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Considers issues in medical ethics and the social context in which medical problems arise, exploring areas such as the physician-patient relationship, healthcare allocation, and informed consent. This revised, expanded, and retitled edition of the author's Textbook of Medical Ethics discusses current problems such as HIV-positive healthcare professionals, physician-assisted suicide, experimentation with fetal tissue, and genetic counseling and manipulation. Useful for undergraduate and graduate courses in healthcare ethics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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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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