.1 Health Professions
4.2 Other Interested Parties
4.3 Confidentiality of Medical Information
4.4 Economics of Clinical Care
4.5 Allocation of Scarce Health Resources
4.6 Influence of Religion on Clinical Decisions
4.7 Role of Law in Clinical Ethics
4.8 Clinical Research and Education
4.9 Public Health
4.10 Organizational Ethics
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.12.2021 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 30 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | OH |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 226 mm |
| Gewicht | 358 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-260-45754-0 / 1260457540 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-260-45754-4 / 9781260457544 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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