Organized around the four central themes of healthcare ethics (theoretical foundations and issues for individuals, organizations, and society), Health Care Ethics, Fourth Edition brings together the insights of a diverse panel of leading experts in the fields of bioethics, long-term care, and health administration, among others. Students will build on this critical platform to develop an extensive toolbox of analytical and problem-solving skills. The fully revised and updated Fourth Edition addresses current changes in health care, including three new chapters covering ethical issues related to Health Information Management, Patient Safety, and Epidemics. All other chapters have been updated to reflect the most recent developments in medical technology and new challenges faced by health care professionals in the era of the ACA.The fully revised and updated Fourth Edition addresses current changes in health care, including three new chapters covering ethical issues related to Health I
The goal of this open access book is to develop an approach to clinical health care ethics that is more accessible to, and usable by, health professionals than the now-dominant approaches that focus, for example, on the application of ...
Health Care Ethics: Principles and Problems
... The Erosion ofAutonomy in LongTerm Care (New York and Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1992); M. O'Brien, Anatomy of a Nursing Home: A New View of Residential Life (Owings Mills, MD: National Health Publishing, 1989); J. S. ...
"This is a book of byzantine proportions: a treasure trove for anyone with even the slightest initial interest in biomedical ethics. Indeed this book demonstrates that biomedical ethics is a microcosm of culture broadly conceived.
This collection will be of great value to scholars and practitioners of medicine, ethics, philosophy, social science and history. This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This book provides a concise introduction to the major concepts, principles and issues in health care ethics, using case studies throughout to illustrate and analyse challenging ethical issues in contemporary health care.
Finally, he stated Rodriguez's recommendation that Torres-Lazarini receive evaluation from a physiatrist was proper. ... Rule of Law: When a medical malpractice claim alleges negligence against a health care professional with a duty to ...
The book presupposes no prior knowledge, only an interest in the bioethical issues that are shaping our world.
Provides a framework for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.
The third edition incorporates issues that have arisen since the 1994 second, and is somewhat differently arranged.