Giving Voice to Values as a Professional Physician: An Introduction to Medical Ethics

ISBN-13: 9781138353497 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 116 str.

Ira Bedzow

Opis

Giving Voice to Values in Healthcare provides students with the theoretical background and practical applications for acting on their values in situations of ethical conflict. The book provides a unique guide for professional identity formation and the teaching of ethics in medical schools.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Preface, Chapter 1 Ethics, Professionalism and Giving Voice to Values, The Uniqueness of Professionalism Education, Professionalism as a Value not a Competency , Giving Voice to Values, Starting Assumptions to Give Voice to one’s Values, Chapter 2 Making Moral Decisions, The Gut Reaction, Moral Awareness: Bias Check, Conformity Bias, Obedience to Authority, Framing, Recognizing and Prioritizing Facts & Values, The Patient-Physician Relationship, Patient Autonomy, Physicians’ Professional Goals, Physician Authority & Professional Integrity, One Note on Values, Ethical Frameworks, Deontological (Kantian) Ethics, Consequentialist (Utilitarian) Ethics, Values(s) Comparison Between Deontology and Consequentialism, Principlism or the Four Principles Approach, Chapter 3 Acting on Moral Decisions, Moral (Inaction): Rationalizations Check, Personal-Professional Profiles, Considering other Stakeholders, Organizational and Systems-Based Levers, Creating Scripts, Chapter 4 Cases, Case 1: Confronting a superior, Case 2: HIV Mothers and Breastfeeding Their Newborns, Case 3: Reporting a colleague , Case 4: Talking to Family Members about a Patient’s Medical Information, Case 5: Speaking to a Colleague About a Patient’s Complaints, Case 6: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Case 7: Talking to Patients about Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Case 8: Withdrawing treatment and Right to Die, Case 9: Determination of Death, Conclusion, Appendix I: Intended Audience & How to Use This Book, Appendix II: Example Action Plan & Script for Case 1

O autorze

Ira Bedzow is the director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program at New York Medical College and Senior Scholar at the Aspen Center for Social Values. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and chapters on law, ethics, and social values.