| Phys. Description |
x, 389 ; 26 cm |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An Approach to Ethical Dilemmas in Patient Care -- Overview of Ethical Guidelines -- Informed Consent -- Promoting the Patient's Best Interests -- Confidentiality -- Avoiding Deception and Nondisclosure -- Keeping Promises -- An Approach to Decisions About Clinical Interventions -- Decision-Making Capacity -- Refusal of Treatment by Competent, Informed Patients -- Who Serves as Surrogate When a Patient Lacks Decision-Making Capacity? -- Standards for Decisions When Patients Lack Decision-Making Capacity -- Persistent Disagreements Over Care -- Potentially Inappropriate Interventions Confusing Ethical Distinctions -- Ethics Consultations and Ethics Committees -- Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders -- Tube and Intravenous Feedings -- Physician-Assisted Suicide and Active Euthanasia -- Unresponsive Wakefulness and the Minimally Conscious State -- Determination of Death -- Legal Rulings on Life-Sustaining Interventions -- Overview of the Doctor-Patient Relationship -- Refusal to Care for Patients -- Gifts from Patients to Physicians -- Sexual Contact Between Physicians and Patients -- Secret Information About Patients -- Clinical Research -- Overview of Conflicts of Interest -- Health Outcomes, Access, and Cost in the United States -- Payments to Health Care Providers -- Bedside Rationing of Health Care -- Gifts from Drug Companies -- Disclosing Errors -- Impaired Colleagues -- Ethical Dilemmas Students and House Staff Face -- Ethical Issues in Pediatrics -- Ethical Issues in Surgery -- Ethical Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology -- Ethical Issues in Psychiatry -- Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation -- Ethical Issues at the Intersection of Public Health and Clinical Medicine -- Ethical Issues in Caring for Diverse Populations -- Ethical Issues with Digital Health Information -- Ethical Issues in Genomic Medicine -- Ethical Issues with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. |
| Subject |
Ethics, Clinical.
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Clinical Decision-Making -- ethics.
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| Other Number |
2018054744 |
| ISBN |
9781975103545 |
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