| Description |
424 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Morality and ethics : what are they and why do they matter? -- The ethical goal of professional practice : a caring response -- Prototypes of ethical problems -- Ethics theories and approaches : conceptual tools for ethical decision-making -- A six-step process of ethical decision making in arriving at a caring response -- Surviving student life ethically -- Surviving professional life ethically -- Living ethically within health care organizations -- Living ethically as a member of the health care team -- Why honor confidentiality? -- Communication and information sharing -- Informed consent in treatment and clinical research -- Ethical dimensions of chronic and end of life care -- Ethical issues in end of life care -- Distributive justice : clinical sources of claims for health care -- Compensatory and social justice : societal sources of claims for health care -- Professionals as good citizens : responsibility and opportunity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Ethics, Professional.
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Patient Rights -- ethics.
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| Author |
Doherty, Regina F.
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| LC no. |
2010038396 |
| ISBN |
9781437708967 (paperback) |
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143770896X (paperback) |
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