Ethics Consultation

From Theory to Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7165-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Bioethics

In the clinical setting, questions of medical ethics raise a host of perplexing problems, often complicated by conflicting perspectives and the need to make immediate decisions. In this volume, bioethicists and physicians provide a nuanced, in-depth approach to the difficult issues involved in bioethics consultation. Addressing the needs of researchers, clinicians, and other health professionals on the front lines of bioethics practice, the contributors focus primarily on practical concerns—whether ethics consultation is best done by individuals, teams, or committees; how an ethics consult service should be structured; the need for institutional support; and techniques and programs for educating and training staff—without neglecting more theoretical considerations, such as the importance of character or the viability of organizational ethics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aulisio, Mark P

Arnold, Robert M

Youngner, Stuart J

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Preface
I. Foundation and Theoretical Questions
1. Meeting the Need: Ethics Consultation in Health Care Today
2. Can Ethics Consultation Be Saved? Ethics Consultation and Moral Consensus in a Democratic Society
3. Character and Ethics Consultation: Even Ethicists Don't Agree
4. Innovative Educational Programs: A Necessary First Step Toward Improving Quality in Ethics Consultation
5. Techniques for Training Ethics Consultants: Why Traditional Classroom Methods Aren't Enough
6. Models for Ethics Consultation: Individual, Team, or Committee?
7. The Structure and Process fo Ethics Consultation Services
8. Institutional Support for Bioethics Committees
III. Questions on the Horizon
9. Organizational Ethics: Promises and Pitfalls
10. The Licensing and Certification of Ethics Consultants: What Part of "No" Was So Hard to Understand?
Appendix. Core Competencies for Health Care Ethics Consultation: The Report of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Arnold, Robert M
Robert M. Arnold, M.D., is Professor and Leo H. Criep Chair in Patient Care in the Department of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Associate Director for Education at the Center for Bioethics and Health Law, and Chief of the Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics.

Aulisio, Mark P
Mark P. Aulisio, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Clinical Ethics Program at MetroHealth Medical Center at Case Western Reserve University.

Youngner, Stuart J
Stuart J. Youngner, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Bioethics and Susan B. Watson Professor of Bioethics, and Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Mark P. Aulisio, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Clinical Ethics Program at MetroHealth Medical Center at Case Western Reserve University. Robert M. Arnold, M.D., is Professor and Leo H. Criep Chair in Patient Care in the Department of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Associate Director for Education at the Center for Bioethics and Health Law, and Chief of the Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics. Stuart J. Youngner, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Bioethics and Susan B. Watson Professor of Bioethics, and Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine