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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

This timely Fourth Edition offers clinicians expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan. Most chapters include real-life sample cases that the author walks through, discussing the salient issues and how to approach them. This edition includes a new chapter on ethical issues in cross-cultural medicine and new material on conscientious objection by physicians in reproductive health and other areas. Other topics addressed include disclosure of errors to patients, gifts to physicians from drug comp... MORE

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Preface to the First Edition	p. v
Preface to the Fourth Edition	p. vii
Fundamentals of Clinical Ethics
An Approach to Ethical Dilemmas in Patient Care	p. 3
Overview of Ethical Guidelines	p. 11
Informed Consent	p. 18
Promoting the Patient's Best Interests	p. 31
Confidentiality	p. 40
Avoiding Deception and Nondisclosure	p. 50
Keeping Promises	p. 61
Shared Decision Making
An Approach to Decisions About Clinical Interventions	p. 67
Futile Interventions	p. 69
Decision-Making Capacity	p. 75
Refusal of Treatment by Competent, Informed Patients	p. 83
Standards for Decisions When Patients Lack Decision-Making Capacity	p. 88
Surrogate Decision Making	p. 101
Persistent Disagreements Over Care	p. 107
Decisions About Life-Sustaining Interventions
Confusing Ethical Distinctions	p. 119
Ethics Consultations and Ethics Committees	p. 129
Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders	p. 136
Tube and Intravenous Feedings	p. 145
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Active Euthanasia	p. 151
The Persistent Vegetative State	p. 162
Determination of Death	p. 166
Legal Rulings on Life-Sustaining Interventions	p. 170
The Doctor-Patient Relationship
Overview of the Doctor-Patient Relationship	p. 179
Refusal to Care for Patients	p. 182
Gifts from Patients to Physicians	p. 190
Sexual Contact Between Physicians and Patients	p. 195
Secret Information About Patients	p. 201
Clinical Research	p. 203
Conflicts of Interest
Overview of Conflicts of Interest	p. 213
Bedside Rationing of Health Care	p. 219
Incentives for Physicians to Increase Services	p. 227
Measures to Control Health Care Costs	p. 230
Gifts from Drug Companies	p. 238
Disclosing Errors	p. 243
Impaired Colleagues	p. 251
Ethical Dilemmas Students and House Staff Face	p. 256
Ethical Issues in Clinical Specialties
Ethical Issues in Pediatrics	p. 267
Ethical Issues in Surgery	p. 278
Ethical Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology	p. 285
Ethical Issues in Psychiatry	p. 293
Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation	p. 301
Ethical Issues in Genomic Medicine	p. 311
Ethical Isues in Public Health Emergencies	p. 321
Ethical Issues in Cross-Cultural Care	p. 330
Cases for Discussion	p. 339
Index	p. 351
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Bernard Lo, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Director, Program in Medical Ethics, University of California, San Francisco, Attending Physician, Moffitt-Long Hospital, San Francisco, California

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