Making sense of medical ethics : a hands-on guide / Alan G. Johnson, Paul R.V. Johnson.
"The practice of clinical medicine is inextricably linked with the need for moral values and ethical principles. The study of medical ethics is, therefore, rightly assuming an increasingly significant place in undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses and in allied health curricula.Making...
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London :
Hodder Arnold,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. What is it all about?
- 2. Myths and misunderstandings
- 3. How can ethical guidance be found?
- 4. Values - the moral basis of medical ethics
- 5. Ethics in conflict - is a consensus possible?
- 6. Law and ethics
- 7. Autonomy and consent
- 8. Beneficence
- 9. Confidentiality
- 10. Justice and fairness
- 11. Truth and integrity
- 12. Competing ethical principles : deciding priorities
- 13. Forming ethical pathways
- 14. Ethical pathways in practice
- 15. Ethical survival guide for medical students
- 16. What makes an ethical doctor?