Health Care Ethics: Principles and Problems

by Rosellen M. Garrett; Harold W. Baillie; Thomas M. Garrett

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3rd

ISBN13:

9780138566340

ISBN10:

0138566348

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Pub. Date:

8/1/1997

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Prentice Hall, Incorporated

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Preface

vii

PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CARE ETHICS

(134)

1 Ethics, Professional Ethics, and Health Care Ethics

(26)

Theories of Ethics

(5)

The Dignity of the Individual

(6)

Applied Ethics

(2)

The Professions and Professional Ethics

(4)

The Health Care Professions

(6)

Summary

(1)

Notes

(1)

2 Principles of Autonomy and Informed Consent

(28)

General Formulation

(1)

Patient Autonomy: Informed Consent

(8)

Difficulties with Informing the Patient

(7)

Paternalism Weak and Strong

(6)

Problem Areas

(1)

Summary

(1)

Cases for Analysis

(3)

Notes

(2)

3 Principles of Beneficence and Nonmaleficence

(28)

Introduction

(2)

Specifications of Beneficence

(2)

Specifications of Nonmaleficence

(4)

The Patient's Obligation

(1)

The Health Care Provider's Obligation

(3)

The Surrogate's Obligation

(9)

Summary

(1)

Cases for Analysis

(5)

Notes

(2)

4 The Ethics of Distribution

(28)

Introduction

(1)

A Definition of Health and Disease

(8)

Theories and Their Limits

(6)

Microallocation: Individual and Institutional Rationing

(9)

Summary

106

(1)

Cases for Analysis

107

(3)

Notes

110

(1)

5 Principles of Confidentiality and Truthfulness

111

(24)

Introduction

111

(1)

Truthfulness

112

(5)

Confidentiality

117

(13)

Cases for Analysis

130

(4)

Notes

134

(1)

PROBLEMS OF HEALTH CARE ETHICS

135

(188)

6 Professional Standards and Institutional Ethics

135

(29)

Introduction

135

(1)

Judging Quality

136

(3)

The Obligation to Police

139

(8)

Institutional Ethics

147

(5)

Ethics Committees

152

(2)

Competition and Institutional Ethics

154

(5)

Summary

159

(1)

Cases for Analysis

159

(3)

Notes

162

(2)

7 Ethical Problems of Death and Dying

164

(31)

Introduction

164

(1)

Ethics of the Patient

164

(4)

Health Care Providers and the Ethics of Suicide Prevention

168

(2)

Health Care Providers and the Ethics of Cooperation in Suicide

170

(6)

Surrogates and the Termination of Treatment

176

(3)

Particular Issues

179

(13)

Summary

192

(1)

Cases for Analysis

192

(2)

Notes

194

(1)

8 Abortion and Maternal-Fetal Conflict

195

(29)

Introduction

195

(2)

The Supreme Court Decisions

197

(1)

The Definition and Types of Abortion

198

(1)

The Moral Status of the Fetus

199

(5)

The Rights of Pregnant Women

204

(6)

The Ethics of Abortion as a Social Phenomenon

210

(1)

Abortion and the Health Care Provider

211

(5)

Maternal-Fetal Conflict

216

(3)

Summary

219

(1)

Cases for Analysis

219

(3)

Notes

222

(2)

9 New Methods of Reproduction

224

(21)

Introduction

224

(1)

Methods of Artificial Insemination

225

(2)

In Vitro Fertilization

227

(4)

Surrogate Mothers

231

(4)

The Charge of Artificiality

235

(2)

The Ethics of the Health Care Provider

237

(3)

Cases for Analysis

240

(3)

Notes

243

(2)

10 The Ethics of Transplants

245

(26)

Introduction

245

(1)

The Ethics of Organ Donation

246

(7)

The Ethics of the Recipient

253

(1)

The Ethics of the Health Care Team

253

(6)

The Health Care Provider's Ethics of Distribution

259

(8)

Summary

267

(1)

Cases for Analysis

267

(3)

Notes

270

(1)

11 The Ethics of Testing and Screening

271

(21)

Introduction

271

(1)

Testing

272

(9)

Ethical Problems of Mass Screening

281

(7)

Summary

288

(1)

Cases for Analysis

289

(2)

Notes

291

(1)

12 The Ethics of Biomedical Research

292

(31)

Introduction

292

(1)

The Ethics of the Researcher

293

(13)

The Ethics of the Users of Research Results

306

(5)

Problem Areas

311

(5)

Cloning

316

(1)

Summary

317

(1)

Cases for Analysis

318

(4)

Notes

322

(1)

References

323

(16)

Index

339

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