Beschreibung:
This book discusses medicine from an ethical perspective, whereas books on medical ethics more commonly present ethics from a bio-medical standpoint.
Preface.- Ethics and law.- Ethical codes and declarations.- Ethical theories.- Ethical analysis.- Autonomy and its limitations.- Communication.- Relations in health care teams.- Professional malpractice.- Limited resources, priorities, and corruption.- Image of a physician.- Preventive medicine.- Ethics at the beginning of life.- Paediatrics.- Genetics.- Emergency medicine and transplantation.- Elderly and psychiatric patients.- Dying and death.- Research.- Unproven methods of diagnostics and treatment.- Physicians beyond patient care.- Students' seminars.