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008 980902s1999 paua b 001 0 eng c
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050 00 $aR724$b.P82 1999
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100 1 $aPurtilo, Ruth B.
245 10 $aEthical dimensions in the health professions /$cRuth Purtilo.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bSaunders,$cc1999.
300 $axxiv, 310 p.:$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSection 1: Introduction to ethical dimensions in the health professions-- 1. Morality and ethics: what are they and why do they matter?-- 2. All you need to know about ethics approaches and theories- I: Background information and case driven approaches-- 3. All you need to know about ethics approaches and theories- II: Means, ends, principles, and virtues-- 4. Prototypes of ethical problems-- 5. A six-step process of ethical decision making for you to follow
505 0 $aSection 2: Ethical dimensions of professional roles-- 6. Surviving student life ethically-- 7. Surviving professional life ethically-- 8. Support and challenges as a member of the health care team-- Section 3: Ethical dimensions of the professional-patient relationship-- 9. Confidentiality-- 10. Information disclosure: truth telling-- 11. Informed consent-- 12. Ethical issues in end-of-life care-- 13. Special challenges: "difficult" patients and patients in suicidal crisis--
505 0 $aSection 4: Ethical dimensions of the social and institutional contexts of health care-- 14. Distributive justice: Clinical sources of claims for health care-- 15. Compensatory justice: Social sources of claims for health care-- 16. Living ethically within the organizations of health care-- 17. Good citizenship and your professional role: life as opportunity.
650 0 $aMedical ethics.
650 0 $aMedicine$xMoral and ethical aspects.
994 $aE0$bXIM