CLINICAL ETHICS: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine - Softcover

Jonsen, Albert R.; Siegler, Mark; Winslade, William J.

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9780071387637: CLINICAL ETHICS: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine

Synopsis

Shows health care professionals how to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical issues in clinical medicine, using the Four-Box Method ( medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features). The Fifth Edition emphasizes evidence-based medicine, and explores new issues in treatment and research.

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The right choice

Face the ethical issues that arise in clinical practice with this proven, practical approach.

Clinical Ethics brings you:
* The Four Topics Method: An easy approach used to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical problems in clinical medicine
* Abundant, concise, illustrative clinical case examples
* Current opinion on today's most controversial issues, such as physician-assisted death, genetic testing and screening, and stem-cell transplantation
* Ethical considerations in research trials, palliative care, and other growing medical areas
* Practical coverage of legal issues
* One of the leading guides to ethical health care

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