Our hands are tied
Subtitle: legal tensions and medical ethics
By: Marshall B. Kapp.
Publisher: Auburn House
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Physicians -- Malpractice -- United States; Adversary system (Law) -- United States; Medical ethics -- United States
Description: "As a critical examination of the pervasive tension existing between defensive medicine and good, ethical patient care, this book investigates the impact of legalities on medical treatment. Physicians today are apprehensive about the threat of malpractice suits. Kapp explores the extent to which this fear is justified. He examines where physicians get their ideas about what the law forbids and requires, how physicians' perceptions of the law and medicine affect medical care, and whether these behavioral manifestations benefit or hurt a physician's ability to practice ethically. Kapp then suggests ways medical professionals can resolve tension caused by conflicting demands and encourage more ethical care."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.