Edge, Raymond S.

Ethics of health care : a guide for clinical practice / Raymond S. Edge, John Randall Groves. - 2nd edition - Albany : Delmar Publishers, c1999. - xii, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Chapter 1: Human value development
Chapter 2: Decision making in value issues
Chapter 3: Basic principles of health care ethics
Chapter 4: The nature of rights in ethical discourse
Chapter 5: Confidentiality and the management of health care information
Chapter 6: Professional gatekeeping as a function of role fidelity
Chapter 7: Autonomy vs. paternalism: a contest between values
Chapter 8: Justice and the allocation of scarce resources
Chapter 9: Withholding and withdrawing life support
Chapter 10: Euthanasia: practice and principles
Chapter 11: Abortion
Chapter 12: AIDS and health care practice
Chapter 13: Ethical issues and genetic manipulation
Chapter 14: Transcultural health

0766805182 (pbk.) 9780766805187


Medical ethics.

WB 50 E232e 1999