The American medical ethics revolution
Subtitle: how the AMA's code of ethics has transformed physicians' relationships to patients, professionals, and society
By: edited by Robert B. Baker ... [et al.]
Contributors: Baker, Robert, 1937-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Medical ethics -- United States; Medical ethics -- Social aspects -- United States
Description: "The American Medical Association enacted its Code of Ethics in 1847, the first such national codification. In this volume, a distinguished group of experts from the fields of medicine, bioethics, and the history of medicine reflect on the development of medical ethics in the United States, using historical analyses as a springboard for discussions of the problems of the present, including what the editors call "a sense of moral crisis precipitated by the shift from a system of fee-for-service medicine to a system of fee-for-system medicine, better known as 'managed care.'""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index