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Health care ethics :

by Garrett, Thomas M.
Published by : Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs) Physical details: XII, p.269 ISBN:0133850633. Year: 1989
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100 - 199 174.2 Gar (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Ann Serazio 59665

Contents:
Principles of health care ethics. Professional ethics and health care ethics
Principle of autonomy and informed consent
Pricniples of beneficence and nonmaleficence
Principles of distribution
Principles of confidentiality and truthfulness
Problems of health care ethics. Ethical problems of death and dying
Abortion
New methods of reproduction
The ethics of transplants
The ethics of testing and screening
Enforcing standards in the health professions
The ethics of biomedical research

Here are clear, concise, systematic explanations of the principles governing American health care ethics and the problems encountered when applying them in controversial areas. In addition to treating standard topics such as confidentiality, death and dying, or new methods of reproduction, Health Care Ethics covers areas of recent concern, for example: the ethics of self-policing, the ethics of testing, a problem for technicians as well as doctors and nurses, the ethics of the consumer of research, and the ethical problems of the patient. The authors describe all principles and subprinciples clearly and use them consistently from chapter to chapter, gradually building on the reader's knowledge and progressing from simple to more complex concepts. They define all important terms and support the definitions with concrete examples. Throughout the text, the authors show why some problems are still insoluble today and point out where other approaches will yield different conclusions, underscoring the importance of one's initial stand on an issue.-from back cover

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