Complex ethics consultations : cases that haunt us / / edited by Paul J. Ford and Denise M. Dudzinski [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 174.2
• Soggetto topico: Medical ethics
• Persona (resp. second.): FordPaul J. <1971->; DudzinskiDenise M. <1969->
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Starting at the beginning : prenatal and neonatal issues -- pt. 2. The most vulnerable of us : pediatrics -- pt. 3. Diversity of desires and limits of liberty : psychiatric and psychological issues -- pt. 4. Withholding therapy with a twist -- pt. 5. The unspeakable/unassailable : religious and cultural beliefs -- pt. 6. Human guinea pigs and miracles : clinical innovations and unorthodox treatment -- pt. 7. The big picture : organizational issues.
• Sommario/riassunto: Clinical ethicists encounter the most emotionally eviscerating medical cases possible. They struggle to facilitate resolutions founded on good reasoning embedded in compassionate care. This book fills the considerable gap between current texts and the continuing educational needs of those actually facing complex ethics consultations in hospital settings. 28 richly detailed cases explore the ethical reasoning, professional issues, and the emotional aspects of these impossibly difficult consultations. The cases are grouped together by theme to aid teaching, discussion and professional growth. The cases inform any reader who has a keen interest in the choices made in real-life medical dilemmas as well as the emotional cost to those who work to improve the situations. On a more advanced level, this book should be read by ethics committee members who participate in ethics consultations, individual ethics consultants, clinicians who seek education about complex clinical ethics cases, and bioethics students.
• Titolo autorizzato: Complex ethics consultations
• ISBN: 1-139-81066-9; 1-107-18161-5; 0-511-41427-7; 0-511-41333-5; 0-511-41559-1; 0-511-41239-8; 0-511-66343-9; 1-299-39901-0; 0-511-41493-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825322803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II