Preface. Introduction: A divided profession. The place of ethics in the definition of a profession. The Hippocratic tradition in medicine and psychiatry. The tasks and methods of ethics. Confidentiality, trust, and the therapeutic alliance. A critique of Szasz's critique: The mind-body problem won't go away. Informed consent, autonomy, and paternalism: respecting the patient in research and practice. The place of virtue and character in ethics: psychiatry's contribution to ethics. Idealism in medical ethics: The pursuit of moral perfection. The impeachment of altruism. The meaning of medical responsibility. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index.
