Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Seventh Edition
by Jonsen, Albert; Siegler, Mark; Winslade, William-
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Summary
Author Biography
Mark Siegler, MD is Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago and also a nationallyrenown expert on clinical ethics.
William Winslade, PhD, JD, is nationally known as a bioethicist and is Professor at theUniversity of Texas Medical Branch.
Table of Contents
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Four Topics | p. 2 |
Resources in Clinical Ethics | p. 5 |
Acknowledgements | p. 6 |
Bibliography | p. 7 |
The Four Topics Chart | p. 8 |
Medical Indications | p. 9 |
Indicated and Nonindicated Interventions | p. 18 |
Clinical Judgment and Clinical Uncertainty | p. 24 |
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Orders not to Resuscitate (DNR) | p. 30 |
Medical Error | p. 39 |
Determination of Death | p. 40 |
Summary | p. 43 |
Pediatric Notes | p. 44 |
Patient Preferences | p. 47 |
Informed Consent | p. 51 |
Decisional Capacity | p. 65 |
Decision Making for the Mentally Incapacitated Patient | p. 80 |
Surrogate Decision-Makers | p. 87 |
Failure to Cooperate in the Therapeutic Relationship | p. 92 |
Pediatric Notes | p. 102 |
Quality of Life | p. 109 |
Divergent Evaluations of Quality of Life | p. 116 |
Enhancement Medicine | p. 125 |
Compromised Quality of Life and Life-Sustaining Interventions | p. 126 |
Pain Relief for Terminally Ill Patients | p. 144 |
Medically Assisted Dying | p. 148 |
Care of the Dying Patient | p. 155 |
Treatment of Attempted or Suspected Suicides | p. 156 |
Pediatric Notes | p. 158 |
Contextual Features | p. 161 |
Health Professions | p. 165 |
Other Interested Parties | p. 170 |
Confidentiality of Medical Information | p. 174 |
Economics of Clinical Care | p. 181 |
Allocation of Scarce Health Resources | p. 187 |
Influence of Religion on Clinical Decisions | p. 199 |
Role of Law in Clinical Ethics | p. 201 |
Clinical Research | p. 203 |
Clinical Teaching | p. 211 |
Public Health | p. 214 |
Organizational Ethics | p. 219 |
Pediatric Notes | p. 222 |
Locator | p. 225 |
Pullout Card-The Four Topics Chart | |
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