Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Seventh Edition
A unique structured approach to solving ethical issues that arise in daily clinical practice\ A Doody's Core Title for 2011!\ Clinical Ethics teaches the widely-known Four-Topics Method to help you make the right choice when facing\ complex ethical questions and dilemmas encountered during everyday patient care. You will learn an easy-to-apply system based on simple questions about medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features that clearly explain clinical...
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A unique structured approach to solving ethical issues that arise in daily clinical practiceClinical Ethics teaches the widely-known Four-Topics Method to help you make the right choice when facingcomplex ethical questions and dilemmas encountered during everyday patient care. You will learn an easy-to-apply system based on simple questions about medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features that clearly explain clinical ethics and helps you formulate a sound diagnosis and treatment strategy.Goes beyond theory to offer a solid decision-making strategy applicable to real-world practice Numerous clinical case examples link principles to everyday practice—many new to this edition Practical coverage of important legal issues Ethical considerations in palliative care, medically assisted death, clinical research, and other timely issues Perfect for students, trainees, clinicians, ethics committee members, nurses, and patients Handy four-topics chart pullout cardThe content you need to make the right choice:Introduction; Medical Intervention;Patient Preferences;Quality of Life;Contextual Features.
Introduction 1The Four Topics 2Resources in Clinical Ethics 5Acknowledgements 6Bibliography 7The Four Topics Chart 8Topic 1 Medical Indications 91.1 Indicated and Nonindicated Interventions 181.2 Clinical Judgment and Clinical Uncertainty 241.3 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Orders not to Resuscitate (DNR) 301.4 Medical Error 391.5 Determination of Death 401.6 Summary 431P Pediatric Notes 44Topic 2 Patient Preferences 472.1 Informed Consent 512.2 Decisional Capacity 652.3 Decision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated Patient 802.4 Surrogate Decision-Makers 872.5 Failure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic Relationship 922P Pediatric Notes 102Topic 3 Quality of Life 1093.1 Divergent Evaluations of Quality of Life 1163.2 Enhancement Medicine 1253.3 Compromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining Interventions 1263.4 Pain Relief for Terminally Ill Patients 1443.5 Medically Assisted Dying 1483.6 Care of the Dying Patient 1553.7 Treatment of Attempted or Suspected Suicides 1563P Pediatric Notes 158Topic 4 Contextual Features 1614.1 Health Professions 1654.2 Other Interested Parties 1704.3 Confidentiality of Medical Information 1744.4 Economics of Clinical Care 1814.5 Allocation of Scarce Health Resources 1874.6 Influence of Religion on Clinical Decisions 1994.7 Role of Law in Clinical Ethics 2014.8 Clinical Research 2034.9 Clinical Teaching 2114.10 Public Health 2144.11 Organizational Ethics 2194P Pediatric Notes 222Locator 225Pullout Card-The Four Topics Chart
