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• Title:Ethics of health care : a guide for clinical practice / Raymond S. Edge, EdD, RRT, Dean, School of Health Professions (Retired), Maryville University -- Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, John Randall Groves, PhD, Professor of Humanities, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan.
  
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• Author/Creator:Edge, Raymond S., author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Groves, John Randall, author.
  
• Published/Created:Australia ; United States : Cengage Learning, [2018]
  

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  • Call Number: W50 .E23e 2018
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical ethics.
  
• Medical Subjects: Ethics, Medical.
  Delivery of Health Care.
  
• Edition:4th edition.
  
• Description:xvi, 315 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"Designed for students pursuing careers in a variety of health care programs, Ethics of Health Care: a Guide for Clinical Practice, 4th Edition delivers an excellent background in legal and ethical theory while emphasizing critical thinking, problem solving, and professional behavior. Students learn the language of the legal system and of biomedical ethics, and explore ethical and legal health care controversies related to issues such as reproductive health, organ donation, physician assisted dying, just allocation of health care, cloning and genetics, and human enhancements. Legal and ethical case studies, current news stories, and problems stimulate discussion and thought to give students the tools to make sound legal and ethical decisions"--Publisher's website.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781285854182 (paperback)
  1285854187 (paperback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction: Obligations Of A Professional
  Entering a Health Care Profession
  Professional Etiquette
  Health Care Ethics
  Foundations of Law
  Lawsuit
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 2 Human Value Development And The System Of Public Law
  Value Development
  Value Development Models
  World Views
  System of Public Law
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 3 Decision Making In Value Issues And Private Law
  Value Confrontations
  Teleological (Consequence-Oriented) Theories
  Deontological (Duty-Oriented) Theories
  Virtue Ethics
  Divine Command Ethics
  Private Law
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 4 Basic Principles Of Health Care And The Nature Of Rights In Ethical Discourse
  Applied Ethics
  Universal Principles of Biomedical Ethics
  Nature of Rights
  Historical Background of Rights Reasoning
  Contractarian and Consequentialist Rights Theory
  Fair Opportunity Rule
  Legal Rights
  Moral and Legal Rights
  Problem of Rights
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 5 Confidentiality And The Management Of Health Care Information
  Confidentiality: A Principle with Qualifications
  Legal Foundation of Privacy
  Modern Health Care and Confidentiality
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  Legitimate Interest
  Human Subject Research
  Institutional Review Boards
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 6 Justice And The Allocation Of Scarce Resources
  Health Care in the United States
  Formal and Material Justice
  Micro- and Macro-Allocation of Health Care
  Micro-Allocation
  Theories of Justice
  American Health Care Today
  Quality Improvement Movement and Standard of Care
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 7 Role Fidelity
  Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  Disparagement of Professional Colleagues
  Gaming the System
  Conflicts of Interest
  Sexual Misconduct in Health Care Practice
  Scope of Practice
  Impaired Colleagues
  Health Care Provision in a Multicultural Society
  Duty to Treat
  Institutional Ethics Committee
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 8 Reproductive Issues
  Abortion Issue
  "Human" or "Person"?
  Traditionalism vs. Modernism
  Abortion and the Freedom of Religion
  Environmental Perspective
  Family Planning Perspective
  In Vitro Fertilization
  Surrogacy
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 9 Decisions At The End Of Life
  Biological and Biographical Life
  Brain Death
  Persistent Vegetative States
  Ordinary and Extraordinary Care
  Personhood
  Advanced Directives
  Proxy Decision-making Standards
  Informed Nonconsent
  Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
  Baby Doe
  Organ Donation
  Legal and Social Standing of Euthanasia
  Mercy Killing
  Arguments for and Against Euthanasia
  Hospice Alternative
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes
  ch. 10 Health Care Ethics And The Near Future
  Genomics and Medical Progress
  Huntington's Disease
  Genetics as Social Policy
  Genetic Engineering
  Genetic Testing
  Role of Parents
  Politics of Screening
  Recombinant DNA
  Genetic Pharmacy
  Gene Therapy
  Genetic Causes of Behavior
  Cloning
  Stem Cell Research
  Human Enhancement
  Conclusion
  Key Concepts
  Review Exercises
  Notes.