Ethics of health care
Subtitle: a guide for clinical practice
By: Raymond S. Edge, John Randall Groves.
Contributors: Groves, John Randall.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Medical ethics
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human value development; title: Decision making in value issues; title: Basic principles of health care ethics; title: The nature of rights in ethical discourse; title: Confidentiality and the management of health care information; title: Professional gatekeeping as a function of role fidelity; title: Autonomy vs. paternalism: a contest between values; title: Justice and the allocation of scarce resources; title: Withholding and withdrawing life support; title: Euthanasia: practice and principles; title: Reproductive issues; title: AIDS and health care practice; title: Ethical issues and genetic manipulation; title: Culturally appropriate health care; title: Appendix: codes of professional ethics, selected health professions.