Health Care Ethics: Theological Foundations, Contemporary Issues, and Controversial Cases - Softcover

Panicola, Michael R.; Belde, David M.; Slosar, John Paul; Repenshek, Mark F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599821036 ISBN 13: 9781599821030

Publisher: Anselm Academic, 2011

Synopsis

In their thought-provoking and insightful revised introductory ethics text, authors Michael Panicola, David Belde, John Slosar, and Mark Repenshek address complex and controversial health care issues that are very much a part of our everyday lives. Using a normative framework, the authors incorporate specific issues, case studies, and multimedia aides in each chapter to encourage students to engage in moral discourse and reflection. The authors' stimulating faith-based discussion of how particular circumstances in society have an impact on ethical decision making is a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex relationship between health care issues and ethics.

Linking new material, including chapters on the patient-physician relationship, regenerative medicine, the pharmaceutical/device industry, and health care reform, to classic chapters on reproductive technology, abortion and maternal-fetal care, stem cell research, genomic technologies, and end-of-life care, the authors underscore the important real-life concerns and issues that confront people in their daily living and the need to discern these concerns and issues with the goal of attaining human and social flourishing.

Key additions to the revised text include a glossary; updated facts, figures, tables, and statistics; new case studies; chapter discussion questions, including social-ethics questions; and social analysis.

About this title

About the Authors

Michael R. Panicola, PhD (Saint Louis University) is corporate vice president of ethics for SSM Health Care in Saint Louis, MO.

David M. Belde, PhD (Saint Louis University) is administrative director of ethics and mission for Bon Secours Richmond Health System in Richmond, VA.

John Paul Slosar, PhD (Saint Louis University) is director of ethics for Ascension Health in Saint Louis, MO.

Mark F. Repenshek, PhD (Saint Louis University) is a health care ethicist for Columbia Saint Mary's Hospitals in Milwaukee, WI.

From the Back Cover

Health Care Ethics



"I used the first edition, An Introduction to Health Care Ethics, with undergraduates multiple times, and students loved the book. The second edition is updated with valuable new information and remains just as clear, careful, and compassionate. . . . This excellent text is recommended for anyone who realizes that sooner or later they will need to be engaged in the serious and loving work of health care decision making."

--Marie J. Giblin, Xavier University, Cincinnati



Health Care Ethics is a thought-provoking and insightful text, written by working ethicists practicing in today's health care field. Addressing the complex and sometimes controversial health care issues that are very much a part of our everyday lives, the authors incorporate case studies, social-ethics questions, and suggestions of multimedia aids in each chapter to encourage students

to observe, engage in moral discourse, and understand how ethical decisions are made.

Updated to include current case studies, coverage of contemporary topics such as regenerative medicine, and the pharmaceutical / device industry, the book also contains new chapters devoted to the significant issue of health care reform, to professionalism, and to the patient-professional relationship.



Health Care Ethics:

• Is written by theological ethicists working in health care today

• Is appropriate for undergraduates or professionals

• Assumes no knowledge of theology, ethics, or medicine

• Examines real-life concerns and issues familiar to students

• Establishes a normative basis rooted in a holistic view of the person, appropriate for students of all backgrounds



Michael R. Panicola is corporate vice president of ethics for SSM Health Care in St. Louis, Missouri. David M. Belde is administrative director of ethics and mission for Bon Secours Richmond Health System in Richmond, Virginia. John Paul Slosar is corporate director of ethics for Ascension Health in St. Louis, Missouri. Mark F. Repenshek is a health care ethicist for Columbia Saint Mary's Hospitals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Anselm Academic
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599821036
• ISBN 13: 9781599821030
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 452