Ethical dimensions in the health professions - Purtilo, Ruth B.; Doherty, Regina F. (St. Louis, Missouri : Saunders an imprint of Elsevier Inc., 2011)
Section 1. Introduction to ethical dimensions in the health professions -- 1. Morality and ethics: what are they and why do they matter? -- 2. The ethical goal of professional practice: a caring response -- 3. Prototypes of ethical problems -- 4. Ethics theories and approaches: conceptual tools for ethical decision making -- 5. A six-step process of ethical decision making in arriving at a caring response -- Section 2. Ethical dimensions of professional roles -- ^. Surviving student life ethically -- 7. Surviving professional life ethically -- 8. Living ethically within health care organizations -- 9. Living ethically as a member of the health care team -- Section 3. Ethical dimensions of the professional-patient relationship -- 10. Why honor confidentiality -- 11. Communication and information sharing -- 12. Informed consent in treatment and clinical research -- Section 4. Ethical dimensions of chronic and end-of-life care -- 13. Ethical issues in chronic care -- 14. Ethical issues in end-of-life care -- Section 5. Ethical dimensions of the social content of health care -- 15. Distribution justice: clinical sources of claims of health care -- 16. Compensatory and social justice: societal sources of claims of health care -- 17. Professionals as good citizens: responsibility and opportunity
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Medical ethics