Title The silent world of doctor and patient / Jay Katz ; with a new foreword by Alexander Morgan Capron

Edition Johns Hopkins Paperbacks edition Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

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Description xlviii, 263 pages ; 23 cm Contents Foreword to the Johns Hopkins Edition: The Once and Future Silent World / Alexander Morgan Capron -- Ch. I. Physicians and Patients: A History of Silence -- Ch. II. Physicians and Citizens: The Struggle for Freedom from Lay Control -- Ch. III. Judges, Physicians, and Patients: The Legal Doctrine of Informed Consent -- Ch. IV. Sharing Authority: The Willingness to Trust -- Ch. V. Respecting Autonomy: The Struggle over Rights and Capacities -- Ch. VI. Respecting Autonomy: The Obligation for Conversation -- Ch. VII. Acknowledging Uncertainty: The Confrontation of Knowledge and Ignorance -- Ch. VIII. The Abandonment of Patients: A Final Argument against Silence -- App. A. Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association (1847) -- App. B. American Medical Association Principles of Medical Ethics (1980) Notes Originally published: New York : Free Press, 1984 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Physician and patient. Silence. Interpersonal communication. Medical ethics. LC no. 2002069396 ISBN 0801857805 paperback alkaline paper

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