Ethics and Chronic Illness

by Walker, Tom

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Full title :Ethics and Chronic Illness.

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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 Chronic Illness -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Regulatory Consent -- 5.3 When Is Non-Regulatory Consent Needed and Who Is It Needed From? -- 5.4 The Constitutive Rules for Non-Regulatory Consent and What They Mean for Healthcare Professionals' Obligations -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 How to Respond to Non-Adherence -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Clarifying the Benefits of Treatment for Chronic Illness -- 6.3 Two Reasons for Non-adherence -- 6.4 Is Intervention in the Face of Non-Adherence Permissible? -- 6.5 Patient Responsibility and the Obligations of Healthcare Professionals -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 7 Broadening Our Vision: The Role of Families and Others -- 7.1 Introduction.