Medical Ethics and Humanities

by Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon

Overview

Medical Ethics and Humanities is a survey of medical ethics and humanities geared toward physician assistants, analyzing important ethics, humanities, and law topics. The book explains the various approaches to ethical analysis and illustrates their application through the use of cases. Authored by experts in medical ethics and humanities, this book specifically addresses ethical and legal issues of concern to physician assistant students and physician assistants. Medical Ethics and Humanities includes chapter objectives, chapter summaries, illustrative case studies, and review questions at the end of each chapter. Important topics include moral rules, confidentiality, pediatric ethics, and medical malpractice. This is a valuable text for all physician assistants and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763760632
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	04/03/2009
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	454
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program, Professor, Health Professions, Nova Southeastern University, Affiliate Associate Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida


Associate Professor, College of Medicine, University of South Florida - Tampa


MAT, MLitt, Professor, College of Medicine, University of South Florida

Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction to the Study of Ethics
Chapter 1 Theory in Bioethics
Chapter 2 Principles of Biomedical Ethics
Chapter 3 The Common Moral System
Chapter 4 Case-Based Decision Making in Ethics
Chapter 5 Professionalism and the Internal Morality of Medicine
Section 2 The Provider-Patient Relationship
Chapter 6 Confidentiality
Chapter 7 Competence
Chapter 8 Informed Consent I
Chapter 9 Informed Consent II
Section 3 Ethics Across the Lifespan
Chapter 10 Ethics and Genetics
Chapter 11 Human Reproduction and Birth
Chapter 12 The Landscape of Ethical Issue s in Pediatrics
Chapter 13 Death by Robert Walker, MD
Chapter 14 End-of-Life Decision Making
Section 4 Law
Chapter 15 Health Law and Medical Malpractice
Chapter 16 My Brother’s Keeper? Allocating Legal Responsibility Among Medical Providers
Section 5 Humanities in Medicine
Chapter 17 Introduction to Medical Humanities
Chapter 18 Reproduction and Childbirth
Chapter 19 Midlife
Chapter 20 Aging and the End of Life

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Diane M. Kondratowicz, PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description: This introduction to medical ethics, health law, and the humanities examines such key topics as ethical theories, moral principles, decision making, professionalism, competence, informed consent, and confidentiality.
Purpose: Providing a useful overview and survey of relevant perspectives, the book illustrates the distinctiveness as well as the important intersection of these disciplines.
Audience: An outgrowth of teaching initiatives at two institutions, the intended audience is students and practitioners in the health professions. Contributing chapter authors are representative of the featured disciplines and of noted scholarly expertise.
Features: Unique features of the book include its multidisciplinary approach to healthcare, chapter-specific learning objectives, summaries and review questions, discussion of important cases and developments in health law, particularly regarding patient protections, as well as clearly delineated clinical case studies, many of which include helpful ethical analysis and some of which are historically pivotal. One chapter rightly situates reemphasis on the humanities, including literature and the arts, in the historical context of relatively recent reforms of and developments in medical education in the United States. Additionally, several chapters examine health-related issues across the lifespan, from human reproduction to advanced years, including aspects of death and dying. Instructive materials worth review, including slides and a test bank, are accessible to instructors.
Assessment: Intended as an introductory work, this book is not exhaustive of medical ethics, health law, or related humanities studies. Nevertheless, recommendations for further study, particularly regarding ethical theories and decision-making approaches, would help guide interested readers. Different authors for chapters result in some inconsistencies in depth of coverage. This drawback notwithstanding, the book is well structured and clearly organized, and the chapters are well written with useful endnotes. Overall, given its unique multidisciplinary approach, the book significantly contributes to the introductory ethics book literature, serves as a useful reference, and is well suited to teaching students in all health professions disciplines.

Doody's Review Service

Reviewer: Diane M. Kondratowicz, PhD(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description: This introduction to medical ethics, health law, and the humanities examines such key topics as ethical theories, moral principles, decision making, professionalism, competence, informed consent, and confidentiality.
Purpose: Providing a useful overview and survey of relevant perspectives, the book illustrates the distinctiveness as well as the important intersection of these disciplines.
Audience: "An outgrowth of teaching initiatives at two institutions, the intended audience is students and practitioners in the health professions. Contributing chapter authors are representative of the featured disciplines and of noted scholarly expertise.
Features: "Unique features of the book include its multidisciplinary approach to healthcare, chapter-specific learning objectives, summaries and review questions, discussion of important cases and developments in health law, particularly regarding patient protections, as well as clearly delineated clinical case studies, many of which include helpful ethical analysis and some of which are historically pivotal. One chapter rightly situates reemphasis on the humanities, including literature and the arts, in the historical context of relatively recent reforms of and developments in medical education in the United States. Additionally, several chapters examine health-related issues across the lifespan, from human reproduction to advanced years, including aspects of death and dying. Instructive materials worth review, including slides and a test bank, are accessible to instructors.
Assessment: "Intended as an introductory work, this book is not exhaustive of medical ethics, health law, or related humanities studies. Nevertheless, recommendations for further study, particularly regarding ethical theories and decision-making approaches, would help guide interested readers. Different authors for chapters result in some inconsistencies in depth of coverage. This drawback notwithstanding, the book is well structured and clearly organized, and the chapters are well written with useful endnotes. Overall, given its unique multidisciplinary approach, the book significantly contributes to the introductory ethics book literature, serves as a useful reference, and is well suited to teaching students in all health professions disciplines. "