Bioethics, Public Health, and the Social Sciences for the Medical Professions: An Integrated, Case-Based Approach

Description

This unique textbook utilizes an integrated, case-based approach to explore how the domains of bioethics, public health and the social sciences impact individual patients and populations. It provides a structured framework suitable for both educators (including course directors and others engaged in curricular design) and for medical and health professions students to use in classroom settings across a range of clinical areas and allied health professions and for independent study. The textbook opens with an introduction, describing the intersection of ethics and public health in clinical practice and the six key themes that inform the book's core learning objectives, followed by a guide to using the book. It then presents 22 case studies that address a broad spectrum of patient populations, clinical settings, and disease pathologies. Each pair of cases shares a core concept in bioethics or public health, from community perspectives and end-of-life care to medical mistakes and stigma and marginalization. They engage learners in rigorous clinical and ethical reasoning by prompting readers to make choices based on available information and then providing additional information to challenge assumptions, simulating clinical decision-making. In addition to providing a unique, detailed clinical scenario, each case is presented in a consistent format, which includes learning objectives, questions and responses for self-directed learning, questions and responses for group discussion, references, and suggested further reading. All cases integrate the six themes of patient- and family-centered care; evidence-based practice; structural competency; biases in decision-making; cultural humility and awareness of the culture of medicine; and justice, social responsibility and advocacy. The final section discusses some challenges to evaluating courses and learning encounters that adopt the cases and includes a model framework for learner assessment. Front Matter ....Pages I-XI Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Amy E. Caruso Brown)....Pages 3-15 Approaches to Using This Book (Amy E. Caruso Brown)....Pages 17-35 Front Matter ....Pages 37-37 “How Many of These Surgeries Have You Done?” (Robert S. Olick)....Pages 39-60 “Can’t Stop Coughing (But I Need to Get Back to the Shelter by 6)” (Cynthia B. Morrow)....Pages 61-76 Front Matter ....Pages 77-77 “I Think I’m in Labor” (Jordana L. Gilman, Sarah Cumbie Reckess)....Pages 79-97 “Why Does My Son Have Lead in His Blood?” (Travis R. Hobart)....Pages 99-122 Front Matter ....Pages 123-123 “Our Baby Is Turning Blue” (Caitlin M. Nye)....Pages 125-144 “I Have a Touch of Sugar but I Can’t Afford My Meds” (Martha A. Wojtowycz, Ahmed A. Malik)....Pages 145-162 Front Matter ....Pages 163-163 “I Don’t Want My Child to Get Vaccines” (Manika Suryadevara, Joseph B. Domachowske)....Pages 165-184 “Our Son’s Cancer Is Gone. Why Can’t We Stop Treatment?” (Thomas R. Curran Jr.)....Pages 185-203 Front Matter ....Pages 205-205 “He Has a Gun and Wants to Kill Himself” (Christopher R. Botash)....Pages 207-230 “Bleeding Too Much” (In the Words of a Refugee) (Andrea V. Shaw)....Pages 231-247 Front Matter ....Pages 249-249 “My Father Would Not Want to Live Like This” (Sharon A. Brangman)....Pages 251-267 “We’re Not Ready to Give Up” (Anthony Michael Zepeda)....Pages 269-285 Front Matter ....Pages 287-287 “Please Look Beyond My Disability” (Jeremy French-Lawyer, Margaret A. Turk)....Pages 289-313 “It Runs in the Family” (Robert Roger Lebel)....Pages 315-332 Front Matter ....Pages 333-333 “I Know Something Is Wrong” (Kendra Harris)....Pages 335-348 “I’m in Pain!” (Theresa Baxter)....Pages 349-366 Front Matter ....Pages 367-367 “I Don’t Want to Be a Guinea Pig” (Gregory L. Eastwood)....Pages 369-387 “Wait, I’m a Research Subject?” (Gregory L. Eastwood)....Pages 389-405 Front Matter ....Pages 407-407 “I Need Blockers So I Don’t Turn Into a Girl” (Karen L. Teelin)....Pages 409-428 “You Don’t Understand: He Needs That Bottle” (Lauren Hall Mutrie, Janet H. Goode)....Pages 429-449 Front Matter ....Pages 451-451 “They Say My Baby’s Head Is Too Small” (Amy E. Caruso Brown, Cynthia B. Morrow)....Pages 453-475 “I Just Want to Help People and See the World” (Andrea V. Shaw)....Pages 477-492 Front Matter ....Pages 493-493 Evaluating Cases in Context (Lauren J. Germain)....Pages 495-499 A Practical Framework for Learner Assessment (Lauren J. Germain)....Pages 501-506 Back Matter ....Pages 507-527