General Practice and Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Dowrick is Professor of Primary Medical Care at the University of Liverpool and a general practitioner in North Liverpool. Lucy Frith is Lecturer in Health Care Ethics at the University of Liverpool. She is the editor of Midwifery Ethics: A Multi-disciplinary approach (1996). Klappentext Explores the ethical issues faced by GPs in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes; the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general practitioners' responsibilities. Zusammenfassung Explores the ethical issues faced by GPs in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes: the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general practitioners' responsibilities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part 1 Themes; Chapter 1 Uncertainty and Responsibility, Christopher Dowrick; Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Medicine and General Practice, Lucy Frith; Chapter 3 Ethico-Legal Dilemmas within General Practice, Len Doyal; Chapter 4 The General Practitioner and Confidentiality, Jean McHale; Chapter 5 Patient-Centredness, Carl May, Nicola Mead; Chapter 6 Ethics and Postmodernity, Sam Smith; Part 2 Topics; Chapter 7 The Ethics of Prescribing, Colin Bradley; Chapter 8 Depression in General Practice, Roger Higgs; Chapter 9 Advance Directives, Angus Dawson; Chapter 10 The Ethics of Research in General Practice, Roger Jones;

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Christopher Dowrick, Christopher Frith Dowrick, Lucy Frith, Frith Lucy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.04.1999
• EAN: 9780415164993
• ISBN: 978-0-415-16499-3
• Seiten: 210
• Serie: Professional Ethics
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; General practice, MEDICAL / Ethics, MEDICAL / Practice Management & Reimbursement, General Practice / Family Medicine, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct