| Description |
xvii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction to the study of ethics -- Theory in bioethics -- Principles of biomedical ethics -- The common moral system -- Case-based decision making in ethics -- Professionalism and the internal morality of medicine -- The provider-patient relationship -- Confidentiality -- Competence -- Informed consent I -- Informed consent II -- Ethics across the lifespan -- Ethics and genetics -- Human reproduction and birth -- The landscape of ethical issues in pediatrics -- Death -- End-of-life decision making -- Law -- Health law and medical malpractice -- My brother's keeper? : allocating legal responsibility among medical providers -- Humanities in medicine -- Introduction to medical humanities -- Reproduction and childbirth -- Midlife -- Aging and end of life |
| Analysis |
Bioethical Issues |
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Ethics, Medical |
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Humanities |
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Medical ethics |
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Physician Assistants education |
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Physicians' assistants |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Physicians' assistants.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Bioethical Issues.
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Humanities.
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Physician Assistants -- education.
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| Author |
Nixon, Lois LaCivita.
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Paola, Frederick A.
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Walker, Robert, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2009005390 |
| ISBN |
0763760633 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780763760632 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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