Medical Ethics and Humanities

Medical Ethics and Humanities is a survey of the field that addresses ethical and legal issues of concern to health care students and providers. Authored by experts in medical ethics, humanities and the law, this book explains the various approaches to ethical analysis and illustrates their application through the use of cases and examples. Key features of the book include chapter learning objectives, chapter summaries, illustrative case studies, and review questions. Medical Ethics and Humanities covers important topics including ethical theory, biomedical ethical principles, confidentiality, informed consent, pediatric ethics, and medical malpractice. The humanities section of this book includes an introduction to medical humanities and provides a discussion of humanities in a historical and cultural context relating to reproduction and childbirth, midlife, aging and end of life. This text is an essential resource for all health care students and professionals! Instructor resources include PowerPoints and a Testbank. Click on Additional Resources to view Sample Chapters!

Section1 Introduction to the Study of Ethics
Chapter1 Theory in Bioethics
Chapter2 Principles of Biomedical Ethics
Chapter3 The Common Moral System
Chapter4 Case-Based Decision Making in Ethics
Chapter5 Professionalism and the Internal Morality of Medicine
Section2 The Provider-Patient Relationship
Chapter6 Confidentiality
Chapter7 Competence
Chapter8 Informed Consent I
Chapter9 Informed Consent II
Section3 Ethics Across the Lifespan
Chapter10 Ethics and Genetics
Chapter11 Human Reproduction and Birth
Chapter12 The Landscape of Ethical Issues in Pediatrics
Chapter13 Death by Robert Walker, MD
Chapter14 End-of-Life Decision Making
Section4 Law
Chapter15 Health Law and Medical Malpractice
Chapter16 My Brother's Keeper? Allocating Legal Responsibility Among Medical Providers
Section5 Humanities in Medicine
Chapter17 Introduction to Medical Humanities
Chapter18 Reproduction and Childbirth
Chapter19 Midlife
Chapter20 Aging and the End of Life