TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jonsen,Albert R.
AU  - Siegler,Mark
AU  - Winslade,William J.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Clinical ethics: a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine 
AV  - R724 .J66 2006eb
U1  - 174/.2 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw Hill, Medical Pub. Division
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Indicated and nonindicated interventions--  Orders not to resuscitation (DNR) --  Legal implications of forgoing treatment -- Determination of death --  Informed consent --  Decisional capacity -- Beliefs due to religious and cultural diversity --  Truthful communication -- Competent refusal of treatment --  Advance planning --  Decision making for the mentally incapacitated patient -- The limits of patient preferences --  Failure to cooperate with medical recommendations --  Alternative medicine --  Enhancing quality of life --  Compromised quality of life and life-sustaining interventions -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Care of the dying patient -- Suicide --  Role of interested parties -- Confidentiality of medical information -- The economics of clinical care -- Allocation of scarce health resources -- Influence of religion on clinical decisions -- The role of the law in clinical decisions -- Clinical research -- Clinical teaching --  Occupational medicine -- Public health -- Ethics committees -- Ethics consultation; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10150100
ER  -