TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jonsen,Albert R.
AU  - Siegler,Mark
AU  - Winslade,William J.
TI  - Clinical ethics: a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine 
SN  - 0071387633 (softcover : alk. paper)
AV  - R724 .J66 2002
U1  - 174/.2 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw Hill, Medical Pub. Division
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Ethics, Clinical
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Etica médica
N1  - 1.1 Inappropriate interventions -- 1.2 Orders not to attempt resuscitation -- 1.3 Care of the dying patient -- 1.4 Legal implications of forgoing treatment -- 1.5 Determination of death -- 2.1 Informed consent -- 2.2 Decisional capacity -- 2.3 Beliefs due to religious and cultural diversity -- 2.4 Truthful communication -- 2.5 Competent refusal of treatment -- 2.6 Advance planning -- 2.7 Decision-making for the mentally incapacitated patient -- 2.8 The limits of patient preferences -- 2.9 Failure to cooperate with medical recommendations -- 2.10 Alternative medicine -- 3.1 Enhancing quality of life -- 3.2 Objective criteria for quality of life -- 3.3 Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- 3.4 Suicide -- 4.1 Role of interested parties -- 4.2 Physician confidentiality -- 4.3 The economics of health care -- 4.4 Allocation of scarce health resources -- 4.5 Religion -- 4.6 The role of the law in clinical ethics -- 4.7 Clinical research -- 4.8 Clinical teaching -- 4.9 Occupational medicine -- 4.10 Public health -- 4.11 Ethics committees -- 4.12 Ethics consultation
ER  -