| Description |
viii, 251 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Ch. 1. Health care concerns everyone / Leila Shotton -- Ch. 2. Potentiality and the ethics of abortion / Robert Elliot -- Ch. 3. Are the newborn and the aged "persons"? / Leila Shotton -- Ch. 4. Respecting autonomy by proxy decisionmaking : treatment decisions for no-longer competent persons / Jay L. Garfield -- Ch. 5. "Informed consent" to medical procedures : the current law in Australia, doctors' knowledge of the law, and their practices in informing patients / Loane Skene and Scott Millwood -- Ch. 6. Documentation in health care / Sue Field -- Ch. 7. The morality of breaching confidentiality to protect others / Justin Oakley -- Ch. 8. Legal issues in HIV/ AIDS / Robyn Donnelly and Weng Siow -- Ch. 9. On natural death and palliative care / Brian Stoffell and Michael Ashby -- Ch. 10. Justice in the allocation of health care / Christi Dawn Favor -- Ch. 11. A critical look at the ethics of care / Karen van den Broek -- Ch. 12. Justifying egalitarian health care / Kathinka Evers |
| Summary |
The specialists who have contributed to this book believe the thical and legal aspects of healthcare issues should be considered together so as to reveal the complexity of the isues encountered by healthcare professionals in their clinical practice. They focus on matters such as abortion, and the status of the newborn and the aged |
| Analysis |
AIDS |
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Abortion |
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Cases (Law) |
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Confidentiality |
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Consent (Law) |
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Equity |
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Euthanasia |
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Federal issue |
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Health services |
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Medical ethics |
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Medical profession |
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Medical records |
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State issue |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Law and ethics.
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Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Medical ethics -- Australia.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Legislation, Medical.
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| Author |
Shotton, Leila
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| ISBN |
1876033673 |
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