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Rosamond Rhodes argues that common descriptions of the morality of medical ethics are inadequate for the profession and inadequate to address the specific issues that arise in medical practice. Instead, Rhodes says that trust is the core and point of...

This volume presents a modest challenge, sometimes direct, sometimes implicit, to the mainstream Anglo-American conception of the discipline of medical ethics. It does so not by attempting to fill in the gaps with minority themes, but by re-examining some fundamental ...

This book is intended to serve as a practical introduction to ethical issues that doctors and other healthcare professionals may encounter in their practice. The book is divided into three sections on ethical foundations, clinical ethics and medicine and...

This book is a comprehensive resource designed to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the complex ethical, regulatory and legal issues that are relevant to clinicians in emergency medicine. This text reviews traditional and...

There is a diversity of 'ethical practice' in medicine as an institutionalised profession, as well as a need for ethical professionals both in practice and in institutionalised positions. This study provides a social perspective ...

This book is a practical introduction to ethical issues that doctors and other health professionals may encounter in their practice. It is of direct relevance to health professionals and health service users. The authors go out of ...

This book is divided into 23 chapters. The introductory chapters introduce the basic concepts of medical ethics, such as the relationship between the legal system and ethics, ethical documents, ethical theories and ethical analysis. Subsequent chapters address issues of...

Medical ethics is a specialised branch of applied ethics. It deals with ethical issues arising from the interactions between healthcare professionals and patients and how medical technology is used in the existing healthcare system. Many...

This short textbook on ethics and law is aimed at doctors in training and practice. Medical ethics and law are now firmly embedded in medical school curricula. The ability to make clinical decisions based on critical reasoning ...

The huge scale of medical ethics that now exists has benefited doctors and wider society. Andreas-Holger Maehle, Professor of the History of Medicine and Medical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University, Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease and...

"Ethics is about knowing what is good and what should be avoided" (Socrates; 470-399 BC). Medical ethics refers to a system of moral principles that apply values and judgements to the practice of medicine. Ethics is, and always has been, an essential part of the doctor-doctor relationship.

With an ever-increasing number of people requiring palliative and end-of-life care, it is the responsibility of every nurse, regardless of specialty, to know how to provide quality care to this group of people. However, caring for people approaching...

Medical ethics is a system of moral principles applying values to the practice of clinical medicine and research. It is based on a set of values to which professionals can refer in case of any disagreement or conflict. Bioethicists when assessing ...

Gift of Time is a sensitive and practical guide for parents who choose to continue their pregnancy knowing that their baby's life will be short. When prenatal tests reveal that the unborn baby is expected to die before or soon after birth, some...

This book covers two interrelated disciplines - health law and medical ethics applicable in Singapore. In addition to legal material in Singapore, it draws on precedents for statutory changes from other common law countries,...