Ethics of health care : a guide for clinical practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edge, Raymond S.
Other Authors: Groves, John Randall
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : Delmar Publishers, [1999]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Human value development
  • ch. 2. Decision making in value issues
  • ch. 3. Basic principles of health care ethics
  • ch. 4. Nature of rights in ethical discourse
  • ch. 5. Confidentiality and the management of health care information
  • ch. 6. Professional gatekeeping as a function of role fidelity
  • ch. 7. Autonomy vs. paternalism: a contest between virtures
  • ch. 8. Justice and the allocation of scarce resources
  • ch. 9. Withholding and withdrawing life support
  • ch. 10. Euthanasia: practice and principles
  • ch. 11. Abortion
  • ch. 12. Aids and health care practice
  • ch. 13. Ethical issues and genetic science
  • ch. 14. Transcultural health.