Healthy Respect

Ethics in Health Care

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

Health care professionals are becoming increasingly aware of the moral dilemmas fundamental to their work. Healthy Respect introduces and analyses the moral concepts and values of health care for all those working in the medical profession, in order that they may examine their own moral and value judgements and appreciate how they might be influenced by them at work. The topics covered include: consent, confidentiality, giving or withholding information, the economics of healthcare, terminal care, resuscitation, testing of drugs Written in a clear, easily accessible style, this book presents many questions, cases and exercises throughout which will stimulate thought and discussion in the reader making it highly suited to all those actively engaged in health care.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-05-12
Mått:138 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:415 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:310
Upplaga:2
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
Medarbetare:Malcolm Macnaughton
ISBN:9780192624086

Utforska kategorier

Hälso- och sjukvårdsrätt inom Juridik
Läkare / patientrelation inom Medicin
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

Healthy Respect' aims at emphasising the moral and ethical problems that arise in everyday practice - "the dust of the arena." As a result the reader cannot fail to enjoy participating.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface to second edition ; 1. Knowledge, skills, and values ; 2. Scientific understanding and decision-making ; 3. Moral values ; 4. Autonomy and respect ; 5. Embryos, persons and other human beings ; 6. Indidivual and group responsibility ; 7. Moral conflict and moral deficiency ; 8. Alternative views of human nature ; 9. Arguments ; 10. Learning and teaching moral values ; 11. Making contact and making decisions ; 12. Working together ; 13. A question of living ; 14. Quality of life ; 15. Health: the moral issues ; 16. A question of dying ; 17. A question of economics ; 18. Moral aspects of research ; 19. Quality in health care ; 20. Codes of ethics ; Bibliography ; Index