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Textbook of Healthcare Ethics

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1996
ISBN
0306452405, 9780306452406, 9780585416830
LCC
R724 .L64 1996
Open Library ID
OL982657M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4420559 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
325\325
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Here, Erich H. Loewy expands on his earlier book Textbook of Medical Ethics (1989) offering healthcare workers and students a new perspective on ethical practice. Textbook of Healthcare Ethics focuses on the social conditions in which medical practice occurs and how ethical healthcare decisions involves nurses, social workers, psychologists, technicians, and patients as well as physicians. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition addresses historical and theoretical underpinnings and practical concerns. A series of case studies serve as a guideline for further discussion. The text examines provocative issues such as organ donation, care of the terminally ill, abortion, HIV-positive healthcare professionals, physician-assisted suicide, and experimentation with fetal tissue. This is an ideal book for all members of the healthcare team as well as students and residents in any discipline of medicine.

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