| The Health Care Ethics Consultant 1994 Edition Contributor(s): Baylis, Francoise C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0896032787 ISBN-13: 9780896032781 Publisher: Humana OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1994 Annotation: In The Health Care Ethics Consultant, a panel of 15 health care ethicists and scholars in medicine, philosophy, theology, and law hammer out a standard of care governing the now decisively emergent practice of ethics consultation in the health care community. They debate such issues as: Who should be considered health care ethics consultants? To whom should they give advice? What should be their responsibilities and training? And should there be some kind of accreditation or certification program? The authoritative contributors here develop, as an alternative to certification, a 'profile" of the professional health care ethics consultant and describe what they believe that person's requisite knowledge, skills, and character traits ought to be. Also included is a thorough analysis of legal liability by a respected law firm, a critical overview of the education and training needed for the position, and a discussion of minimal working conditions. The Health Care Ethics Consultant offers important insights into, and ideas about, the role and training of the new generation of advisors - health care ethics consultants who are today everywhere engaged in helping the medical establishment grapple with the increasingly complex ethical issues raised by advancing medical technology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Medical | Physicians - Science | Ethics |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 94013467 |
| Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 209 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The primary objective of The Health Care Ethics Con- sultant is to focus attention on an immediate practical problem: the role and responsibilities, the education and training, and the certification and accreditation of health care ethics consultants. The principal questions addressed in this book include: Who should be considered health care ethics consultants? Whom should they advise? What should be their responsi- bilities and what kind of training should they have? Should there be some kind of accreditation or certification program to ensure that those who call themselves ethics consultants are in fact qualified to advise, consult, research, and write in health care ethics? The distinguished authors ofthese articles are persons with diverse backgrounds, interests, presumptions, and val- ues. Not surprisingly, therefore, diverse responses have emerged to the questions posed. Though the book's chapters are individually authored, they are informed by the group discussions that went on during active workshop sessions, and by knowledge of the contributions of others. All of the chapters meaningfully represent their consensus. This is not to say that there were no disagreements regarding specific details, but rather that there were no fundamental objections on the book's basic content among a panel of authors who share basic premises regarding the role, responsibilities, education, and certifica- tion of health care ethics consultants. |
