| Healthy Respect: Ethics in Health Care Contributor(s): Downie, R. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0192624083 ISBN-13: 9780192624086 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $77.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1994 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 93-39946 |
| Series: Oxford Medical Publications |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.46" W x 8.52" (0.90 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |