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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459844703321

Autore

Harris Dean M

Titolo

Ethics in Health Services and Policy [[electronic resource] ] : A Global Approach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

1-283-02570-1

9786613025708

0-470-94064-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Jossey-Bass Public Health ; ; v.43

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Delivery of Health Care - ethics

Ethics, Medical

Medical care

Medical ethics

Public Policy

Morals

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Patient Care Management

Ethics, Clinical

Ethics, Professional

Social Control Policies

Health Care

Psychology, Social

Health Services Administration

Social Control, Formal

Policy

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Health Care Economics and Organizations

Humanities

Sociology

Psychiatry and Psychology

Social Sciences

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena

Delivery of Health Care

Ethics

Health Policy

Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences



Medical Ethics & Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Introduction; Acknowledgments; The Author; 1. Ethical Theories and Bioethics in a Global Perspective; Theories of Ethics; Are Theories of Ethics Global?; Can Theories of Ethics Encourage People to Do the Right Thing?; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Activity: Building and Operating a New Hospital in a Developing Country; 2. Autonomy and Informed Consent in GlobalPerspective; Ethical Principles and Practical Issues of Informed Consent; Does Informed Consent Really Matter to Patients?; Is Informed Consent a Universal Principle or a Cultural Value?; Summary; Key Terms

Discussion QuestionsActivity: Informed Consent at a Rural Health Facility in a DevelopingCountry; 3. Withholding or Withdrawing Treatmentand Physician-Assisted Suicide; Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment at the End of Life; Assisting Patients in Committing Suicide; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Activity: Developing an Ethics Policy on Withholding or WithdrawingTreatment and PAS; 4. Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health; Ethics of Abortion in Different Times, Places, and Cultures; Current Ethical Issues in Abortion; Assisted Reproductive Technology and Stem Cell Research

Emergency ContraceptionEthics of Imposing Conditions on Funding; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Activity: The Ethics of Emergency Contraception in Gouanastan; 5. Ethical Issues of Female Genital Mutilation; The Facts About FGM; FGM as a Challenge to Ethical Relativism; Ethics of FGM for Adult Women; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Activity: Developing a Hospital Policy on FGM; 6. Ethical Issues of Research with Human Subjects; Background Information and the Belmont Report; Autonomy and Voluntary Informed Consent; Beneficence and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Issues of Justice and Fairness for Human SubjectsSummary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Activity: The Use of Prisoners as Subjects of Research; 7. The Right to Health Care and Ethical Obligationsto Provide Care; Is There an Ethical Right to Health Care?; Ethical Obligations of Health Care Professionals; Ethical Obligations of For-Profit Health Care Providers; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Activity: Developing a Policy on the Obligations of Health Care Employeesto Work During an Emergency; 8. Ethical Issues in Rationing and Allocationof Limited Resources

Levels of Allocating ResourcesMethods of Rationing Health Resources; Comparative Effectiveness Research and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Activity: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in a Country with Universal HealthCare Coverage; 9. Ethical Issues of Health Insurance and Health SystemReform; Ethical Issues in Financing Health Services and Designing InsuranceSystems; Fundamental Values of Health Systems; Summary; Key Terms; Discussion Questions; Activity: Establishing a System of Health Coverage in a DevelopingCountry

10. Ethical Issues in the Movement of Patients AcrossNational Borders



Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive textbook analyzes the ethical issues of health and health care in global perspective. Ideal for students of public health, medicine, nursing and allied health professions, public policy, and ethics, the book helps students in all these areas to develop important competencies in their chosen fields. Applying a comparative, or multicultural, approach, the book compares different perspectives on ethical issues in various countries and cultures, such as informed consent, withholding or withdrawing treatment, physician-assisted suicide, reproductive health issues, research with h