General practice and ethics : uncertainty and responsibility /

Explores the ethical issues faced by GPs in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes: the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general practitioners' responsibilities.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Dowrick, Christopher, 1951-, Frith, Lucy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Series:Professional ethics.
Subjects:
Physicians (General practice) > Professional ethics.
Primary care (Medicine) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Evidence-based medicine > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Family medicine.
Physician and patient.
Ethics, Medical
Family Practice
Physician-Patient Relations
Omnipraticiens > Déontologie.
Soins de santé primaires > Aspect moral.
Médecine factuelle > Aspect moral.
Éthique médicale.
Médecine familiale.
Relations médecin-patient.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Physician and patient
Family medicine
Medical ethics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Uncertainty and responsibility / Christopher Dowrick
  • Evidence-based medicine and general practice / Lucy Frith
  • Ethico-legal dilemmas within general practice : moral indeterminacy and abstract morality / Len Doyal
  • General practitioner and confidentiality / Jean McHale
  • Patient-centredness : a history / Carl May, Nicola Mead
  • Ethics and postmodernity / Sam Smith
  • Ethics of prescribing / Colin Bradley
  • Depression in general practice / Roger Higgs
  • Advance directives / Angus Dawson
  • Ethics of research in general practice / Roger Jones.

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