Silent World of Doctor and Patient

Name: Silent World of Doctor and Patient
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ISBN: 9780801857805

ISBN-10: 0801857805

ISBN-13: 9780801857805

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Jay Katz, Alexander Morgan Capron

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In this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process, physician and law professor Jay Katz examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent care and patient compliance. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust -- despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy, and demonstrates the detrimental effect their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age of medical science and sophisticated technology for more honest and complete communication between physician and…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword to the Johns Hopkins Edition: The Once and Future Silent World



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction



Physicians and Patients: A History of Silence



Physicians and Citizens: The Struggle for Freedom from Lay Control



Judges, Physicians, and Patients: The Legal Doctrine of Informed Consent



Sharing Authority: The Willingness to Trust



Respecting Autonomy: The Struggle over Rights and Capacities



Respecting Autonomy: The Obligation for Conversation



Acknowledging Uncertainty: The Confrontation of Knowledge and Ignorance



The Abandonment of Patients: A Final Argument against Silence



Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association (1847)



American Medical Association Principles of Medical Ethics (1980)


Notes


Index