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Resolving Ethical Dilemmas

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Resolving Ethical Dilemmas

A Guide for Clinicians

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Every day clinicians encounter ethical dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient care. This timely Fourth Edition gives you expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan even when competing points of view have equal merit. Most chapters include real-life sample cases that the author walks through, discussing the salient issues and how to approach them.

Highlights of this edition include::

  • A new chapter on ethical issues in cross-cultural medicine
  • New material addressing conscientious objection by physicians, with particular reference to reproductive health and caring for underserved populations
  • Revised sections on disclosure of errors to patients, gifts to physicians from drug companies, involuntary psychiatric treatment, genomic medicine, and ethical issues during public health emergencies such as pandemics
  • Updates on organ transplantation including increasing the donor pool and non-heart beating donors
  • Updated references throughout
  • A summary of key points at the end of each chapter

A companion Website includes instant fully searchable text. This useful resource is a must-read for medical students and practicing professionals at every level of experience.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
42035
9780781793797
9780781793797

Data sheet

Publication date
2009
Issue number
4
Cover
paperback
Pages count
360
Dimensions (mm)
178 x 254
Weight (g)
590

  • Section I:: FUNDAMENTALS OF CLINICAL ETHICS

    • Chapter 1:: An Approach to Ethical Dilemmas in Patient Care
    • Chapter 2:: Overview of Ethical Guidelines
    • Chapter 3:: Informed Consent
    • Chapter 4:: Promoting the Patients Best Interests
    • Chapter 5:: Confidentiality
    • Chapter 6:: Avoiding Deception and Nondisclosure
    • Chapter 7:: Keeping Promises

    Section II:: SHARED DECISION MAKING

  • Chapter 8:: An Approach to Decisions about Clinical Interventions
  • Chapter 9:: Futile Interventions
  • Chapter 10:: Decision-making Capacity
  • Chapter 11:: Refusal of Treatment by Competent, Informed Patients
  • Chapter 12:: Standards for Decisions When Patients Lack Decision-making Capacity
  • Chapter 13:: Surrogate Decision Making
  • Chapter 14:: Persistent Disagreements over Care

Section III:: DECISIONS ABOUT LIFE-SUSTAINING INTERVENTIONS

Chapter 15:: Confusing Ethical Distinctions Chapter 16:: Ethics Consultations and Ethics Committees Chapter 17:: Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders Chapter 18:: Tube and Intravenous Feedings Chapter 19:: Physician-Assisted Suicide and Active Euthanasia Chapter 20:: The Persistent Vegetative State Chapter 21:: Determination of Death Chapter 22:: Legal Rulings on Life-Sustaining Interventions

Section IV:: THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP

Chapter 23:: Overview of the Doctor-Patient Relationship Chapter 24:: Refusal to Care for Patients Chapter 25:: Gifts from Patients to Physicians Chapter 26:: Sexual Contact between Physicians and Patients Chapter 27:: Secret Information about Patients Chapter 28:: Clinical Research

Section V:: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Chapter 29:: Overview of Conflicts of Interest Chapter 30:: Bedside Rationing of Health Care Chapter 31:: Incentives for Physicians to Increase Services Chapter 32:: Measures to Control Health Care Costs Chapter 33:: Gifts from Drug Companies Chapter 34:: Disclosing Errors Chapter 35:: Impaired Colleagues Chapter 36:: Ethical Dilemmas Students and House Staff Face

Section VI:: ETHICAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL SUBSPECIALTIES

Chapter 37:: Ethical Issues in Pediatrics Chapter 38:: Ethical Issues in Surgery Chapter 39:: Ethical Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology Chapter 40:: Ethical Issues in Psychiatry Chapter 41:: Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation Chapter 42:: Ethical issues in Genomic Medicine Chapter 43:: Ethical Issues in Public Health Emergencies Chapter 44:: Ethical Issues in Cross-Cultural Care

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