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The silent world of doctor and patient / Jay Katz ; with a new foreword by Alexander Morgan Capron

Author
Katz, Jay, 1922-2008
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Edition
Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed.
Physical Description
xlviii, 263 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents
Foreword to the Johns Hopkins Edition: The Once and Future Silent World / Alexander Morgan Capron -- Ch. I. Physicians and Patients: A History of Silence -- Ch. II. Physicians and Citizens: The Struggle for Freedom from Lay Control -- Ch. III. Judges, Physicians, and Patients: The Legal Doctrine of Informed Consent -- Ch. IV. Sharing Authority: The Willingness to Trust -- Ch. V. Respecting Autonomy: The Struggle over Rights and Capacities -- Ch. VI. Respecting Autonomy: The Obligation for Conversation -- Ch. VII. Acknowledging Uncertainty: The Confrontation of Knowledge and Ignorance -- Ch. VIII. The Abandonment of Patients: A Final Argument against Silence -- App. A. Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association (1847) -- App. B. American Medical Association Principles of Medical Ethics (1980).
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ISBN
0801857805 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780801857805 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Note
Originally published: New York : Free Press, 1984.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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