Easier said than done : moral decisions in medical uncertainty / Milton D. Heifetz.
1992
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Title
Easier said than done : moral decisions in medical uncertainty / Milton D. Heifetz.
Published
Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1992.
Call Number
RA418 .H45 1992
ISBN
0879757213 (alk. paper) :
Description
273 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)25833682
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Table of Contents
Introduction
9
Acknowledgments
15
1
A Concept of Ethics
17
2
General Problems in Application
47
3
The Doctor-Patient Relationship
53
4
The Right of Self-Determination
77
5
Suicide
115
6
Abortion
133
7
The Tragic Newborn
153
8
Euthanasia
169
9
Human Experimentation
183
10
The Ethics of Medical Triage: Allocation and Rationing of Health Care
207
Summary
223
App. A: Discussion of Mastery
225
App. B: Discussion of Privacy
229
App. C: Example of Durable Power of Attorney
235
App. D: Recommendations Regarding Fetal Research
237
App. E: The Belmont Report of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research
243
Index
261