The Cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook: Case Studies, Commentaries and Activities - Softcover

Michael Parker; Donna Dickenson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521788633 ISBN 13: 9780521788632

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This is a practical, versatile, case-based introduction to bioethics for anyone interested in the ethical issues raised by modern medicine. It is designed to be used for individual reference, as well as a set text in group teaching or open learning environments. The workbook is structured around a variety of guided activities designed to introduce and examine the major ethical questions. The activities are clustered around actual cases (provided by an international team of health care professionals), commentaries (from clinicians, ethicists, and lawyers), and short papers. The range of problems covered includes ethical issues raised by new reproductive and genetic technologies, the rights of vulnerable groups, and allocation of scarce medical resources. This workbook will be invaluable to practitioners, medical and nursing students, and anyone who needs to develop skills in ethical analysis for clinical practice or research.

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Book Description

This is a practical, versatile, case-based introduction to bioethics. Designed to be used both as individual reference and a set text, it is structured around a variety of activities designed to introduce and examine the major general and specific ethical questions. These are clustered around actual cases (from an international team of health care professionals), commentaries (by clinicians, lawyers and ethicists), and short papers. The workbook will be invaluable to practitioners, medical and nursing students, and anyone who needs to develop skills in ethical analysis for clinical practice or research.

Review

"The authors/editors set out their purpose clearly and the cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook achieves this aim admirably. Does the medical ethics universe need such a text? Undoubtedly...this book is a clever and useful addition to the medical ethics textbook catalog."-mentalhelp.net

"This is a book with a great deal to commend it. The discussions are enlivened by an excellent panel of contributors, and the format is engaging. It makes you think--an enjoyable experience over a cup of tea." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

"This book should entice not only clinicians and health care professionals who have a special interest in biomedical ethics, but selected chapters will also be useful for postgraduate training in internal medicine, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, psychiatry and, above all, medical research." Hong Kong Medical Journal

"A useful addition for the library and an excellent resource for introducing ethics to medical students." Palliative Medicine

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521788633
• ISBN 13: 9780521788632
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376