Current Problems in Medical Ethics A Comprehensive Guide to Ethical Problems in Medical Practice

Fourth Edition. 238pp. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction; General Orientation; In the Service of Life and Health; Duty of Preserving Life; Ethics of Surgery; Organ Transplantation; Use of Drugs in Therapy; Medical Experimentation in Man; Respecting Unborn Life; Ethical Problems of Later Pregnancy and Delivery; Family Planning; Sterilisation; Promoting Fertility; Cooperation in Unethical Practices; Truth and Professional Secrecy; Ethical Problems in Psychiatry; Spiritual Care of the Sick; Appendices, Oath of Hippocrates, Pledge of Florence Nightingale etc. This book aims to help those engaged in the ministry of healing to come to conscientious decisions in the best interest of the patient. Overall condition VG.