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Health Care Ethics : Critical Issues for the 21st Century

ISBN: 9780763745264 | 076374526X

Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett
Pub. Date: 3/20/2008

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Summary Table of Contents

"Organized around four central themes in healthcare ethics (theoretical foundations, and issues for individuals, organizations, and society), the Second Edition brings together the insights of leading experts in the fields of bioethics, long-term care, health administration, and more. Designed for upper-level programs, this text will challenge the reader to think beyond the existing system of medicine and inspire further exploration and thought."--BOOK JACKET.

Previous Edition 9780763728885

Contributors	p. ix
About the Author	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Foundations in Theory	p. 1
Theory of Health Care Ethics	p. 3
Principles of Health Care Ethics	p. 41
Critical Issues for Individuals	p. 59
The Moral Status of Gametes and Embryos: Storage and Surrogacy	p. 61
The Ethical Challenge of the New Reproductive Technology	p. 71... MORE
Abortion: The Unexplored Middle Ground	p. 87
Proposals for Human Cloning: A Review and Ethical Evaluation	p. 99
Competency: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why It Matters	p. 110
The Patient Self-Determination Act	p. 123
Older People and Long-Term Care: Issues of Access	p. 167
Respecting Autonomy of Elders in Nursing Homes	p. 184
Death, Medicine, and Moral Significance of Family Decision Making	p. 201
Ethical Issues in the Use of Fluids and Nutrition: When Can They Be Withdrawn?	p. 210
Ethical Issues Concerning Physician-Assisted Death	p. 222
Critical Issues For Health Care Organizations	p. 235
Health Care Institutional Ethics: Broader than Clinical Ethics	p. 237
Hospital Ethics Committees: Rules, Membership Structure, and Difficulties	p. 251
Ethically-Important Distinctions Among Managed Care Organizations	p. 267
Bioethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care	p. 283
High-Technology Home Care: Critical Issues and Ethical Choices	p. 297
Spirituality in Health Care Organizations	p. 321
Critical Issues in Societal Health	p. 337
Equality and Inequality in American Health Care	p. 339
Is Rationing of Health Care Ethically Defensible?	p. 355
Domestic Violence: Changing Theory, Changing Practice	p. 365
Ethics Issues in Disaster Relief	p. 382
Looking Toward the Future	p. 397
Glossary	p. 409
Index	p. 419
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