Resolving ethical dilemmas : a guide for clinicians / Bernard Lo.

Author/creator Lo, Bernard
Format Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2005.
Descriptionx, 309 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents An approach to ethical dilemmas in patient care -- Overview of ethical guidelines -- Informed consent -- Promoting the patient's best interests -- Confidentiality -- Avoiding deception and nondisclosure -- Keeping promises -- An approach to decisions about clinical interventions -- Futile interventions -- Decision-making capacity -- Refusal of treatment by competent, informed patients -- Standards for decisions when patients lack decision-making capacity -- Surrogate decision making -- Persistent disagreements over care -- Confusing ethical distinctions -- Ethics committees and case consultations -- Do not attempt resuscitation orders -- Tube and intravenous feedings -- Physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia -- The persistent vegetative state -- Determination of death -- Legal rulings on life-sustaining interventions -- Overview of the doctor-patient relationship -- Refusal to care for patients -- Gifts from patients to physicians -- Sexual contact between physicians and patients -- Secret information about patients -- Clinical research -- Overview of conflicts of interest -- Bedside rationing of health care -- Incentives for physicians to increase services -- Incentives for physicians to decrease services -- Gifts from drug companies -- Disclosing errors -- Impaired colleagues -- Ethical dilemmas students and house staff face -- Ethical issues in pediatrics -- Ethical issues in surgery -- Ethical issues in obstetrics and gynecology -- Ethical issues in psychiatry -- Ethical issues in organ transplantation -- Testing for genetic conditions -- Ethical issues in public health emergencies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005000146
ISBN0781753570 :

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Laupus Books - Stacks WB 60 L795R 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold