Ethical Issues in Anaesthesia
Butterworth-Heinemann (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 5. May 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
231 pages
978-0-7506-1652-2 (ISBN)
Description
Different envrionements produce different problems in practice and this volume addresses them from the point of view of those working in the operating theatre, intensive care unit, pain clinic, obstetrics and private practice. Likewise, different patients raise different cosniderations: those who are HIV positive, children, Jehovah's Witnesses, mentally disabled or terminally ill challenge routine responses and demand even greater expertise that other patients. Contributors from around the world offer their own arguments which can challenge the reader's personal ethical stance on these diverse issues. Good practice reflects what is ethically good as well as what is clinically sound but reaching the balance is rarely easy. This book focuses attention on the difficulties of balancing these apsects. It is provocative and challenging reading for those who aspire to be fully professional physician practitioners and also extremely useufl to students who have a specific or general interest in health care ethics.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-1652-2 (9780750616522)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Ethical theory applied to anaesthesia and intensive care; Confidentiality; Consent; Intensive therapy; Anaesthesia and pregnancy; Children; HIV infection; Jehovah's Witnesses; Palliative care; Euthanasia; Counselling staff-in-training; Sick or inadequate colleagues; Services provision; Private practice; Clinical research; Appendix I: International Code of Medical Ethics; Appendix II: Declaration of Helsinki; Appendix III: Selected paragraphs from the General Medical Council booklet, Professional Conduct and Discipline: Fitness to Practise.