Medical ethics for dummies

by Runzheimer, Jane

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Title Statements

Full title :Medical ethics for dummies / by Jane Runzheimer and Linda Johnson Larsen.

Summary

In your career as a medical professional, you'll be responsible for convincing patients and their family members of the best course of action and treatment to follow. Packed with helpful information, this hands-on, friendly guide arms you with the knowledge you need to make the best ethical decisions in various situations ù quickly and confidently.

-Medical ethics 101ùdiscover how to protect your patients' privacy, how to communicate with them, and your obligation to uphold their rights.

-Respect your patients' wishesùfind out how to work with patients who refuse medical care, disagree with your opinion, or have personal beliefs that limit the medical treatment they are willing to receive.

-The circle of lifeùget guidance on how to apply medical ethics to topics such as abortion, parental involvement with minors, assisted reproduction, end-of-life care, and euthanasia.

-Advancing medical knowledgeùsee what it takes to conduct ethical clinical research on animals and humans, what is required to enroll patients in clinical trials, and the ethical implications that arise in stem cell and genetic research.

Open the book and find:

-Principles that guide ethical medical decisions.

-The distinctions and connections between ethics and morality.

-Day-to-day ethical challenges in the life of a medical professional.

-Information about managing your practice and working with other healthcare providers.

-Advice for disclosing medical errors to patients and colleagues.

-Tips for talking to patients about vaccination and organ donation.

-High-profile ethics cases that have shaped the practice of medicine --Book Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley Pub
Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

Notes

Includes index.

"Making everything easier!"--Cover.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 368 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470878569, 0470878568
oclc:ocn635494750
LC Classification:R725.5
Dewey Decimal:174.2

What are medical ethics? -- Morality in medicine -- The provider-patient relationship -- Outside the examining room: running an ethical practice -- Learning from mistakes: disclosing medical errors -- The ethical challenges in distributing basic healthcare -- When spirituality and cultural beliefs affect care -- Parental guidelines and responsibilities -- Two lives, one patient: pregnancy rights and issues -- When science supersedes sex: reproductive technology and surrogacy -- Walking a fine line: examining the ethics of abortion -- Determining death: not an event, but a process -- Death with dignity: the right to appropriate end-of-life care -- Towards trials without error: the evolution of ethics in clinical research -- Beyond guinea pigs: anatomy of an ethical clinical trial -- Research in special populations -- It's all in the genes: the ethics of stem cell and genetic research -- Ten ethical issues to address with your patients -- Ten high-profile medical ethics cases -- Almost ten ethical issues for the future.