Ethics for International Medicine : A Practical Guide for Aid Workers in Developing Countries / / Anji E. Wall
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| Autore: |
Wall Anji E
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| Titolo: |
Ethics for International Medicine : A Practical Guide for Aid Workers in Developing Countries / / Anji E. Wall
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| Pubblicazione: | Hanover, N.H. : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2012 |
| ©2012 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 174.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | World Health |
| Medical personnel - Ethics | |
| Medical ethics | |
| Delivery of Health Care - ethics | |
| Medical Missions, Official - ethics | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Developing countries |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | IntroductIon: Approaching Ethical Issues in International Medicine; International Medicine; The Context of International Medicine; What Is an Ethical Issue?; Approaching Ethical Issues; Applying the Approach; 1 | Medical Facts; Different Medical Conditions; Case 1.1: Vesico-Vaginal Fistula Repair Surgery; Language differences; Case 1.2: Informed Consent for Tubal Ligation Surgery; Communication Barriers; Case 1.3: Fall from a Mango Tree; Different Medical Beliefs; Case 1.4: Sorcery and Tuberculosis; Traditional Healers |
| Case 1.5: Bush Thoracotomies2 | Goals and Values; Case 2.1: Aggressive Neonatal Resuscitation; Different Organizational Goals; Case 2.2: Research Participation; Conflicting Values Among Stakeholders; Case 2.3: An Infant with Cholera; Conflicting Individual Values; Case 2.4: Evacuating a Dangerous Area; Competing Cultural Values; Case 2.5: Providing Supplies for Female Genital Mutilation; 3 | Norms; Disagreements about Bioethical Norms; Case 3.1: Veracity and the Dying Patient; The Challenge of Justice; Case 3.2: A Young Boy with AIDS; Competing Professional Norms | |
| Case 3.3: Medical Student InvolvementDifferent Professional Norms; Case 3.4: Rural Outreach Clinics; Different Legal Norms; Case 3.5: Amputation for Sharia Law; 4 | Limitations; Limited Resources; Case 4.1: Chronic Hypertension; Limited Access to Health Care; Case 4.2: Treating Tuberculosis; Limited Medical Personnel; Case 4.3: Protracted and Obstructed Labor; Limited Time; Case 4.4: Ear Camp; Multiple LImitations; Case 4.5: Postoperative Care for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery; Epilogue; The Complexity of International Medicine; Practical Use of the Case Methodology; Preparation and Reflection | |
| A Note on Organizational StructureThe Promise of International Medicine. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A handy guide to identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical issues that arise in international medicine |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ethics for International Medicine |
| ISBN: | 1-283-57432-2 |
| 9786613886774 | |
| 1-61168-252-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910524664003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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