Medical ethics and humanities
By: Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon.
Contributors: Walker, Robert, 1957-; Nixon, Lois LaCivita.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett; Jones and Bartlett Publishers; Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780763760632
Subjects: Medical ethics; Physicians' assistants; Ethics, Medical; Bioethical Issues; Humanities; Physician Assistants -- education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the study of ethics; title: Theory in bioethics; title: Principles of biomedical ethics; title: The moral rules, ideals, and virtues; title: Case-based decision making in ethics; title: Professionalism and the internal morality of medicine; title: The provider-patient relationship; title: Confidentiality; title: Competence; title: Informed consent, part I; title: Informed consent, part II; title: Ethics across the lifespan; title: Ethics and genetics; title: Human reproduction and birth; title: The landscape of ethical issues in pediatrics; title: Death; title: End-of-life decision making; title: Law; title: Health law and medical malpractice; title: My brother's keeper? : allocating legal responsibility among medical providers; title: Humanities in medicine; title: Introduction to medical humanities; title: Reproduction and childbirth; title: Midlife; title: Aging and end-of-life.