Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions

Name: Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions
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ISBN: 9780721602431

ISBN-10: 0721602436

ISBN-13: 9780721602431

Edition: 4th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Ruth B. Purtilo, Regina F. Doherty

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Carefully written to ensure successful use by all health care professionals, Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions is still the only cross-disciplinary ethics book available. The new 4th edition of this bestselling title helps readers think critically and thoughtfully about ethical decisions they face in practice. Utilizing a unique 6-step decision making process designed by the author, this text provides an expert framework for making for making effective decisions. Questions and answers are positioned throughout the text to encourage critical thinking and enforce the interactive approach. Presents Western and non-Western sources of ethical thought, and case studies reflect a…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 1/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Ruth B. Purtilo, Ph.D., is James Marsh Presidential Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont and a professor emerita of the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Henk A.M.J. ten Have, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of medical ethics at the University Medical Centre Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, UNESCO, Paris.




Introduction to Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions



Morality and Ethics: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?



The Ethical Goal of Professional Practice and Prototypes of Ethical Problems



Ethics Theories and Approaches: All You Need to Know



A Six-Step Process of Ethical Decision Making in Arriving at a Caring Response



Ethical Dimensions of Professional Roles



Surviving Student Life Ethically



Surviving Professional Life Ethically



Living Ethically within Health Care Organizations



Living Ethically as a Member of the Health Care Team



Ethical Dimensions of the Professional-Patient Relationship



Why Honor Confidentiality?



Why So Much Emphasis on Truth Telling?



Why Care About Informed Consent?



Ethical Dimensions of Chronic and End-of-Life Care



The Growing Ethical Challenges of Chronic and Long Term Care



Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care



Ethical Dimensions of the Social Context of Health Care



Distributive Justice: Clinical Sources of Claims for Health Care



Compensatory Justice: Social Sources of Claims for Health Care



Good Citizenship and Your Professional Role: Life As Opportunity