Buch, Englisch, 309 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
ISBN: 978-94-017-3795-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
focuses on the in which medical practice occurs and how ethical healthcare decisions involves nurses, social workers, psychologists, technicians, and patients as well as physicians. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition addresses historical and theoretical underpinnings and practical concerns. A series of case studies serve as a guideline for further discussion. The text examines provocative issues such as organ donation, care of the terminally ill, abortion, HIV-positive healthcare professionals, physician-assisted suicide, and experimentation with fetal tissue. This is an ideal book for all members of the healthcare team as well as students and residents in any discipline of medicine.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
Historical Introduction.- Theoretical Considerations.- Fallibility and the Problem of Blameworthiness in Medicine.- The Ongoing Dialectic between Autonomy and Responsibility in a Pluralist World.- Ethical Problems Approaches and Alternatives.- Patients, Society, and Healthcare Professionals.- The AIDS Paradigm.- Organ Donation.- Problems in the Care of the Terminally Ill.- Problems at the Beginning of Life.- Problems of Macroallocation.- “Solving” Ethical Problems.