Textbook of Healthcare Ethics

1 Historical Introduction INTRODUCTION This chapter is mainly about the history of medicine and its ethics. As usually c- ceived, history is retrograde: It is what happened yesterday, and, much as we may try, it is what happened yesterday seen with a set of today's eyes. Trying to understand ye...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Loewy, Erich E.H (Autor), Springer Loewy, Roberta (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:2nd ed. 2005.
Temas:
Family medicine.
Ethics.
Pediatrics.
Internal medicine.
Bioethics.
General Practice and Family Medicine.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Internal Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Historical Introduction
  • Knowledge and Ethics
  • Theoretical Considerations
  • Fallibility and the Problem of Blameworthiness in Medicine
  • The Ongoing Dialectic between Autonomy and Responsibility in a Pluralist World
  • Patients, Society and Healthcare Professionals
  • Genetics and Ethics
  • Problems of Macro-allocation
  • Organ Donation
  • Problems at the Beginning of Life
  • Problems in the Care of the Terminally Ill
  • Common Problems in Everyday Practice
  • Resolving Ethical Problems: An Introduction to Individual Cases.

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