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Case Studies in Allied Health Ethics

by: Veatch; Flack

Case Studies in Allied Health Ethics

by: Veatch; Flack

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Copyright: 05/31/1996
Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Summary

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Case studies exploring ethical decision making, for allied health professionals. Presents and discusses actual cases and scenarios requiring ethical consideration in nine major allied health fields. Topics include euthanasia, reproductive rights, privacy issues, genetics, and more.

Preface

Introduction: Four Questions of Ethics

xvii

What Makes Right Acts Right?

xviii

Distinguish Between Evaluative Statements and Statements Presenting Nonevaluative Facts

xviii

Distinguish Between Moral and Nonmoral Evaluations

xix

Determine Who Ought to Decide

xxi

What Kinds of Acts Are Right?

xxiii

How Do Rules Apply To Specific Situations?

xxvii

What Ought To Be Done in Specific Cases?

xxviii

PART I: ETHICS AND VALUES IN ALLIED HEALTH

(26)

Values in Health and Illness

(8)

Recognizing Evaluative Judgments

(3)

Distinguishing Moral From Nonmoral Evaluations

(5)

What Is the Source of Moral Judgments?

(16)

Grounding Ethics in The Professional Code

(3)

Grounding Ethics in The Physician's Orders

(3)

Grounding Ethics in Hospital Policy

(2)

Grounding Ethics in The Patient's Values

(2)

Grounding Ethics in Religious or Philosophical Perspectives

(5)

PART II: ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN ALLIED HEALTH

(112)

Benefiting the Client and Others

(20)

The Duty To Do Good And Avoid Harm

(1)

Benefiting The Patient

(8)

Health in Conflict with Other Goods

(3)

Relating Benefits and Harms

(3)

Benefits of Rules and Benefits in Specific Cases

(2)

Benefiting Society And Those Who Are Not Patients

(11)

Benefits to Society

(2)

Benefits to Specific Nonpatients

(2)

Benefit to the Profession

(1)

Benefit to the Allied Health Professional and His or Her Family

(5)

Justice

(16)

The Allocation of Health Resources

(1)

Justice Among Clients

(3)

Justice Between Clients and Others

(4)

Justice and Life-Style Health Risks

(2)

Justice in Public Policy

(2)

Justice and Other Ethical Principles

(4)

Autonomy

(18)

Determining Whether A Patient is Autonomous

(4)

Autonomy in Adolescents

(1)

Autonomy and the Mentally Impaired Adult

(2)

External Constraints on Autonomy

(3)

Overriding the Choices of Autonomous Persons

(3)

Provider Autonomy

(5)

Veracity

(18)

Dealing Honestly with Clients

(2)

The Condition of Doubut

(2)

Lying in Order to Benefit

(8)

Protecting the Patient by Lying

(2)

Protecting the Welfare of Others

(5)

Special Cases of Truth-Telling

(3)

Patients Who Don't Want to be Told

(1)

Family Members Who Insist the Patient Not be Told

(2)

The Right of Access to Medical Records

(3)

Fidelity

101

(18)

Promise-Keeping and Confidentiality

101

(1)

The Ethics of Promises: Explicit and Implicit

102

(4)

The Limits on the Promise of Confidentiality

106

(9)

Breaking Confidence to Benefit the Patient

106

(5)

Breaking Confidence to Benefit Others

111

(4)

Incompetent and Dishonest Colleagues

115

(4)

Avoidance of Killing

119

(20)

Active Killing Versus Letting Die

121

(5)

Withholding Versus Withdrawing Treatment

126

(2)

Direct Versus Indirect Killing

128

(4)

Justifiable Omissions

132

(2)

Voluntary and Involuntary Killing

134

(5)

PART III: SPECIAL PROBLEM AREAS

139

(104)

Abortion, Sterilization, and Contraception

141

(18)

Abortion

141

(11)

Abortion for Genetic Reasons

143

(2)

Abortion Following Maternal Trauma

145

(2)

Abortion Following a Rape

147

(3)

Abortion for Socioeconomic Reasons

150

(2)

Sterilization

152

(2)

Contraception

154

(5)

Genetics, Birth, and the Biological Revolution

159

(16)

Genetic Counseling

160

(6)

Genetic Screening

166

(2)

In Vitro Fertilization, Sperm Donation, and Aid

168

(7)

Mental Health and Behavior Control

175

(20)

The Concept of Mental Health

176

(3)

Mental Illness and Autonomous Behavior

179

(5)

Mental Illness and Third-Party Interests

184

(5)

Other Behavior-Controlling Therapies

189

(6)

Experimentation on Human Subjects

195

(18)

Calculating Risks and Benefits

198

(3)

Privacy and Confidentiality

201

(4)

Equity in Research

205

(3)

Informed Consent in Research

208

(5)

Consent and the Right to Refuse Treatment

213

(14)

The Elements of a Consent

214

(6)

The Standards for Consent

220

(3)

Comprehension and Voluntariness

223

(4)

Death and Dying

227

(16)

The Definition of Death

228

(4)

Formerly Competent Patients

232

(4)

Never Competent Patients

236

(4)

Limits Based on Interests of Others

240

(3)

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTERS TO CASE STUDIES

243

(4)

APPENDIX: ALLIED HEALTH CODES OF ETHICS

247

(30)

American Dietetics Association

247

(10)

American Health Information Management Association

257

(1)

American Society for Medical Technology

258

(1)

American Occupational Therapy Association

259

(3)

American Academy of Physician Assistants

262

(2)

American Physical Therapy Association

264

(6)

American Society of Radiologic Technologists

270

(2)

American Association for Respiratory Care

272

(1)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

273

(4)

Glossary of Terms

277

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Case Studies in Allied Health Ethics

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