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PublisherMcGraw-Hill Companies, T.H.E.

ISBN-100072976446

ISBN-139780072976441

eBay Product ID (ePID)45880096

Product Key Features

Number of Pages752 Pages

Publication NameBiomedical Ethics

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEthics

Publication Year2005

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorThomas A. Mappes, David Degrazia

Subject AreaMedical

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight37.4 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number6

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2005-017337

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal174.2

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentPreface Chapter 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION The Nature of Biomedical Ethics Recently Dominant Ethical Theories The Critical Assessment of Competing Ethical Theories Teleological Versus Deontological Theories Act-Utilitarianism Rule-Utilitarianism Kantian Deontology W.D. Ross's Theory of Prima Facie Duties The Principles of Biomedical Ethics Alternative Directions and Methods Virtue Ethics The Ethics of Care and Feminist Ethics Casuistry: Case-Based Reasoning in Historical Context Reflective Equilibrium and Appeals to Coherence Confronting Ethical Relativism Fundamental Concepts and Principles Autonomy Liberty-Limiting Principles Paternalism Notes Annotated Bibliography Appendix: Selected Reference Sources in Biomedical Ethics Print Resources Web Resources Chapter 2: THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP Physicians' Obligations and Virtues The Hippocratic Oath Council of Ethical and Judicial Affairs, American Medical Association, Fundamental Elements of the Patient-Physician Relationship Edmund D. Pellegrino, The Virtuous Physician and the Ethics of Medicine Physician-Patient Models and Patient Autonomy James F. Childress and Mark Siegler, Metaphors and Models of Doctor-Patient Relationships: Their Implications for Autonomy Terrence F. Ackerman, Why Doctors Should Intervene Truth Telling Roger Higgs, On Telling Patients the Truth *Benjamin Freedman, Offering the Truth: One Ethical Approach to the Uninformed Cancer Patient Informed Consent Judge Spotswood W. Robinson III, Opinion in Canterbury v. Spence President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, The Values Underlying Informed Consent Howard Brody, Transparency: Informed Consent in Primary Care The Practice of Medicine in a Multicultural Society Ruth Macklin, Ethical Relativism in a Multicultural Society Kenneth Kipnis, Quality Care and the Wounds of Diversity Contested Therapies within the Physician-Patient Relationship *Franklin G. Miller, Howard Brody, and Kevin C. Chung, Cosmetic Surgery and the Internal Morality of Medicine *Claudia Mills, One Pill Makes You Smarter: An Ethical Appraisal of the Rise of Ritalin Conflicts of Interest, Problems of Conscience, and Managed Care Marcia Angell, The Doctor as Double Agent Daniel Callahan, Managed Care and the Goals of Medicine *James F. Childress, Conscience and the Conscientious Actions in the Context of MCOs Annotated Bibliography Chapter 3: HOSPITALS, NURSES, FAMILIES, AND MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY Professional Statements *American Hospital Association, The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights and Responsibilities American Nurses' Association, Code of Ethics for Nurses The Role and Responsibilities of Nurses Lisa H. Newton, In Defense of the Traditional Nurse Helga Kuhse, Advocacy or Subservience for the Sake of Patients? Amy H. Haddad, The Nurse/Physician Relationship and Ethical Decision Making Families and Medical Decision Making Thomas A. Mappes and Jane S. Zembaty, Patient Choices, Family Interests, and Physician Obligations *Bonnie Poitras Tucker, Deaf Culture, Cochlear Implants, and Elective Disability *Sherri A. Groveman, The Hanukkah Bush: Ethical Implications in the Clinical Management of Intersex Confidentiality Justice Mathew O. Tobriner, Majority Opinion in Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California Justice William P. Clar, Dissenting Opinion in Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California Please Don't Tell!: A Case About HIV and Confidentiality (with commentaries by Leonard Fleck and Marcia Angell) Annotated Bibliography Chapter 4: HUMAN AND ANIMAL RESEARCH Ethical Codes The Nuremberg Code World Medical Association, Declarat

SynopsisThis best-selling anthology of readings with case studies provides insightful and comprehensive treatment of ethical issues in medicine. Appropriate for courses taught in philosophy departments as well as in schools of medicine and nursing, the collection covers provocative topics such as conflicts of interest in medicine, advance directives, physician-assisted suicide, and the rationing of health care. The text's effective pedagogical features include chapter introductions, argument sketches, explanations of medical terms, headnotes, and annotated bibliographies.

LC Classification NumberR724.B49 2005