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• IntroductionThe Four Topics Ethical Reasoning in Clinical Ethics Resources in Clinical Ethics Acknowledgements Bibliography The Four Topics Chart TOPIC ONEMedical Indications 1.1 Indicated and Nonindicated Interventions1.2 Clinical Judgment and Clinical Uncertainty1.3 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Orders not to Resuscitate1.4 Medical Error1.5 Determination of Death1.6 Summary TOPIC TWOPreferences of Patients2.1 Informed Consent2.2 Decisional Capacity 2.3 Decision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated Patient 2.4 Surrogate Decision Makers 2.5 Failure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic RelationshipTOPIC THREEQuality of Life3.1 Divergent Evaluations of Quality of Life3.2 Enhancement Medicine3.3 Compromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining Interventions3.4 Pain Relief for Terminally Ill Patients3.5 Medically Assisted Dying3.6 SuicideTOPIC FOURContextual Features4.1 Health Professions4.2 Other Interested Parties4.3 Confidentiality of Medical Information 4.4 Economics of Clinical Care 4.5 Allocation of Scarce Health Resources 4.6 Influence of Religion on Clinical Decisions 4.7 Role of Law in Clinical Ethics 4.8 Clinical Research and Education 4.9 Public Health 4.10 Organizational Ethics

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• IntroductionThe Four Topics Ethical Reasoning in Clinical Ethics Resources in Clinical Ethics Acknowledgements Bibliography The Four Topics Chart TOPIC ONEMedical Indications 1.1 Indicated and Nonindicated Interventions1.2 Clinical Judgment and Clinical Uncertainty1.3 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Orders not to Resuscitate1.4 Medical Error1.5 Determination of Death1.6 Summary TOPIC TWOPreferences of Patients2.1 Informed Consent2.2 Decisional Capacity 2.3 Decision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated Patient 2.4 Surrogate Decision Makers 2.5 Failure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic RelationshipTOPIC THREEQuality of Life3.1 Divergent Evaluations of Quality of Life3.2 Enhancement Medicine3.3 Compromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining Interventions3.4 Pain Relief for Terminally Ill Patients3.5 Medically Assisted Dying3.6 SuicideTOPIC FOURContextual Features4.1 Health Professions4.2 Other Interested Parties4.3 Confidentiality of Medical Information 4.4 Economics of Clinical Care 4.5 Allocation of Scarce Health Resources 4.6 Influence of Religion on Clinical Decisions 4.7 Role of Law in Clinical Ethics 4.8 Clinical Research and Education 4.9 Public Health 4.10 Organizational Ethics

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• IntroductionThe Four Topics Ethical Reasoning in Clinical Ethics Resources in Clinical Ethics Acknowledgements Bibliography The Four Topics Chart TOPIC ONEMedical Indications 1.1 Indicated and Nonindicated Interventions1.2 Clinical Judgment and Clinical Uncertainty1.3 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Orders not to Resuscitate1.4 Medical Error1.5 Determination of Death1.6 Summary TOPIC TWOPreferences of Patients2.1 Informed Consent2.2 Decisional Capacity 2.3 Decision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated Patient 2.4 Surrogate Decision Makers 2.5 Failure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic RelationshipTOPIC THREEQuality of Life3.1 Divergent Evaluations of Quality of Life3.2 Enhancement Medicine3.3 Compromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining Interventions3.4 Pain Relief for Terminally Ill Patients3.5 Medically Assisted Dying3.6 SuicideTOPIC FOURContextual Features4.1 Health Professions4.2 Other Interested Parties4.3 Confidentiality of Medical Information 4.4 Economics of Clinical Care 4.5 Allocation of Scarce Health Resources 4.6 Influence of Religion on Clinical Decisions 4.7 Role of Law in Clinical Ethics 4.8 Clinical Research and Education 4.9 Public Health 4.10 Organizational Ethics