Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Seventh Edition

by Jonsen, Albert; Siegler, Mark; Winslade, William

• ISBN13: 9780071634144
• ISBN10: 0071634142
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical

Summary

Make the right choice when facing ethical issues in clinical practiceClinical Ethicsteaches health care professionals how to effectively identify, evaluate, and resolve ethical issues in clinical medicine. Utilizing the author's acclaimed "four topics" method and numerous illustrative case examples, the book enables practitioners to gain a better understanding of complexities involved in ethical cases and proceed to find a solution for each case. A great new design featuring a 2-color presentation New and expanded coverage of cultural issues in medical ethics Extensive use of clinical case scenarios, allow you to apply the book's basic concepts to real world patient encounters Features the famous Four Topics Method, an easy approach used to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical problems in clinical medicine Current opinion on complex and controversial issues such as physician-assisted death, genetic testing and screening, and stem-celled transplantation Coverage of ethical considerations in research trials, palliative care, and other growing medical areas Practical coverage of all the important legal issuesThe content you need to make the right choice: Introduction; Indications for Medical Intervention;Preferences of Patients;Quality of Life;Contextual Features.

Author Biography

Albert Jonsen, PhD, is one of the world's leading experts on clinical ethics. Professor Emeritus at the UCSF School of Medicine, Dr. Jonsen developed the four-topic" approach to medical ethics that is more explicitly clinical and real world than the established approaches to the subject.

Mark Siegler, MD is Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago and also a nationallyrenown expert on clinical ethics.

William Winslade, PhD, JD, is nationally known as a bioethicist and is Professor at theUniversity of Texas Medical Branch.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Four Topics	p. 2
Resources in Clinical Ethics	p. 5
Acknowledgements	p. 6
Bibliography	p. 7
The Four Topics Chart	p. 8
Medical Indications	p. 9
Indicated and Nonindicated Interventions	p. 18
Clinical Judgment and Clinical Uncertainty	p. 24
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Orders not to Resuscitate (DNR)	p. 30
Medical Error	p. 39
Determination of Death	p. 40
Summary	p. 43
Pediatric Notes	p. 44
Patient Preferences	p. 47
Informed Consent	p. 51
Decisional Capacity	p. 65
Decision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated Patient	p. 80
Surrogate Decision-Makers	p. 87
Failure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic Relationship	p. 92
Pediatric Notes	p. 102
Quality of Life	p. 109
Divergent Evaluations of Quality of Life	p. 116
Enhancement Medicine	p. 125
Compromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining Interventions	p. 126
Pain Relief for Terminally Ill Patients	p. 144
Medically Assisted Dying	p. 148
Care of the Dying Patient	p. 155
Treatment of Attempted or Suspected Suicides	p. 156
Pediatric Notes	p. 158
Contextual Features	p. 161
Health Professions	p. 165
Other Interested Parties	p. 170
Confidentiality of Medical Information	p. 174
Economics of Clinical Care	p. 181
Allocation of Scarce Health Resources	p. 187
Influence of Religion on Clinical Decisions	p. 199
Role of Law in Clinical Ethics	p. 201
Clinical Research	p. 203
Clinical Teaching	p. 211
Public Health	p. 214
Organizational Ethics	p. 219
Pediatric Notes	p. 222
Locator	p. 225
Pullout Card-The Four Topics Chart
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