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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451480703321

Titolo

General practice and ethics : uncertainty and responsibility / / edited by Christopher Dowrick and Lucy Frith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

9786610333110

1-134-71012-7

1-280-33311-1

0-585-45921-5

0-203-02038-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Professional ethics

Altri autori (Persone)

DowrickChristopher <1951->

FrithLucy

Disciplina

174/.2

Soggetti

Evidence-based medicine - Moral and ethical aspects

Medical ethics

Physicians (General practice) - Professional ethics

Primary care (Medicine) - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

General Practice and Ethics Uncertainty and responsibility; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; General editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Themes; Chapter 1 Uncertainty and responsibility; Chapter 2 Evidence-based medicine and general practice; Chapter 3 Ethico-legal dilemmas within general practice; Chapter 4 The general practitioner and confidentiality; Chapter 5 Patient-centredness: A history; Chapter 6 Ethics and postmodernity; Part II Topics; Chapter 7 The ethics of prescribing; Chapter 8 Depression in general practice; Chapter 9 Advance directives

Chapter 10 The ethics of research in general practiceIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the ethical issues faced by GPs in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes; the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general



practitioners' responsibilities.