Jonsen, Albert R. <br/><br/>
Clinical ethics :  a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine / 
Albert R. Jonsen, Mark Siegler, William J. Winslade. 
 - 6th ed. 
 - New York :  McGraw Hill, Medical Pub. Division,  c2006. 
 - vi, 227 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Indicated and nonindicated interventions--  Orders not to resuscitation (DNR) --  Legal implications of forgoing treatment -- Determination of death --  Informed consent --  Decisional capacity -- Beliefs due to religious and cultural diversity --  Truthful communication -- Competent refusal of treatment --  Advance planning --  Decision making for the mentally incapacitated patient -- The limits of patient preferences --  Failure to cooperate with medical recommendations --  Alternative medicine --  Enhancing quality of life --  Compromised quality of life and life-sustaining interventions -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Care of the dying patient -- Suicide --  Role of interested parties -- Confidentiality of medical information -- The economics of clinical care -- Allocation of scarce health resources -- Influence of religion on clinical decisions -- The role of the law in clinical decisions -- Clinical research -- Clinical teaching --  Occupational medicine -- Public health -- Ethics committees -- Ethics consultation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0071441999 (softcover) 0071100555 (International ed.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005056178 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA629327  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101260874  DNLM 013420230  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Medical ethics--Case studies.<br/>Ethics, Clinical.<br/>Decision Making.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R724  / .J66 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>174/.2 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2006 H-753 WB 60  / J81c 2006