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9780534247447

Moral Issues in Health Care: An Introduction to Medical Ethics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780534247447

  • ISBN10:

    053424744X

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-01-01
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

This text covers core topics in medical ethics: confidentiality, honesty, informed consent, etc. The first chapter provides background in ethical theory and subsequent chapters cover current issues in medical ethics. Legal and moral issues are examined by means of a number of case studies within each particular topic.

Table of Contents

Ethical Theoryp. 1
Moral Problems in the Health Care Practitioner-Patient Relationshipp. 29
Treatment and Informed Consentp. 68
Euthanasia and the Withdrawal of Lifesaving Treatmentp. 104
Abortionp. 147
Experimentation and the Use of Human Subjectsp. 183
Allocating and Obtaining Scarce Medical Resourcesp. 214
Codes of Ethicsp. 249
Indexp. 262
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