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Textbook of healthcare ethics / Erich H. Loewy, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, Roberta Springer Loewy, Ph.D., University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California.
by Loewy, Erich H, author
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical introduction -- Knowledge and ethics -- Theoretical considerations -- Fallibility and the problem of blameworthiness in medicine -- The ongoing dialectic between autonomy and responsibility in a pluralist world -- Patients, society and healthcare professionals -- Genetics and Ethics -- Problems of macro-allocation -- Organ donation -- Problems at the beginning of life -- Problems in the care of the terminally ill -- Common problems in everyday practice -- Resolving ethical problems : an introduction to individual cases
Expands on the author's earlier book Textbook of Medical Ethics (1989) offering healthcare workers and students a new perspective on ethical practice. The book focuses on the social conditions in which medical practice occurs and how ethical healthcare decisions involves nurses, social workers, psychologists, technicians, and patients as well as physicians. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition addresses historical and theoretical underpinnings and practical concerns. A series of case studies serve as a guideline for further discussion. The text examines provocative issues such as organ donation, care of the terminally ill, abortion, HIV-positive healthcare professionals, physician-assisted suicide, and experimentation with fetal tissue
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