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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bernard Lo |
| ISBN: | 0781753570 9780781753579 |
| OCLC Number: | 718023873 |
| Description: | X, 309 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. An approach to ethical dilemmas in patient care -- 2. Overview of ethical guidelines -- 3. Informed consent -- 4. Promoting the patient's best interests -- 5. Confidentiality -- 6. Avoiding deception and nondisclosure -- 7. Keeping promises -- 8. An approach to decisions about clinical interventions -- 9. Futile interventions -- 10. Decision-making capacity -- 11. Refusal of treatment by competent, informed patients -- 12. Standards for decisions when patients lack decision-making capacity -- 13. Surrogate decision making -- 14. Persistent disagreements over care -- 15. Confusing ethical distinctions -- 16. Ethics committees and case consultations -- 17. Do not attempt resuscitation orders -- 18. Tube and intravenous feedings -- 19. Physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia -- 20. The persistent vegetative state -- 21. Determination of death |
| Responsibility: | Bernard Lo. |
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