Ethical Issues in Neurology

Name: Ethical Issues in Neurology
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ISBN: 9780750695015

ISBN-10: 0750695013

ISBN-13: 9780750695015

Edition: 1994

Authors: James L. Bernat

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This important textbook on ethics in clinical neurology covers the ethical dilemmas that are becoming more and more prevalent in the neurologist's everyday practice. Among the patients a neurologist sees are those with incurable diseases, debilitating disorders, and diseases with concomitant psychiatric problems. This book reviews the important works on the subject, identifies the areas of controversy and consensus, provides a balanced account of those areas that remain unresolved, and offers objective approaches for the clinician. Medicolegal cases are integrated where high court judicial decisions were rendered using ethical analyses in their judgments. Those areas of law that parallel…

Book details

List price: $63.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 11/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



THe Theory and Practice of Clinical Ethics: Ethical Theory


Ethical Practice


Professional Ethics


Clinical Ethics and the Law


The Hospital Ethics Committee and the Ethics Consultant


Ethical Issues in Death and Dying: Dying and Palliative Care


Refusal of Life-Sustaining Treatment


Physician-Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia


Medical Futility


Ethical Issues in Neurological Syndromes: Brain Death


The Persistent Vegetative State and Related States


Neonates with Severe Neurological Disorders


States of Profound Paralysis with Intact Cognition


Dementia


Mental Retardation


Neurogenetic Diseases


Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome


Other Ethical Issues: Clinical Research1