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Informationen zum Autor Nancy M. P. King, Ronald P. Strauss, Larry R. Churchill, Sue E. Estroff, Gail E. Henderson, and Jonathan Oberlander, eds. Klappentext A collection of readings--geared for medical students and students of public health-- that deal with social and cultural issues in medicine. Zusammenfassung A collection of readings - geared for medical students and students of public health - that deal with social and cultural issues in medicine Inhaltsverzeichnis Index to Authors 291 About the Editors 293 Preface to the Second Edition ix Introduction 1 Part I: The Experience of Illness The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine / Eric J. Cassell 7 Lilacs in September / Katha Pollitt 21 Diabetes / James Dickey 22 The Cost of Appearances / Arthur Frank 26 Betting Your Life / Alice Stewart Trillin 32 The Want of Control: Ideas and Ideals in the Management of Diabetes / Chris Feudtner 41 Spence + Lila / Bobbie Ann Mason 60 Silver Water / Amy Bloom 71 The Mother-in-Law / Doris Betts 80 Part II: The Culture of Medicine and the Physician-Patient Relationship Basic Clinical Skills: The First Encounters / Melvin Konner 89 The Learning Curve / Atul Gawande 102 Case Study: The “Student Doctor and a Wary Patient / Marc D. Basson, Gerald Dworkin, and Eric J. Cassell 121 A Students’ View of a Medical Teaching Exercise / Abenaa Brewster 127 Primum non tacere: An Ethics of Speaking Up / James Dwyer 130 Perspective Shift / Daniel Shapiro 143 Facing Our Mistakes / David Hilfiker 145 God at the Bedside / Jerome Groopman 154 Part III: Health Care Ethics and the Clinician’s Role Glossary of Basic Ethical Concepts in Health Care and Research / Nancy M. P. King 161 Ethics in Medicine: An Introduction to Moral Tools and Traditions / Larry R. Churchill, Nancy M. P. King, and David Schenck 169 Historical and Contemporary Codes of Ethics: The Hippocratic Oath, Maimonides’ Prayer, the Declaration of Geneva, and the AMA Principles of Medical Ethics>Case Study: Please Don't Tell! / Leonard Fleck and Marcia Angell 191 Invasions / Perri Klass 196 The Use of Force / William Carlos Williams 201 The Lie / Lawrence D. Grouse 205 Informed Consent, Cancer, and Truth in Prognosis / George J. Annas 208 Offering Truth: One Ethical Approach to the Uninformed Cancer Patient / Benjamin Freedman 216 What the Doctor Said / Raymond Carver 228 Part IV The End of Life A Man in His Life / Yehuda Amichai 230 End-of-Life Ethics: Some Common Definitions / Larry R. Churchill and Nancy M. P. King 232 Informed Demand for "Non-Beneficial" Medical Treatment / Steven H. Miles 235 The Case of Helga Wanglie: A New Kind of "Right to Die" Case / Marcia Angell 241 Disconnecting a Ventilator at the Request of a Patient Who Knows He Will Then Die: The Doctor's Anguish / Miles J. Edwards and Susan M. Tolle 246 The Promise / Sharon Olds 254 Death and Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making / Timothy E. Quill 256 Correspondence: Death and Dignity: The Case of Diane 263 Doctor, I Want to Die. Will You Help Me? / Timothy E. Quill 273 The Chain of Safety / Charles R. Feldstein 286 Try to Remember Some Details / Yehuda Amichai 288...
