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• Title:Ward ethics : dilemmas for medical students and doctors in training / edited by Thomasine K. Kushner and David C. Thomasma.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Kushner, Thomasine Kimbrough.
  Thomasma, David C., 1939-
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2001.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W50 .W373 2001
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics--Case studies.
  Interns (Medicine)--Professional ethics--Case studies.
  Residents (Medicine)--Professional ethics--Case studies.
  Hospital care--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
  Hospital wards--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
  
• Medical Subjects: Ethics, Medical.
  Internship and Residency.
  Medical Staff, Hospital.
  Attitude of Health Personnel.
  Interprofessional Relations.
  Truth Disclosure.
  
• Genre/Form:Case studies.
  
• Description:xviii, 265 pages ; 26 cm.
  
• Summary:This text covers a range of problems a medical trainee may encounter on the ward, including topics such as drug and alcohol abuse, improper sexual conduct, performing procedures and handling authority.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0521802911 (hbk.)
  0521664527 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Prologue: Breaking the silence
  Letter from a young doctor / Richard Selzer
  Pt. I. On caring for patients
  Sect. 1. Performing procedures
  1. responsibility of informing
  2. Treating despite discomfort and self doubt
  3. Blaming the patient
  4. Breaking the code: is a promise always a promise?
  5. newly dead
  6. Asking for help: who's listening?
  Sect. 2. Problems in truth-telling
  7. Ommissions: failing to come foreword
  8. Commissions: deliberate deception
  Sect. 3. Setting boundaries
  9. From professional to personal
  10. Losing empathy
  11. limits of compassion
  Pt. II. On becoming a "team player": searching for esprit de corps and conflicts of socialization
  Sect. 4. Abuse and mistreatment
  12. Psychological abuse: subjected to humiliating and belittling behavior
  13. Physical abuse: actual physical harm
  14. Sexual abuse: sexist slurs and sexual advances
  Sect. 5. Argot, jargon, and questionable humor: assuming the mantle at the patient's expense
  15. Comedians: mordant humor and cynicism
  16. What's in a name? Derogatory references
  Sect. 6. Making waves: questioning authority and the status quo
  17. Personal identity
  18. Duties to treat?
  19. Hierarchy and the dynamics of rank
  20. Conflicts of interest
  Sect. 7. Perceiving misconduct and whistle-blowing: observing peers or superiors commit an act deemed unethical
  21. Abusing alcohol or drugs
  22. Mistreating patients: nasty, rude, or hostile behavior toward patients
  23. Covering up
  24. Misrepresenting research.