Overview

Carefully written to ensure successful use by all health care professionals, Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions is still the only cross-disciplinary ethics book available. The new 4th edition of this bestselling title helps readers think critically and thoughtfully about ethical decisions they face in practice. Utilizing a unique 6-step decision making process designed by the author, this text provides an expert framework for making for making effective decisions.

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Author:   Ruth B. Purtilo
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   W B Saunders Co Ltd
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780721602431

ISBN 10:   0721602436
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 February 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

I. Introduction to Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions 1. Morality and Ethics: What Are They and Why Do They Matter? 2. The Ethical Goal of Professional Practice and Prototypes of Ethical Problems 3. Ethics Theories and Approaches: All You Need to Know 4. A Six-Step Process of Ethical Decision Making in Arriving at a Caring Response II. Ethical Dimensions of Professional Roles 5. Surviving Student Life Ethically 6. Surviving Professional Life Ethically 7. Living Ethically within Health Care Organizations 8. Living Ethically as a Member of the Health Care Team III. Ethical Dimensions of the Professional-Patient Relationship 9. Why Honor Confidentiality? 10. Why So Much Emphasis on Truth Telling? 11. Why Care About Informed Consent? IV. Ethical Dimensions of Chronic and End-of-Life Care 12. The Growing Ethical Challenges of Chronic and Long Term Care 13. Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care V. Ethical Dimensions of the Social Context of Health Care 14. Distributive Justice: Clinical Sources of Claims for Health Care 15. Compensatory Justice: Social Sources of Claims for Health Care 16. Good Citizenship and Your Professional Role: Life As Opportunity

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