The Silent World of Doctor and Patient Revised Edition Contributor(s): Katz, Jay (Author), Capron, Alexander Morgan (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0801857805 ISBN-13: 9780801857805 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust--despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice. Seeing a growing need for more honest and complete communication between physician and patient, Dr. Jay Katz advocates a new, informed dialogue that respects the rights and needs of both sides. A new Preface outlines changes since the book's publication in 1984. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Medical | Physician & Patient - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
Dewey: 610.696 |
LCCN: 2002069396 |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.56" W x 8.5" (0.94 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process, physician and law professor Jay Katz examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent care and patient compliance. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust--despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy, and demonstrates the detrimental effect their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age of medical science and sophisticated technology for more honest and complete communication between physician and patients, he advocates a new, informed dialogue that respects the rights and needs of both sides. In a new foreword to this edition of The Silent World of Doctor and Patient, Alexander Morgan Capron outlines the changes in medical ethics practice that have occurred since the book was first published in 1984, paying particular attention to the hotly debated issues of physician-assisted suicide and informed consent in managed care. |