Ethics and Chronic Illness

by Walker, Tom

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Title Statements

Full title :Ethics and Chronic Illness.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Milton
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780429555411, 0429555415
oclc:on1100835736
LC Classification:R724

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Problem: Ethics and Chronic Illness -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What Makes Chronic Illness Different? -- 1.3 The Importance of 'When?' -- 1.4 Choosing -- 1.5 Acting -- 1.6 Helping Others Act -- 1.7 Advising and Preventing -- 1.8 Conclusion -- 2 Working Out What Will Benefit Patients -- 2.1 Introduction: The Epistemic Argument -- 2.2 What Is It Exactly That the Healthcare Professional Is Attempting to Determine? -- 2.3 Should Healthcare Professionals Always Use the Most Reliable Methods? -- 2.4 Interim Conclusion -- 3 Is an Informed Patient's Choice Good Evidence That the Option Chosen Is What Is Best for Him? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Where Patient Involvement Is Not Needed to Determine What Is Best for the Patient -- 3.3 How Are Patients Making Decisions When Asked to Make Them? -- 3.4 The Problem of Risk and Uncertainty -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4 'It should be up to the patient what happens to her' -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Capacity to Choose and the Value of Choice -- 4.3 Choice and the Autonomous Life -- 4.4 The Symbolic Value of Choice -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Consent and the Treatment of Chron…