Practical Ethics for General Practice

ISBN-10
0191768758
ISBN-13
9780191768750
Category
Family medicine
Pages
229
Language
English
Published
2009
Authors
Wendy Rogers, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer

Description

General practice provides the first point of contact to medical care for patients across the world. GPs have obligations to patients in their care, to the government for responsible use of resources, and to communities for the standard of health services provided. Ethics is at the heart of health services, dealing with fundamental questions about what ought to be valued, and why. The two disciplines inevitably impact upon each other, and this book brings them together to focus onpractical ethics for general practitioners. In this update of a successful first edition, the authors aim to: help GP.

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