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Medical Ethics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boylan, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley, 2013.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Source Credits
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 6
  • 1 Ethical Reasoning
  • A Prudential Model of Decision-Making
  • Possible Ethical Additions to the Prudential Model
  • How to Construct Your Own Model
  • How Do Ethics Make a Difference in Decision-Making?
  • Case 1: Social/Political Ethics The Trolley Problem
  • Analysis
  • Case 2: An Admission to the Emergency Room
  • Analysis
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 2 Health The Aim of Medicine
  • Ethics, Infertility, and Public Health Balancing Public Good and Private Choice
  • Health, Disease, and Infertility
  • Infertility as a Disvalued Dysfunction (Disease)
  • Conclusion
  • Notes and References
  • Too Old for the Good of Health?
  • Introduction: Goodness and Health
  • Health-Neutral or Normative?
  • Definitions of Health
  • Oldness
  • When Is Old Age?
  • Health in Old Age
  • Goodness of Health for Old Age
  • Conclusion
  • Notes and References
  • Health as Self-Fulfillment
  • Functional Approaches to Health
  • Public Health Approach
  • Subjectivist Approaches
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Vital Issues Concerning Medical Paternalism
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Rational Non-Interventional Paternalism Why Doctors Ought to Make Judgments of What Is Best for Their Patients
  • Two Reasons
  • 'Framing Effect'
  • Moral Stakes
  • Shared Decision-Making
  • References
  • B. Privacy and Confidentiality Medical Privacy in the Age of Genomics
  • Medical Privacy
  • Genomics: A Revolution in Revelations
  • DNA, Genes, and Information About Persons
  • What May Once Have Been a Duty Must Now Become a Right
  • The Right to Your Genes
  • Notes
  • Ethical Issues Experienced by HIV-Infected African-American Women
  • Introduction
  • Method
  • Findings
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • C. Informed Consent Should Informed Consent Be Based on Rational Beliefs?
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Rationality and Autonomy
  • III. An Example of Irrational Belief: Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood
  • IV. Three Examples of Holding a False Belief
  • V. Summary and Implications
  • Rational Deliberation
  • Duties as Educators
  • Acknowledgement
  • Notes and References
  • Cultural Diversity and Informed Consent
  • Case
  • Discussion
  • Analysis