Informed consent in treatment and clinical research
12 Informed consent in treatment and clinical research Objectives The reader should be able to: • Describe three basic legal concepts that led to the doctrine of informed consent. • Describe three…
Ethical issues in end-of-life care
14 Ethical issues in end-of-life care Objectives The reader should be able to: • List six ways that a caring response can be achieved in end-of-life care. • Define palliative care and…
Prototypes of ethical problems
3 Prototypes of ethical problems Objectives The reader should be able to: • Recognize an ethical question and distinguish it from a strictly clinical or legal one. • Identify three component parts…
Professionals as good citizens: responsibility and opportunity
17 Professionals as good citizens: responsibility and opportunity Objectives The reader should be able to: • Describe how the concepts of moral agency and professional responsibility apply to the health professional’s…
Ethical issues in chronic care
13 Ethical issues in chronic care Objectives The reader should be able to: • List several common chronic medical conditions that necessitate clinical interventions over months or years. • Describe four considerations…
Compensatory and social justice: societal sources of claims for health care
16 Compensatory and social justice: societal sources of claims for health care Objectives The reader should be able to: • Distinguish some key differences and similarities in distributive justice, compensatory justice,…
Distributive justice: clinical sources of claims for health care
15 Distributive justice: clinical sources of claims for health care Objectives The reader should be able to: • Understand how the concept and function of distributive justice affect the health care…
The ethical goal of professional practice: a caring response
2 The ethical goal of professional practice: a caring response Objectives The reader should be able to: • Identify how care is the goal of professional ethics activity. • Describe the basic…
Communication and information sharing
11 Communication and information sharing Objectives The reader should be able to: • Recognize the ethical relevance of communication in achieving a caring response. • Identify six steps in the analysis of…
Living ethically as a member of the health care team
9 Living ethically as a member of the health care team Objectives The reader should be able to: • Describe some major areas of professional life that present ethical challenges as…
