UID:
almahu_9948197089902882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 435 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780470690932
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0470690933
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9781405165594
,
1405165596
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9780470680605
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0470680601
,
1405125837
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9781405125833
,
1405125845
,
9781405125840
Series Statement:
Blackwell philosophy guides ; 21
Content:
Employing crucial distinctions between the personal decisions of patients, the professional decisions of individual health care providers and political decisions about public policy. This book is an indispensable reference for anyone who wants to understand the field today and grapple with the challenges and controversies it presents.
Content:
The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics is a collection of new essays from acknowledged leaders in the field, designed to guide students through the complexities of the current state of ethics in medicine.
Note:
Autonomy, the good life and controversial choices /
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Individual responsibility and reproduction /
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Patient and family decisions about life-extension and death /
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The professional responsibilities of medicine /
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Truth telling /
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Medical confidentiality /
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Patient competence and surrogate decision making /
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Ending life /
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Discrimination in medical practice : justice and the obligations of health care providers to disadvantaged patients /
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Institutional practices, ethics, and the physician /
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Reproductive choice /
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Public policy and ending lives /
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Drug legalization /
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Selling organs, gametes, and surrogacy services /
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The patient as victim and vector : the challenge of infectious disease for bioethics /
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Abuses of science in medical ethics /
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Allocation of scarce resources /
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Just caring : the challenges of priority-setting in public health /
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Justice and the financing of health care /
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Judgment and justice : evaluating health care for chronically ill and disabled patients /
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Justice in research on human subjects /
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Ethics of disclosure following a medical injury : time for reform? /
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Pre-existing conditions : genetic testing, causation and the justice of medical insurance /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Blackwell guide to medical ethics. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007 ISBN 9781405125833
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1405125837
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1002/9780470690932
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470690932
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470690932
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470690932
