Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Seventh Edition
McGraw-Hill Medical (Verlag)
978-0-07-163414-4 (ISBN)
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A unique structured approach to solving ethical issues that arise in daily clinical practice
A Doody's Core title for 2015!
Clinical Ethics teaches the widely-known Four-Topics Method to help you make the right choice when facingcomplex ethical questions and dilemmas encountered during everyday patient care. You will learn an easy-to-apply system based on simple questions about medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features that clearly explain clinical ethics and helps you formulate a sound diagnosis and treatment strategy.
Goes beyond theory to offer a solid decision-making strategy applicable to real-world practiceNumerous clinical case examples link principles to everyday practice--many new to this editionPractical coverage of important legal issuesEthical considerations in palliative care, medically assisted death, clinical research, and other timely issuesPerfect for students, trainees, clinicians, ethics committee members, nurses, and patientsHandy four-topics chart pullout card
The content you need to make the right choice:
Introduction; Medical Intervention; Patient Preferences; Quality of Life; Contextual Features.
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
Introduction
The Four Topics
Resources in Clinical Ethics
Acknowledgments
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 (CPR) and Orders not to Resuscitate (DNR)
1.4 Medical Error
1.5 Determination of Death
1.6 Summary
1P Pediatric Notes
Topic Two: Patient Preferences
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
2P Pediatric Notes
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 Care of the Dying Patient
37. Treatment of Attempted or Suspected Suicides
3P Pediatric Notes
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
4.9 Clinical Teaching
4.10 Public Health
4.11 Organizational Ethics
4P Pediatric Notes
Locator
Pullout Card--The Four Topics Chart
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.6.2010 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | LANGE Clinical Science |
| Zusatzinfo | 30 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 114 x 295 mm |
| Gewicht | 315 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-163414-2 / 0071634142 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-163414-4 / 9780071634144 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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