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Giving voice to values as a professional physician : an introduction to medical ethics / Ira Bedzow

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Bedzow, Ira
Published
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Physical Description
xiii, 116 pages ; 24 cm.

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Contents
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 -- 2. Making moral decisions -- The gut reaction -- Moral awareness : bias check -- Conformity bias -- Obedience to authority -- Framing -- Recognizing and prioritizing facts and values -- The patient-physician relationship -- Patient autonomy -- Physicians' professional goals -- Physician authority and professional integrity -- One note on values -- Ethical frameworks -- Deontological (Kantian) ethics -- Consequentialist (utilitarian) ethics -- Value(s) comparison between deontology and consequentialism -- Principlism or the Four Principles approach -- 3. Acting on moral decisions -- Moral (inaction) : rationalizations check -- Personal-professional profiles -- Considering other stakeholders -- Organizational and systems-based levers -- Creating scripts -- 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 -- 5. Conclusion.
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9781138388345 paperback ; alkaline paper
1138388343 paperback ; alkaline paper
9781138353497 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1138353493 hardcover ; alkaline paper
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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