Healthy Respect: Ethics in Health Care

by Kenneth C. Calman, R.S. Downie, Kenneth C. Calman

Book Overview

The book offers an introduction to the moral concepts and value of health care. It is written by a moral philosopher, a doctor and a nurse and contains questions, cases and exercises which are suitable for medical, nursing and all students and commentators on health care. Moral dilemmas include consent, confidentiality, the giving or withholding of information, and the economics of health care. The issues of artificial reproduction, terminal care and the research and testing of drugs are addressed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192624083
• ISBN13: 9780192624086
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"