Ethics in Health Services and Policy (eBook)
304 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-0-470-94067-9 (ISBN)
Dean M. Harris, JD, is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and adjunct associate professor in the UNC School of Law. In addition, he serves as adjunct professor in the Health Economics and Management Institute (HEMI) in the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. Companion web site: www.josseybass.com/go/deanharris
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
The Author.
1 Ethical Theories and Bioethics in a Global
Perspective.
Theories of Ethics.
Are Theories of Ethics Global?
Can Theories of Ethics Encourage People to Do the Right
Thing?
2 Autonomy and Informed Consent in Global
Perspective.
Ethical Principles and Practical Issues of Informed Consent.
Does Informed Consent Really Matter to Patients?
Is Informed Consent a Universal Principle or a Cultural
Value?
3 Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment and Physician-Assisted
Suicide.
Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment at the End of Life.
Assisting Patients in Committing Suicide.
4 Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health.
Ethics of Abortion in Different Times, Places, and Cultures.
Current Ethical Issues in Abortion.
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Stem Cell Research.
Emergency Contraception.
Ethics of Imposing Conditions on Funding.
5 Ethical Issues of Female Genital Mutilation.
The Facts About FGM.
FGM as a Challenge to Ethical Relativism.
Ethics of FGM for Adult Women.
6 Ethical Issues of Research with Human Subjects.
Background Information and the Belmont Report.
Autonomy and Voluntary Informed Consent.
Beneficence and Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Issues of Justice and Fairness for Human Subjects.
7 The Right to Health Care, and Ethical Obligations to
Provide Care.
Is There an Ethical Right to Health Care?
Ethical Obligations of Health Care Professionals.
Ethical Obligations of for-Profit Health Care Providers.
8 Ethical Issues in Rationing and Allocation of Limited
Resources.
Levels of Allocating Resources.
Methods of Rationing Health Resources.
Comparative Effectiveness Research and Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis.
9 Ethical Issues of Health Insurance and Health System
Reform.
Ethical Issues in Financing Health Services and Designing
Insurance Systems.
Fundamental Values of Health Systems.
10 Ethical Issues in the Movement of Patients Across National
Borders.
Ethical Duties to Provide Health Care to Undocumented
Aliens.
Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism.
11 Ethical Issues in the Movement of Health Care
Professionals Across National Borders.
Ethical Issues in the Migration of Health Professionals.
Proposed Solutions and Their Ethical Implications.
Fair Treatment of Health Care Workers from Other Countries.
12 Corruption and Informal Payments in Health
Systems.
Payment of Informal Fees by Patients and Their Families.
Is Corruption Bad for Your (and Other People's) Health?
References.
Index.
"This comprehensive text is an excellent reference of ethical
issues in global health practice and policy for healthcare
professional students. Reading this text will challenge these
students to explore their own ideas about ethics and culture, which
will ultimately help them develop core competencies in delivering
or better understanding culturally competent
healthcare."
-- Emma McKim Mitchell, PhD RN, in World Health &
Population
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.3.2011 |
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Reihe/Serie | Jossey-Bass Public Health/Health Services Text | Jossey-Bass Public Health/Health Services Text |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
Schlagworte | Ãffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst u. Gesundheitspolitik • Ãffentliche Verwaltung u. Management • Business & Management • Ethik • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Gesundheitswesen • Health & Social Care • Krankenpflege • Law & Ethics in Nursing • nursing • Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst u. Gesundheitspolitik • Öffentliche Verwaltung u. Management • Public Administration & Management • Public Health Services & Policy • Recht u. Ethik f. Pflegeberufe • Wirtschaft u. Management |
ISBN-10 | 0-470-94067-0 / 0470940670 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-94067-9 / 9780470940679 |
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