Screen LibraryMedical ethics today：the BMA's handbook of ethics and law
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BMJ Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London |
| Publication Dates: | c2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xxv, 822 p.: ; 24 cm. +1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| ISBN: | 0727917447 |
| Index Number: | D956 |
| CLC: |
D956.121 R-052 |
| Call Number: | R-052/M489/2nd.ed. |
| Contents: |
Rev. ed. of: Medical ethics today / written and researched by Ann Sommerville. 1993. Includes bibliographical references and index. The doctor-patient relationship -- Consent and refusal: competent adults -- Treatment without consent: incapacitated adults and compulsory treatment -- Consent and refusal: children and young people -- Confidentiality -- Health records -- Contraception, abortion, and birth -- Assisted reproduction -- Genetics -- Caring for patients at the end of life -- Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide -- Responsibilities after a patient's death -- Prescribing and administering medication -- Research and innovative treatment -- Emergency care -- Doctors with dual obligations -- Doctors working in custodial settings -- Education and training -- Multidisciplinary teams and relationships with colleagues -- Public health dimensions of medical practice -- Reducing risk, clinical error, and poor performance. |