Research Catalog

Title

Medical ethics and humanities / edited by Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon.

Publication

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2010], ©2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Paola, Frederick A.
• Walker, Robert, 1957-
• Nixon, Lois LaCivita.

Description

xvii, 454 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Physician Assistants > education
• Humanities
• Bioethical Issues
• Ethics, Medical
• Physicians' assistants
• Medical ethics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. I. Introduction to the Study of Ethics -- Ch. 1. Theory in Bioethics -- Ch. 2. Principles of Biomedical Ethics -- Ch. 3. The Common Moral System -- Ch. 4. Case-Based Decision Making in Ethics -- Ch. 5. Professionalism and the Internal Morality of Medicine -- Sect. II. The Provider-Patient Relationship -- Ch. 6. Confidentiality -- Ch. 7. Competence -- Ch. 8. Informed Consent I -- Ch. 9. Informed Consent II -- Sect. III. Ethics Across the Lifespan -- Ch. 10. Ethics and Genetics -- Ch. 11. Human Reproduction and Birth -- Ch. 12. The Landscape of Ethical Issues in Pediatrics -- Ch. 13. Death -- Ch. 14. End-of-Life Decision Making -- Sect. IV. Law -- Ch. 15. Health Law and Medical Malpractice -- Ch. 16. My Brother's Keeper? Allocating Legal Responsibility Among Medical Providers -- Sect. V. Humanities in Medicine -- Ch. 17. Introduction to Medical Humanities -- Ch. 18. Reproduction and Childbirth -- Ch. 19. Midlife -- Ch. 20. Aging and the End of Life.

ISBN

• 9780763760632 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0763760633 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009005390

OCLC

• ocn310075741
• 310075741
• SCSB-8857970

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries