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Medical Ethics in Clinical Practice

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Matjaž Zwitter. --Cham: Springer , 2019.

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This book discusses medicine from an ethical perspective, whereas books on medical ethics more commonly present ethics from a bio-medical standpoint. The book is divided into 23 chapters. The introductory chapters present some basic concepts of medical ethics, such as the relation between the legal system and ethics, ethical documents, ethical theories, and ethical analysis. The following chapters address issues of importance in all fields of medicine: respecting autonomy, communication, relati…

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Author: Zwitter, Matjaž

Responsibility: Matjaž Zwitter

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: 2019

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 211 p.) : 22 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783030007195; 9783030007188 (Print ed.); 9783030007201 (Print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Ethics, Clinical; Ethics, Medical; Physician-Patient Relations - ethics

Specialty: Ethics

Abstract: This book discusses medicine from an ethical perspective, whereas books on medical ethics more commonly present ethics from a bio-medical standpoint. The book is divided into 23 chapters. The introductory chapters present some basic concepts of medical ethics, such as the relation between the legal system and ethics, ethical documents, ethical theories, and ethical analysis. The following chapters address issues of importance in all fields of medicine: respecting autonomy, communication, relations within a healthcare team, professional malpractice, limited resources, and the portrait of a physician. In turn, the third part of the book focuses on ethical aspects in a broad range of medical activities – preventive medicine, human reproduction, genetics, pediatrics, intensive care, palliative medicine, clinical research, unproven methods in diagnostics and treatment, and the role of physicians who aren’t directly responsible for patient care. The last part presents students’ seminars with case stories. The book offers a valuable resource for physicians of all specialties, students of medicine, professionals, and students from other fields devoted to human health, journalists, and general readers with an interest in medicine.

Contents: Ethics and law -- Ethical codes and declarations -- Ethical theories -- Moral status -- Ethical analysis -- Autonomy and its limitations -- Communication -- Relations in health care teams -- Professional malpractice -- Limited resources, priorities, and corruption -- Image of a physician -- Preventive medicine -- Ethics at the beginning of life -- Pediatrics -- Genetics -- Emergency medicine and transplantation -- The elderly and the mentally-ill -- Dying and death -- Research -- Unproven methods of diagnostics and treatment -- Physicians beyond patient care -- Students’ seminars.

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Moral Distress in the Health Professions

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Connie M. Ulrich, Christine Grady, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2018.

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This is the first book on the market or within academia dedicated solely to moral distress among health professionals. It aims to bring conceptual clarity about moral distress and distinguish it from related concepts. Explicit attention is given to the voices and experiences of health care professionals from multiple disciplines and many parts of the world. Contributors explain the evolution of the concept of moral distress, sources of moral distress including those that arise at the unit/team …

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Other Authors: Ulrich, Connie M.; Grady, Christine

Responsibility: Connie M. Ulrich, Christine Grady, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2018

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 171 p.) : 5 illus., 1 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319646268; 9783319646251 (print ed.); 9783319646275 (print ed.); 9783319878393 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Ethics, Medical; Ethics, Nursing; Morals

Specialty: Ethics

Abstract: This is the first book on the market or within academia dedicated solely to moral distress among health professionals. It aims to bring conceptual clarity about moral distress and distinguish it from related concepts. Explicit attention is given to the voices and experiences of health care professionals from multiple disciplines and many parts of the world. Contributors explain the evolution of the concept of moral distress, sources of moral distress including those that arise at the unit/team and organization/system level, and possible solutions to address moral distress at every level. A liberal use of case studies will make the phenomenon palpable to readers. This volume provides information not only for academia and educational initiatives, but also for practitioners and the research community, and will serve as a professional resource for courses in health professional schools, bioethics, and business, as well as in the hospital wards, intensive care units, long-term care facilities, hospice, and ambulatory practice sites in which moral distress originates.

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. What We Know about Moral Distress -- 3. Health Care Professional Narratives on Moral Distress: Disciplinary Perspectives -- 4. A Broader Understanding of Moral Distress -- 5. Sources of Moral Distress -- 6. Building Compassionate Environments: the Concept of and Measurement of Ethical Climate -- 7. Moral Distress Research Agenda -- 8. International Perspectives on Moral Distress -- 9. Reflections on Moral Distress and Moral Success.

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Reproductive Ethics : New Challenges and Conversations

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Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Paul Burcher, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2017.

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This book summarizes the contributions at an April 2016 conference held at Albany Medical College, Reproductive Ethics: New Challenges and Conversations. Reproductive ethics does not suffer from a lack of challenging issues, yet a few "hot button" issues such as abortion and surrogacy seem to attract most of the attention, while other issues and dilemmas remain relatively underdeveloped in bioethics literature. The goal of this book is to explore and expand the range of topics addressed in repr…

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Other Authors: Campo-Engelstein, Lisa; Burcher, Paul

Responsibility: Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Paul Burcher, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: 2017

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 176 pages) : 3 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319526300; 9783319526294 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Abortion, Induced - ethics; Bioethical Issues; Ethics, Medical; Fertility Preservation - ethics; Genetic Counseling; Prenatal Diagnosis - ethics; Reproductive Health

Abstract: This book summarizes the contributions at an April 2016 conference held at Albany Medical College, Reproductive Ethics: New Challenges and Conversations. Reproductive ethics does not suffer from a lack of challenging issues, yet a few "hot button" issues such as abortion and surrogacy seem to attract most of the attention, while other issues and dilemmas remain relatively underdeveloped in bioethics literature. The goal of this book is to explore and expand the range of topics addressed in reproductive ethics. This is a multi-disciplinary book bringing together philosophers, clinicians, sociologists, anthropologists, and other scholars whose research or clinical interests touch reproductive issues. The results of this compilation are a comprehensive and unique discussion of the evolving issues in the rapidly changing field. The majority of the popular reproductive ethics anthologies were published at least 10 years ago. The field of reproductive ethics would benefit from a new anthology that addresses some of the perennial dilemmas in reproductive ethics (e.g. abortion, sex selection) from updated perspectives and that also covers new technologies that have emerged only in the last few years, such as social egg freezing.

Contents: Reproductive Ethics: New Challenges and Conversations Introduction -- Part I. Genetic Testing and Enhancement -- Zooming Out: Solidarity in the Moral Imagination of Genetic Counseling -- Enhancing Future Children: How It Might Happen, Whether It Should -- The Decision to Know: Pregnancy and Epistemic Harm -- Part II. Fertility Preservation -- Egg Freezing and the Feminist Quest for Equality in the Workplace -- Fertility Preservation in Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth and Adolescents -- Part III. Childbirth -- Rights and Realities in U.S. Maternity Care -- The Periviable Cesarean Section: Can a Case Be Made for Expanding Beneficence in Decision-Making? -- Part IV. Abortion, Surrogacy, and Circumcision -- “Teaching Morality by Teaching Science:” Religiosity and Abortion Regret -- My Child, Your Womb, Our Contract: The Failure of Contract Law to Protect Parties in Gestational Surrogacy -- Vulvar Nick and Metzitzah b’peh: Punishment or Harm Reduction?

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Clinical Medical Ethics : Landmark Works of Mark Siegler, MD

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Laura Weiss Roberts, Mark Siegler, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2017.

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This instant gold standard title is a major contribution to the field of clinical medical ethics and will be used widely for reference and teaching purposes for years to come. Throughout his career, Mark Siegler, MD, has written on topics ranging from the teaching of clinical medical ethics to end-of-life decision-making and the ethics of advances in technology. With more than 200 journal publications and 60 book chapters published in this area over the course of his illustrious career, Dr. Sie…

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Other Authors: Roberts, Laura Weiss; Siegler, Mark

Responsibility: Laura Weiss Roberts, Mark Siegler, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: 2017

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 419 pages) : 17 illus., 8 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319538754; 9783319538730 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Ethics, Medical; Ethics, Clinical

Abstract: This instant gold standard title is a major contribution to the field of clinical medical ethics and will be used widely for reference and teaching purposes for years to come. Throughout his career, Mark Siegler, MD, has written on topics ranging from the teaching of clinical medical ethics to end-of-life decision-making and the ethics of advances in technology. With more than 200 journal publications and 60 book chapters published in this area over the course of his illustrious career, Dr. Siegler has become the pre-eminent scholar and teacher in the field. Indeed his work has had a profound impact on a range of therapeutic areas, especially internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, oncology, and medical education. Having grown steadily in importance the last 30 years, clinical ethics examines the practical, everyday ethical issues that arise in encounters among patients, doctors, nurses, allied health workers, and health care institutions. The goal of clinical ethics is to improve patient care and patient outcomes, and almost every large hospital now has an ethics committee or ethics consultation service to help resolve clinical ethical problems; and almost every medical organization now has an ethics committee and code of ethics. Most significantly, clinical ethics discussions have become a part of the routine clinical discourse that occurs in outpatient and inpatient clinical settings across the country. This seminal collection of 46 landmark works written by Dr. Siegler with colleagues throughout his career was edited by Dr. Laura Weiss Roberts and by Dr. Siegler. Dr. Roberts is a prominent psychiatric ethicist and physician-scientist as well as a mentee and longtime collaborator of Dr. Siegler. The text is organized around five themes of foundational scholarship: restoring and transforming the ethical basis of modern clinical medicine, the doctor-patient relationship, education and professionalism, end-of-life care, and clinical innovation.With introductory perspectives by a group of renowned scholars in medicine, Clinical Medical Ethics: Landmark Works of Mark Siegler, MD explains the field authoritatively and comprehensively and will be of invaluable assistance to all clinicians and scholars concerned with clinical ethics. .

Contents: Part I -- Restoring and Transforming the Ethical Basis of Modern Clinical Medicine -- 1. An Introduction from Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A. -- 2. A Perspective from Mark Siegler, M.D. -- 3. A Perspective from Daniel P. Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D. -- 4. A Perspective from Dana Levinson, M.P.H., Holly J. Humphrey, M.D., and Kenneth S. Polonsky, M.D. -- 5. A Perspective from Jordan J. Cohen, M.D. -- 6. A Perspective from Peter A. Singer, M.D. -- Part II Landmark Works on Clinical Medical Ethics by Mark Siegler, M.D. -- 7. Foundational Scholarship -- 7.1 Clinical ethics and clinical medicine (1979) -- 7.2 Decision-making strategy for clinical ethical problems in medicine (1982) -- 7.3 An ethics consultation service in a teaching hospital. Utilization and evaluation (1988) -- 7.4 Clinical medical ethics (1990) -- 7.5 Ethics committees and consultants (1990) -- 7.6 Future directions in clinical ethics (1991) -- 7.7 Clinical ethics (1991) -- 7.8 Clinical ethics in the practice of medicine (1996) -- 7.9 Five major themes in bioethics (1997) -- 7.10 The contributions of clinical ethics to patient care (1997) -- 8. The Doctor-Patient Relationship -- 8.1 Searching for moral certainty in medicine: a proposal for a new model of the doctor-patient encounter 1981) -- 8.2 Clinical intuition: a procedure for balancing the rights of patients and the responsibilities of physicians (1981) -- 8.3 The doctor-patient encounter and its relationship to theories of health and disease (1981) -- 8.4 The physician-patient accommodation: a central event in clinical medicine (1982) -- 8.5 Confidentiality in medicine: a decrepit concept (1982) -- 8.6 Medical consultations in the context of the physician-patient relationship (1982) -- 8.7 Metaphors and models of doctor-patient relationships: their implications for autonomy (1984) -- 8.8 The progression of medicine: from physician paternalism to patient autonomy to bureaucratic parsimony (1985) -- 8.9 Learning from our patients: one participants impact on clinical trial research and informed consent (1997) -- 8.10 The physician-surrogate relationship (2007) -- 9. Education and Professionalism -- 9.1 A legacy of Osler: teaching clinical ethics at the bedside (1978) -- 9.2 Basic curricular goals in medical ethics: the DeCamp conference on the teaching of medical ethics (1985) -- 9.3 Fellowship training programs in clinical ethics (1988) -- 9.4 Development of a teaching program in clinical medical ethics at the University of Chicago (1989) -- 9.5 Internal medicine residents' preferences regarding medical ethics education (1989) -- 9.6 Caring for medical students as patients (1990) -- 9.7 Teaching clinical ethics (1990) -- 9.8 Medical students as patients: a pilot study of their health care needs, practices, and concerns (1996) -- 9.9 What and how psychiatry residents at ten training programs wish to learn about ethics (1996) -- 9.10 Clinical ethics teaching in psychiatric supervision (1996) -- 9.11 Training doctors for professionalism: some lessons from teaching clinical medical ethics (2002) -- 10. End-of-Life Care -- 10.1 Pascal's wager and the hanging of crepe (1975) -- 10.2 Critical illness: the limits of autonomy (1977) -- 10.3 Brain death and live birth (1982) -- 10.4 Against the emerging stream: should fluids and nutritional support be discontinued? (1985) -- 10.5 Euthanasia: a critique (1990) -- 10.6 Elective use of life-sustaining treatments in internal medicine (1991) -- 10.7 Intimacy and caring: the legacy of Karen Ann Quinlan (1993) -- 10.8 The rise and fall of the futility movement (2000) -- 11. Clinical Innovation 11.1 Ethical issues in growth hormone therapy (1989) -- 11.2 Orthopedic surgeons' attitudes and practices concerning the treatment of patients with human immunosuppressive virus infection (1989) -- 11.3 Ethics of liver transplantation with living donors (1989) -- 11.4 Bone marrow transplantation for sickle cell disease; a study of parentsÇÖ decisions (1991) -- 11.5 Ethical justification for living liver donation (1992) -- 11.6 Transplantation of liver grafts from living donors into adults: too much, too soon (2001) -- 11.7 Elective surgical patients as living organ donors: a clinical and ethical innovation (2009) -- Appendix.

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Integrative Health Services : Ethics, Law, and Policy for the New Public Health Workforce

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Heather Mullins-Owens. --Cham: Springer , c2016.

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This readable overview offers a public health framework for integrating medical and alternative care to improve health outcomes in patients with chronic illnesses. It details the promise, potential, and challenges of holistic services as patients seek diverse treatment options and health care systems address the demand for more affordable, accessible, and effective care. The book's integrative model describes the process in theory and practice, from cost and reimbursement issues and turf wars b…

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Author: Mullins-Owens, Heather

Responsibility: Heather Mullins-Owens

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2016

Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 63 p. : 6 illus., 2 illus. in color)

Series Title: SpringerBriefs in public health

ISBN: 9783319298573; 9783319298559 (print ed.)

ISSN: 2192-3698

Subjects (MeSH): Ethics, Medical; Health Policy; Holistic Health; Integrative Medicine; Public health practice

Other Subjects: United States

Abstract: This readable overview offers a public health framework for integrating medical and alternative care to improve health outcomes in patients with chronic illnesses. It details the promise, potential, and challenges of holistic services as patients seek diverse treatment options and health care systems address the demand for more affordable, accessible, and effective care. The book's integrative model describes the process in theory and practice, from cost and reimbursement issues and turf wars between providers to expanding on traditional concepts of illness and wellness. Learning objectives, case studies, discussion questions, and other helpful features make this a vital student text. The book's concentrated coverage: Introduces concepts of integrative health services. Applies integrative health concepts to public health areas, e.g., prevention. Contrasts integrative models of health with the traditional biomedical model. Describes health care systems, use, and disparities in integrative health services. Outlines the scope of integrative health practice. Reviews implications for the public health workforce. Integrative Health Services benefits public health students, pre-med students, and those with an interest in health policy and health trends. Additionally, public health educators, practitioners, and scholars who may not be familiar with integrative health services and conflicts related to their increased use in health care will find it a helpful tool to quickly bring them up to date.

Contents: 1. Introduction to Concepts of Integrative Health Services -- 2. Application to Public Health -- 3. Models of Health and Health Theory: Focus on Integrative Models -- 4. Health Care System Use and Disparities in Integrative Health Services -- 5. Scope of Integrative Health Practice -- 6. Public Health Workforce Implications.

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Professionalism and ethics in medicine : a study guide for physicians and physicians-in-training

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Laura Weiss Roberts, Daryn Reicherter, editors. --New York: Springer , c2015.

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Other Authors: Roberts, Laura Weiss; Reicherter, Daryn

Responsibility: Laura Weiss Roberts, Daryn Reicherter, editors

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 159 pages)

ISBN: 9781493916863 (electronic bk.); 9781493916856

Subjects (MeSH): Ethics, Medical; Ethics, Medical - Examination Questions

Subjects (LCSH): Medical ethics

Contents: Part I. Foundations -- 1. Introduction to Ethics in Clinical Medicine -- 2. The Legal Framework of Medical Ethics in the United States -- 3. Multicultural and Ethical Considerations in American Medicine -- 4. Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research and Clinical Training -- 5. Professionalism in Medicine as a Transnational and Transcultural Ethical Concept -- Part II. Questions and Answers -- 6. Questions with Narrative Answers -- 7. Questions on Core Concepts -- 8. Questions on Clinical Issues -- 9. Questions on Research and Education.

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Clinical inertia : a critique of medical reason

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Gérard Reach ; translation by Claudia Ratti. --Cham, Switzerland: Springer , c2015.

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Other Authors: Ratti, Claudia

Responsibility: Gérard Reach ; translation by Claudia Ratti

Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 142 pages)

ISBN: 9783319098821 (electronic bk.); 9783319098814

Subjects (MeSH): Clinical Competence; Ethics, Medical; Evidence-Based Medicine; Guideline Adherence; Professional Practice

Subjects (LCSH): Medical logic; Medicine - Philosophy; Medical ethics

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Definitions -- 3. The Evidence: The Gap Between Guidelines and Clinical Reality -- 4. Determinants and Explanatory Models of Clinical Inertia -- 5. The Physician and Evidence-Based Medicine -- 6. To Do or Not to Do: A Critique of Medical Reason -- 7. Overcoming True Clinical Inertia -- 8. Conclusion: Time for Medical Reason.

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On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants : What Today's Clinicians Can Learn from Yesterday's Wisdom

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Robert B. Taylor. --New York, NY: Springer , c2015.

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Medical history offers us many wise thoughts, a few misguided notions, and a host of intriguing back-stories. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants presents a selection of these, and tells how the words of medicine's "giants"--such as Hippocrates, Sir William Osler, Francis Weld Peabody, and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross--are relevant to medical science and practice in the 21st century. Which physician was the inspiration for the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, and what did he identify as the real…

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Author: Taylor, Robert B

Responsibility: Robert B. Taylor

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 251 p. : 100 illus., 48 illus. in color)

ISBN: 9781493913350; 9781493913343 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Ethics, Medical; History of Medicine; Philosophy, Medical - history; Physicians - history

Abstract: Medical history offers us many wise thoughts, a few misguided notions, and a host of intriguing back-stories. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants presents a selection of these, and tells how the words of medicine's "giants"--such as Hippocrates, Sir William Osler, Francis Weld Peabody, and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross--are relevant to medical science and practice in the 21st century. Which physician was the inspiration for the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, and what did he identify as the real essential factor in all successful medical diagnoses? What did Sigmund Freud describe as his "tyrant" and what might this mean for doctors today? Do you know the attributed source of the well-known aphorism about horses and zebras, and what we believe this physician actually said? This book answers these questions and more, while also providing fascinating tales about each individual quoted. On the Shoulders of Medicine's Giants is recommended for practicing physicians, students, and residents, as well as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and anyone involved in patient care who wants to understand the historical and epistemological foundations of what we do each day in practice. Robert B. Taylor, MD is the author and editor of more than 30 medical books and several hundred published articles, as well as a veteran of rural private practice and chairmanship of a major medical school department.

Contents: The Profession and Professionalism -- Being a Physician -- The Art and Science of Doctoring -- Health, Disease, Illness, and Death -- Disease Detection and Diagnosis -- Therapy and Healing -- Learning and Teaching Medicine -- Medical Experience, Knowledge, and Wisdom -- Errors, Uncertainty, and Ethical Issues -- Current Issues and Future Practice.

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Critical Care for Anorexia Nervosa : The MARSIPAN Guidelines in Practice

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Paul H. Robinson, Dasha Nicholls, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2015.

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Anorexia and bulimia nervosa are serious disorders affecting pre-adolescents, adolescents and adults with high levels of co-morbidity, disability and mortality. The medical manifestations of these disorders are intrinsic to the illness and its treatment; some are secondary to malnutrition whereas others are the result of purging or other weight-controlling behaviours and a further group is due to poor management of nutritional problems. This book focuses on the role of the psychiatric, medical,…

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Other Authors: Robinson, Paul H; Nicholls, Dasha

Other Authors: MARSIPAN Group

Responsibility: Paul H. Robinson, Dasha Nicholls, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 168 p. : 10 illus., 3 illus. in color)

ISBN: 9783319081748; 9783319081731 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Anorexia Nervosa - therapy; Critical Care - ethics; Ethics, Medical; Mentally Ill Persons - legislation & jurisprudence; Treatment Outcome

Abstract: Anorexia and bulimia nervosa are serious disorders affecting pre-adolescents, adolescents and adults with high levels of co-morbidity, disability and mortality. The medical manifestations of these disorders are intrinsic to the illness and its treatment; some are secondary to malnutrition whereas others are the result of purging or other weight-controlling behaviours and a further group is due to poor management of nutritional problems. This book focuses on the role of the psychiatric, medical, nutritional and psychiatric assessment and management of severely ill patients with anorexia nervosa. Leading clinicians and researchers address the essentials of risk assessment, the identification of complications and the monitoring of treatment progress. Location of care and the role of the team are fully addressed, with due consideration of legal and ethical issues. Practical guidelines are included on risk assessment, management of acute and chronic physical problems, feeding during treatment and consent, as outlined in the MARSIPAN (2010) and Junior MARSIPAN (2012) documents. Critical Care for Anorexia Nervosa will be of value for medical and paediatric teams, GPs, psychiatristsáand all health-care professionals involved in the treatment of acutely ill patients with anorexia nervosa.

Contents: 1. Introduction: Problems Occurring in the Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Severe Anorexia Nervosa -- 2. Management of the Really Sick Child or Adolescent with Anorexia Nervosa in Hospital: The Role of Child and Adolescent Mental Health -- 3. The Role of the Paediatric Team in the Management of Young People with Severe AN -- 4. How Can the Adult Psychiatric Team and Adult Medical Team Work Optimally to Help the MARSIPAN Patient? -- 5. How Can the Adult Medical Team Work Optimally with the Adult Psychiatric Team to Help the MARSIPAN Patient? -- 6. Legal and Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia Nervosa -- 7. Putting It All Together. What We Have Learnt, What We Need to Learn.

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Ethical Issues in Anesthesiology and Surgery

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Barbara G. Jericho, editor. (1st ed.) --Cham: Springer , c2015.

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Each chapter includes an ethical challenge presented as a clinical case scenario that readers may relate to in their daily practice of anesthesiology and surgery. The ethical issues surrounding each chapter's content are examined in an easily understandable manner for the specific target audience to improve the understanding and management of ethical dilemmas in patient care. Informed consent issues for the adult and pediatric patient, perioperative considerations of do-not-resuscitate orders, …

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Other Authors: Jericho, Barbara G.

Responsibility: Barbara G. Jericho, editor

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 238 p. : 5 illus., 1 illus. in color)

ISBN: 9783319159492; 9783319159485 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Anesthesiology - ethics; Ethics, Medical; General Surgery - ethics

Abstract: Each chapter includes an ethical challenge presented as a clinical case scenario that readers may relate to in their daily practice of anesthesiology and surgery. The ethical issues surrounding each chapter's content are examined in an easily understandable manner for the specific target audience to improve the understanding and management of ethical dilemmas in patient care. Informed consent issues for the adult and pediatric patient, perioperative considerations of do-not-resuscitate orders, ethical issues of drug shortages, transplantation ethics, surgical care of patients and futility, conscientious objection, informed consent and disclosure of surgeon experience, and research and publication ethics are included and based on the experience of the Editor and the roster of contributors.

Contents: 1. Informed Consent: Pediatric Patients, Adolescents, and Emancipated Minors -- 2. Preoperative Testing: Ethical Challenges, Evidence-Based Medicine and Informed Consent -- 3. Informed Consent and the Disclosure of Surgeon Experience -- 4. Perioperative Considerations of Do Not Resuscitate and Do Not Intubate Orders in Adult Patients -- 5. Pediatric Patients: Do Not Resuscitate Decisions -- 6. Ethical Care of the Children of Jehovah's Witnesses -- 7. Fatigue and the Care of Patients -- 8. Conscientious Objection -- 9. Ethical Implications of Drug Shortages -- 10. Ethical Challenges in High-Risk Innovative Surgery -- 11. Professionalism in the Operating Room -- 12. Honesty in the Perioperative Setting: Error and Communication -- 13. Futility and the Care of the Perioperative Patient -- 14. End-of-Life Issues: Management of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices -- 15. End-of-Life Issues: Spirituality -- 16. Ethics in Research and Publication -- 17. Ethics and Evidence Regarding Animal Subjects Research: Splitting Hares--or Swallowing Camels?

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Toward scientific medicine

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O.S. Miettinen. --Cham, Switzerland: Springer , c2014.

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Scientific medicine in Miettinen's conception of it is very different from the two ideas about it that came to eminence in the 20th century. To him, medicine is scientific to the extent that it has a rational theoretical framework and a knowledge-base from medical science. He delineates the nature of that theoretical framework and of the research to develop the requisite knowledge for application in such a framework. The knowledge ultimately needed is about diagnostic, etiognostic, and prognost…

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Author: Miettinen, Olli S

Responsibility: O.S. Miettinen

Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 183 pages)

ISBN: 9783319016719 (electronic bk.); 9783319016702

Subjects (MeSH): Medicine; Philosophy, Medical; Biomedical Research; Ethics, Medical

Subjects (LCSH): Medicine; Philosophy, Medical; Biomedical Research; Ethics, Medical; Medicine - Philosophy; Medicine - Research; Medical ethics; Theory of Medicine; Bioethics; Medical Education; Science Education

Abstract: Scientific medicine in Miettinen's conception of it is very different from the two ideas about it that came to eminence in the 20th century. To him, medicine is scientific to the extent that it has a rational theoretical framework and a knowledge-base from medical science. He delineates the nature of that theoretical framework and of the research to develop the requisite knowledge for application in such a framework. The knowledge ultimately needed is about diagnostic, etiognostic, and prognostic probabilities, and it necessarily is to be codified in the form of probability functions, embedded in practice-guiding expert systems.

Contents: Part I. The Knowledge-Base of Medicine at Present -- 1. The daunting needs for knowledge -- 2. The necessary forms of the knowledge -- 3. The knowledge according to its source -- Part II. Whither From Here? -- 4. Needed innovations of the knowledge culture -- Part III. Medical Science for Scientific Medicine -- 5. Original research for scientific diagnosis -- 6. Original research for scientific etiognosis -- 7. Original research for scientific prognosis -- 8. Derivative research for scientific gnosis -- 9. From gnostic research to gnostic knowledge -- Epilogue -- Glossary.

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Neurosurgical ethics in practice : value-based medicine

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Ahmed Ammar, Mark Bernstein, editors. --Heidelberg: Springer , c2014.

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Good neurosurgical practice is based not only on evidence, skills, and modern equipment, but also on good values. Young surgeons often learn about ethical behavior by observing the behavior of their teachers in different situations, but for several reasons, this is not enough. This book discusses the ethical issues that arise during the daily practice of neurosurgery. It will be especially informative for neurosurgeons, other surgeons, physicians, residents, medical students, and allied health …

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Other Authors: Ammar, Ahmed; Bernstein, Mark

Responsibility: Ahmed Ammar, Mark Bernstein, editors

Place of Publication: Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages)

ISBN: 9783642549809 (electronic bk.); 9783642549793

Subjects (MeSH): Neurosurgery - ethics; Neurosurgical Procedures - ethics; Ethics, Medical

Subjects (LCSH): Nervous system - Surgery - Moral and ethical aspects; Neurosurgery; Ethics

Abstract: Good neurosurgical practice is based not only on evidence, skills, and modern equipment, but also on good values. Young surgeons often learn about ethical behavior by observing the behavior of their teachers in different situations, but for several reasons, this is not enough. This book discusses the ethical issues that arise during the daily practice of neurosurgery. It will be especially informative for neurosurgeons, other surgeons, physicians, residents, medical students, and allied health care providers. The book is not a philosophical expose but an easily readable and highly practical road map on how to navigate ethically challenging situations in neurosurgical and other practice. The book is divided into five parts addressing general issues, patients' rights, end of life issues, neurosurgeons' duties, and neurosurgeons and society. The contributing authors are well-established neurosurgeons and other doctors with long experience and from different backgrounds. They discuss ethical problems encountered in everyday practice, introduced by cases, and in all, there are more than 50 neurosurgical cases drawn from real life. The editors introduce in the title and throughout the book the term 'value-based medicine' which reinforces that while modern medicine and surgery have come very far in technical aspects, the core of what we do must be based on the values embodied in bioethics.

Contents: Part I. Introduction to Ethics -- 1. Brief History of Bioethics -- 2. Ethics Principles and Theories -- 3. Cross-Cultural Ethics -- Part II. Patients’ Rights -- 4. Patients' Rights -- 5. Informed Consent -- 6. Privacy and Confidentiality -- 7. Severe Neurosurgical Conditions in Children -- Part III. End of Life Issues -- 8. End-of-Life Care -- 9. Dying with Dignity -- 10. Brain Death -- Part IV. Neurosurgeons’ Duties -- 11. Neurosurgeons' Duties -- 12. Ethical Decision-Making -- 13. Errors -- 14. Workplace Ethics and Professionalism -- 15. Neurosurgical Innovation -- 16. Research Ethics -- 17. Consent in Emergency Clinical Research -- 18. Neuroethics -- 19. Training of Neurosurgeons -- Part V. Neurosurgeons and Society -- 20. Conflict of Interest -- 21. Priority Setting -- 22. Medicolegal Issues -- 23. Neurosurgeons and the Media -- 24. International Neurosurgery Collaborations.

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Location: Online

Human subjects research after the Holocaust

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Sheldon Rubenfeld, Susan Benedict, editors ; foreword by Arthur L. Caplan. --Cham, Switzerland: Springer , c2014.

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Location: Online

'An engaging, compelling and disturbing confrontation with evil...abook that will be transformative in its call for individual and collective moral responsibility." - Michael A. Grodin, M.D., Professor and Director, Project on Medicine and the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, Boston University. Human Subjects Research after the Holocaust challenges you to confront the misguided medical ethics of the Third Reich personally, and to apply the lessons learned to contemporary human …

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Other Authors: Rubenfeld, Sheldon; Benedict, Susan

Responsibility: Sheldon Rubenfeld, Susan Benedict, editors ; foreword by Arthur L. Caplan

Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages)

ISBN: 9783319057026 (electronic bk.); 9783319057019

Subjects (MeSH): Bioethics; Ethics, Medical; Ethical Review; Human Experimentation - ethics; National Socialism - history; Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation - history; Research Subjects

Subjects (LCSH): Human experimentation in medicine - Moral and ethical aspects; Human experimentation in medicine - Germany - History - 20th century; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; History of Science; History of Medicine; Human Rights

Abstract: 'An engaging, compelling and disturbing confrontation with evil...abook that will be transformative in its call for individual and collective moral responsibility." - Michael A. Grodin, M.D., Professor and Director, Project on Medicine and the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, Boston University. Human Subjects Research after the Holocaust challenges you to confront the misguided medical ethics of the Third Reich personally, and to apply the lessons learned to contemporary human subjects research. While it is comforting to believe that Nazi physicians, nurses, and bioscientists were either incompetent, mad, or few in number, they were, in fact, the best in the world at the time, and the vast majority participated in the government program of 'applied biology.' They were not coerced to behave as they did-they enthusiastically exploited widely accepted eugenic theories to design horrendous medical experiments, gas chambers and euthanasia programs, which ultimately led to mass murder in the concentration camps. Americans provided financial support for their research, modeled their medical education and research after the Germans, and continued to perform unethical human subjects research even after the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial. The German Medical Association apologized in 2012 for the behavior of its physicians during the Third Reich. By examining the medical crimes of human subjects researchers during the Third Reich, you will naturally examine your own behavior and that of your colleagues, and perhaps ask yourself "If the best physicians and bioscientists of the early 20th century could do evil while believing they were doing good, can I be certain that I will never do the same?" Presents relatively unknown aspects of human subjects research during the Third Reich Reveals surprising relationships between German and American human subjects research Dispels myths about Nazi human subjects research Compels introspection and self-examination by today's medical and research practitioners Addresses contemporary bioethical issues affecting vulnerable populations Brings together experts in the history of medicine during the Third Reich and thoughtful new voices.

Contents: Introduction: How Did It Go So Wrong? -- Twin Experiments at Auschwitz: A First-Person Account -- Eugenics and Racial Hygiene: Applied Research Strategies before, during, and after National Socialism -- Medical Ethics and Medical Research on Human Beings in National Socialism -- Sulfonamide Experiments on Prisoners in Nazi Concentration Camps: Coherent Scientific Rationality Combined with Complete Disregard of Humanity -- Stages of Transgression: Anatomical Research in National Socialism -- Nurses and Human Subjects Research during the Third Reich and Now -- Involuntary Abortion and Coercive Research on Pregnant Forced Laborers in National Socialism -- Abusive Medical Practices on "Euthanasia" Victims in Austria during and after World War II -- Medical Research and National Socialist Euthanasia: Carl Schneider and the Heidelberg Research Children from 1942 until 1945 -- Victims of Human Experiments and Coercive Research under National Socialism: Gender and Racial Aspects -- The White Rose: Resisting National Socialism, with an Introduction by Susan Benedict -- The Origins and Impact of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial -- In the Shadow of Nuremberg: Unlearned Lessons from the Medical Trial -- The Ethics of Medical Experiments: Have We Learned the Lessons of Tuskegee and the Holocaust? -- Human Subjects Research during and after the Holocaust: Typhus Vaccine Development and the Legacy of Gerhard Rose -- Ethics in Space Medicine: Holocaust Beginnings, the Present, and the Future -- Reproduction Then and Now: Learning from the Past -- Promoting Clinical Research and Avoiding Bad Medicine: A Clinical Research Curriculum -- The Psychophysiology of Attribution: Why Appreciative Respect Can Keep Us Safe -- Confronting Medicine during the Nazi Period: Autobiographical Reflections -- Teaching the Holocaust to Medical Students: A Reflection on Pedagogy and Medical Ethics -- No Exceptions, No Excuses: A Testimonial.

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Location: Online

From Justice to Protection : A Proposal for Public Health Bioethics

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Miguel Kottow. --New York, NY: Springer , c2012.

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Location: Online

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Author: Kottow, Miguel

Responsibility: Miguel Kottow

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 108 p.)

Series Vol.: v. 1

Series Title: SpringerBriefs in public health

ISBN: 9781461420262

Subjects (MeSH): Bioethical Issues; Ethics, Medical; Public Health - ethics; Social Justice

Subjects (LCSH): Medical ethics; Public health

Contents: 1. On Justice and Health Inequities -- 2. Rights and Duties, Needs, and Merits -- 3. Public Health Transitions and the "New Public Health" -- 4. Bioethics in Public Health -- 5. Ethics of Protection I: Theoretical Fundaments -- 6. Ethics of Protection II: Basic Outline -- 7. Protective Bioethics -- 8. Health Care Strategies -- 9. Public Health and Medical Care -- 10. Ethics and Epidemiology -- 11. Integrating Bioethics in Public Health.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Practical ethics for psychologists : a positive approach

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Knapp, Samuel J. --Washington, DC: American Psychological Association , 2012.

Call Number: BF 76.4 K67p 2012

Location: Nova Scotia Hospital

Call Number: BF 76.4 K67p 2012

Author: Knapp, Samuel J

Other Authors: VandeCreek, Leon D.

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: American Psychological Association

Date of Publication: 2012

Physical Description: 319 p.

ISBN: 9781433811746

Subjects (MeSH): Psychology - ethics; Ethics, Medical; Psychology - standards

Format: Book

Location: Nova Scotia Hospital

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Institutional review board : member handbook

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Robert Amdur, Elizabeth A. Bankert. (Third edition) --Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers , c2011.

Call Number: W 20.5 A4971 2011

Location: Dickson Building

Designed to give Institutional Review Board (IRB) members the information they need to protect the rights and welfare of research subjects in a way that is both effective and efficient, the chapters of the Institutional Review Board Member Handbook are short and to the point. Topic-specific chapters list the criteria IRB members should use to determine how to vote on specific kinds of studies and offer practical advice on what IRB members should do before and during full-committee meetings. Thi…

Call Number: W 20.5 A4971 2011

Author: Amdur, Robert J

Other Authors: Bankert, Elizabeth A

Responsibility: Robert Amdur, Elizabeth A. Bankert

Edition: Third edition

Place of Publication: Sudbury, MA

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers

Date of Publication: c2011

Physical Description: xii, 215 pages

ISBN: 9781449647445; 9780763780005

Subjects (MeSH): Biomedical Research - ethics; Ethical Review - standards; Ethics Committees, Research - organization & administration; Ethics, Medical; Human Experimentation - ethics

Abstract: Designed to give Institutional Review Board (IRB) members the information they need to protect the rights and welfare of research subjects in a way that is both effective and efficient, the chapters of the Institutional Review Board Member Handbook are short and to the point. Topic-specific chapters list the criteria IRB members should use to determine how to vote on specific kinds of studies and offer practical advice on what IRB members should do before and during full-committee meetings. This handbook is an excellent accompaniment to Institutional Review Board: Management and Function, Second Edition and the Study Guide that IRB members can access and refer to quickly and easily.

Format: Book

Publication Type: Handbook

Location: Dickson Building

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Ethics in health administration

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Morrison, Eileen E. (2nd ed.) --Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers , c2011.

Call Number: W 50 M878e 2011

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Call Number: W 50 M878e 2011

Author: Morrison, Eileen E

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Sudbury, MA

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers

Date of Publication: c2011

Physical Description: 363 p.

ISBN: 9780763773274

Subjects (MeSH): Health Services Administration - ethics; Decision Making - ethics; Ethics, Medical

Format: Book

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Professionalism in medicine : a case-based guide for medical students

https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27741

Spandorfer, John. --Cambridge: Cambridge University Press , 2010.

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Author: Spandorfer, John

Place of Publication: Cambridge

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Date of Publication: 2010

Physical Description: 464 p.

Series Title: Cambridge medicine

ISBN: 9780511642067 (ebook); 9780521879323 (hardback)

Subjects (MeSH): Clinical Competence; Physician's Role; Professional Autonomy; Ethics, Medical

Contents: Defining medical professionalism -- Cases about medical students -- Principle of primacy of patient welfare -- Principle of patient autonomy -- Principle of social justice -- Commitment to honesty with patients -- Commitment to patient confidentiality -- Commitment to improving quality of care -- Commitment to maintaining trust by managing conflicts of interest -- Commitment to professional responsibilities.