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020			_a9781139058575 (ebook) :
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245			_aEthics and health care : _ban introduction [electronic resource] _cby John C. Moskop.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2016.
300			_a1 online resource (376 p.)
500			_aTable of contents: Part I. Ethics in health care : role, history, and methods. The role of ethics in health care; A brief history of health care ethics and clinical ethics consultation in the United States; Methods of health care ethics; Law and ethics in health care; Culture and ethics in health care Part. II. Moral foundations of the therapeutic relationship. Privacy and confidentiality; Truthfulness; Informed consent to treatment; Surrogate decision-making; Professionalism: responsibilities and privileges; Resource stewardship Part. III. Controversies in health care ethics : treatment choices at the beginning and at the end of life. Assisted reproductive technologies; Abortion; Maternal-fetal conflict; Advance care planning and advance directives; Moral conflicts in end-of-life care; Medical futility; Aid in dying Part. IV. Ethics in special contexts : biomedical research, genetics, and organ transplantation. Research on human subjects; The genetic revolution; Organ transplantation.
504			_aIncludes References and index.
520			_a"This book provides a concise introduction to the major concepts, principles, and issues in health care ethics, using case studies throughout to illustrate and analyse challenging ethical issues in contemporary health care. Topics range widely, from confidentiality and truthfulness to end-of-life care and research on human subjects. Ethics and Health Care will be a vital resource for students of applied ethics, bioethics, professional ethics, health law, and medical sociology, as well as students of medicine, nursing, and other health care professions"--
650			_aLaw.
650			_aMedical ethics.
856			_3Cambridge core online _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139058575
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