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Resolving ethical dilemmas : a guide for clinicians
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Resolving ethical dilemmas : a guide for clinicians

Author: Bernard Lo
Publisher: Philadelphia [etc.] : L. Williams & Wilkins, cop. 2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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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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