Ethics and Health Care: An Introduction (Cambridge Applied Ethics)

John C Moskop

ISBN 10: 1107601754 / ISBN 13: 9781107601758

Published by Cambridge University Press 2016-03-03, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ethics and Health Care: An Introduction (Cambridge Applied Ethics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2016-03-03
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107601754
• ISBN 13: 9781107601758
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Who should have access to assisted reproductive technologies? Which one of many seriously ill patients should be offered the next available transplant organ? When may a surrogate decision maker decide to withdraw life-prolonging measures from an unconscious patient? Questions like these feature prominently in the field of health care ethics and in the education of health care professionals. This book provides a concise introduction to the major concepts, principles and issues in health care ethics, using case studies throughout to illustrate and analyse challenging ethical issues in contemporary health care. Topics range widely, from confidentiality and truthfulness to end-of-life care and research on human subjects. Ethics and Health Care will be a vital resource for students of applied ethics, bioethics, professional ethics, health law and medical sociology, as well as students of medicine, nursing and other health care professions.

About the Author

John C. Moskop is Professor of Internal Medicine and Wallace and Mona Wu Chair of Biomedical Ethics at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He chairs the Clinical Ethics Committee at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and serves on the Ethics Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is the author of more than one hundred articles and book chapters on a broad range of topics in bioethics.