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1 online resource (409 pages) |
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""Contents""; ""Part I. FOUNDATIONS""; ""1. Foundations in Moral Theory""; ""Principles, Rules, and Rights""; ""Three Principles""; ""Balancing Moral Principles and Rights""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""2. Foundations in Legal Theory""; ""Moral Principles and Legal Rights""; ""Common Law and the Legal Doctrine""; ""Constitutional Law and the Right to Privacy""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Part II. A HISTORY OF INFORMED CONSENT""; ""3. Pronouncement and Practice in Clinical Medicine""; ""Problems of Historical Interpretation""; ""Codes and Treatises from Hippocrates to the AMA"" |
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""American Medical Practices in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries""""The Arrival of Informed Consent""; ""Conclusion: Everything's Changed, and Nothing's Changed""; ""Notes""; ""4. Consent and the Courts: The Emergence of the Legal Doctrine""; ""Reading Law""; ""Consent Before the Twentieth Century""; ""The Early Twentieth-Century Cases: The Birth of Basic Consent""; ""1957�1972: Consent Becomes Informed""; ""1972�Present: Informed Consent Flourishes""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5. The Development of Consent Requirements in Research Ethics"" |
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""Consent in the Biomedical Sciences""""Consent in the Behavioral Sciences""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6. The Evolution of Federal Policy Governing Human Research""; ""Early Federal Recognition�Two DHEW Agencies from 1962�1974""; ""Later Federal Developments: Two Commissions and New Regulations from 1974�1983""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Part III. A THEORY OF INFORMED CONSENT""; ""7. The Concept of Autonomy""; ""Autonomy and Informed Consent""; ""Three Conditions of Autonomous Action""; ""Is Authenticity a Necessary Condition?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes"" |
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""8. The Concepts of Informed Consent and Competence""""Two Concepts of Informed Consent""; ""Competence to Consent: The Gatekeeping Concept""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""9. Understanding""; ""Understanding and Authorizing""; ""Criteria of Substantial Understanding""; ""Standards of Understanding and Disclosure""; ""Communication and the Understanding of Information""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""10. Coercion, Manipulation, and Persuasion""; ""Coercion""; ""Persuasion""; ""Manipulation""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I"" |
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""J""""k""; ""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""o""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y""; ""z"" |
| Summary |
A timely, authoritative discussion of an important clinical topic, this useful book outlines the history, function, nature and requirements of informed consent, focusing on patient autonomy as central to the concept. Primarily a philosophical analysis, the book also covers legal aspects, with chapters on disclosure, comprehension, and competence |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Informed consent (Medical law) -- United States -- History
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Consent (Law) -- United States -- History
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Consent (Law)
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Informed consent (Medical law)
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Beauchamp, Thomas L
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King, Nancy M
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| ISBN |
9780199748655 |
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0199748659 |
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