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Zusatztext This is a book that does not allow you simply to read it passively. It stimulates careful thought and enables the readers to find thier own moral ground to stand on. This is an interesting and informative book! especially for those who want to develop their views in order to work through the complex dilemmas we will meet all the time in the health care field! Klappentext The book offers an introduction to the moral concepts and value of health care. It is written by a moral philosopher! a doctor and a nurse and contains questions! cases and exercises which are suitable for medical! nursing and all students and commentators on health care. Moral dilemmas include consent! confidentiality! the giving or withholding of information! and the economics of health care. The issues of artificial reproduction! terminal care and the research and testing of drugs are addressed. Zusammenfassung This introduction to the moral concepts and value of health care contains questions, cases and exercises which are suitable for medical and nursing students. Moral dilemmas include consent, confidentiality, the giving or withholding of information, and the economics of health care. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to second edition 1.: Knowledge, skills, and values 2.: Scientific understanding and decision-making 3.: Moral values 4.: Autonomy and respect 5.: Embryos, persons and other human beings 6.: Indidivual and group responsibility 7.: Moral conflict and moral deficiency 8.: Alternative views of human nature 9.: Arguments 10.: Learning and teaching moral values 11.: Making contact and making decisions 12.: Working together 13.: A question of living 14.: Quality of life 15.: Health: the moral issues 16.: A question of dying 17.: A question of economics 18.: Moral aspects of research 19.: Quality in health care 20.: Codes of ethics Bibliography Index ...
