Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-356) and index.
Ethics, professional ethics, and health care ethics Principles of autonomy and informed consent Principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence The ethics of distribution Principles of confidentiality and truthfulness Professional standards and institutional ethics Ethical problems of death and dying Abortion and maternal-fetal conflict New methods of reproduction The ethics of transplants The ethics of testing and screening The ethics of biomedical research
In this book the authors present the fundamental concerns of modern medical ethics - autonomy, beneficence, justice, and confidentiality - and then provide analysis, cases, and insights from professional literature to discuss them.