The healer's power /

Although the physician's use and misuse of power have been discussed in the social sciences and in literature, they have never been explored in medical ethics until now. In this book, Dr. Howard Brody argues that the central task is not to reduce the physician's power, as others have sugge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brody, Howard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992.
Temas:
Medical ethics.
Physician and patient.
Control (Psychology)
Ethics, Medical
Physician-Patient Relations
Power, Psychological
Éthique médicale.
Relations médecin-patient.
Contrôle (Psychologie)
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Machtmissbrauch
Medizinische Ethik
Patient
Machtstruktur
Arzt
Medische ethiek.
Arts-patiënt-relatie.
Arzt.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Chief of Medicine
  • 2. Medical Ethics and Power
  • 3. The Dark Side of the Force: Clinical Examples
  • 4. The Physician-Patient Relationship
  • 5. Care versus Work
  • 6. Informed Consent: Definition and Models
  • 7. Informed Consent: Shared Power and Transparency
  • 8. The Power to Control Information
  • 9. The Rescue Fantasy
  • 10. Substituted Judgment and Quality of Life
  • 11. The Power to Determine Futility
  • 12. Power and Cost Containment
  • 13. The Physician's Income
  • 14. The Social Power of Expert Healers
  • 15. Power and Theories of Medical Ethics
  • 16. The Physician's Character
  • 17. Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix. "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand," / Vonda McIntyre.

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