Principles of Health Care EthicsRichard Edmund Ashcroft, Angus Dawson, Heather Draper, John McMillan John Wiley & Sons, 29 de jun. de 2007 - 864 páginas Edited by four leading members of the new generation of medical and healthcare ethicists working in the UK, respected worldwide for their work in medical ethics, Principles of Health Care Ethics, Second Edition is a standard resource for students, professionals, and academics wishing to understand current and future issues in healthcare ethics. With a distinguished international panel of contributors working at the leading edge of academia, this volume presents a comprehensive guide to the field, with state of the art introductions to the wide range of topics in modern healthcare ethics, from consent to human rights, from utilitarianism to feminism, from the doctor-patient relationship to xenotransplantation. This volume is the Second Edition of the highly successful work edited by Professor Raanan Gillon, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics at Imperial College London and former editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, the leading journal in this field. Developments from the First Edition include: The focus on ‘Four Principles Method’ is relaxed to cover more different methods in health care ethics. More material on new medical technologies is included, the coverage of issues on the doctor/patient relationship is expanded, and material on ethics and public health is brought together into a new section. |
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... Disability without Denial Tom Sorell Disability and Equity: Should Difference Be Welcomed? Tom Shakespeare Genetic Counselling Angus Clarke Ethics and Psychotherapy: An Issue of Trust Tim Bond Mental Illness and Compulsory Treatment ...
... disability, and ethical aspects of 'medical tourism'. In the section on 'medicine in society' consideration of ethical issues in health promotion, public health and epidemiology is expanded and new chapters on ethical issues of ...
... disability of injury and disease. The range of benefits that might be considered relevant is broad. It could even include helping patients find appropriate forms of financial assistance and helping them gain access to health care or ...
... disabilities and other medical conditions from which persons may suffer through no fault of their own. The other side seems committed to the callous (if not cruel) view that we, as a society, need to do no more for persons whose health ...
... disabilities may be prevented by terminations of pregnancy, especially if they are replaced by nondisabled ones. And he has contended that 'higher' non-human animals like chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans should not be used as ...
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PART II Issues In Health Care Practice | 293 |
PART III Medicine In Society | 535 |
PART IV Research Ethics And Ethics Of New Technologies | 679 |
Index | 827 |
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