A Casebook of Medical Ethics - Couverture rigide

Ackerman, Terrence F.; Strong, Carson

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195039165 ISBN 13 : 9780195039160

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1989

Synopsis

This volume provides a set of case studies - drawn from a variety of specialities - that accurately portray the factual and moral dimensions of ethical issues arising in the clinical practice of medicine. Analysis of such cases plays a critical role in the study of medical ethics, and the cases presented here are intended to fully represent the rich medical and psychosocial complexity of real situations. Most of the cases are drawn from the authors' direct clinical experience during the last decade. Among the moral issues they demonstrate are conflicts between respect for parents' wishes and concern for their well-being; tensions between duties to an incapacitated patient and obligation to family members' differing viewpoints; disputes involving medical research; and opposing interests among physicians, patients, concerned third parties and the general public. Commentaries at the end of each chapter offer specific analyses of the cases, defining different conceptual frameworks for resolving moral dilemmas while inviting readers to assess the comparative merits and liabilities of these approaches.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Should a brain-dead woman be artificially maintained for the sake of her fetus? Does a physician have the right to administer a life-saving transfusion despite the patient's beliefs? Can a family request a hysterectomy for their retarded daughter? Physicians are facing moral dilemmas with increasing frequency. But how should these delicate questions be resolved and by whom? A Casebook of Medical Ethics offers a real-life view of the central issues involved in clinical medical ethics. Since the analysis of cases plays a critical role in this study, the authors have assembled a broad collection of histories encountered in their work as medical ethics educators and consultants. The cases are developed in substantial detail to reflect the rich medical and psychosocial complexity involved, and each is brought to a decision point at which a course of action must be chosen. The book includes commentaries that combine general discussion of ethical principles with specific analysis of the cases examined in the text, as well as various options for resolving conflicts. Readers are invited to assess the comparative merits and liabilities of these approaches.

Revue de presse

The extensive case discussions and the thoroughness both of the topics as well as analyses, make this an ideal casebook for ethics eommittee study. (Theoretical Medicine)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195039165
• ISBN 13: 9780195039160
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 258
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; Italie