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Item Details
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HEALTHY RESPECT
ETHICS IN HEALTH CARE |
| By: |
R. S. Downie, K. C. Calman |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£52.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0192624083 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780192624086 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
12 May, 1994 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
310 |
| Description: |
The book offers an introduction to the moral concepts and value of health care. It is written by a moral philosopher, a doctor and a nurse and contains questions, cases and exercises which are suitable for medical, nursing and all students and commentators on health care. Moral dilemmas include consent, confidentiality, the giving or withholding of information, and the economics of health care. The issues of artificial reproduction, terminal care and the research andtesting of drugs are addressed. |
| Synopsis: |
Health care professionals are becoming increasingly aware of the moral dilemmas fundamental to their work. Healthy Respect introduces and analyses the moral concepts and values of health care for all those working in the medical profession, in order that they may examine their own moral and value judgements and appreciate how they might be influenced by them at work. The topics covered include: consent, confidentiality, giving or withholding information, the economics of healthcare, terminal care, resuscitation, testing of drugs Written in a clear, easily accessible style, this book presents many questions, cases and exercises throughout which will stimulate thought and discussion in the reader making it highly suited to all those actively engaged in health care. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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