Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
International Medicine -- The Context of International Medicine -- What Is an Ethical Issue? -- Approaching Ethical Issues -- Applying the Approach -- ch. 1 Medical Facts -- Different Medical Conditions -- Case 1.1 Vesico-Vaginal Fistula Repair Surgery -- Language Differences -- Case 1.2 Informed Consent for Tubal Ligation Surgery -- Communication Barriers -- Case 1.3 Fall from a Mango Tree -- Different Medical Beliefs -- Case 1.4 Sorcery and Tuberculosis -- Traditional Healers -- Case 1.5 Bush Thoracotomies -- ch. 2 Goals and Values -- Different Goals -- Case 2.1 Aggressive Neonatal Resuscitation -- Different Organizational Goals -- Case 2.2 Research Participation -- Conflicting Values among Stakeholders -- Case 2.3 An Infant with Cholera -- Conflicting Individual Values -- Case 2.4 Evacuating a Dangerous Area -- Competing Cultural Values -- Case 2.5 Providing Supplies for Female Genital Mutilation -- ch. 3 Norms -- Disagreements about Bioethical Norms -- Case 3.1 Veracity and the Dying Patient -- The Challenge of Justice -- Case 3.2 A Young Boy with AIDS -- Competing Professional Norms -- Case 3.3 Medical Student Involvement -- Different Professional Norms -- Case 3.4 Rural Outreach Clinics -- Different Legal Norms -- Case 3.5 Amputation for Sharia Law -- ch. 4 Limitations -- Limited Resources -- Case 4.1 Chronic Hypertension -- Limited Access to Health Care -- Case 4.2 Treating Tuberculosis -- Limited Medical Personnel -- Case 4.3 Protracted and Obstructed Labor -- Limited Time -- Case 4.4 Ear Camp -- Multiple Limitations -- Case 4.5 Postoperative Care for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery -- EPILOGUE -- The Complexity of International Medicine -- Practical Use of the Case Methodology -- Preparation and Reflection -- A Note on Organizational Structure -- The Promise of International Medicine |
Summary |
A handy guide to identifying, analyzing, and resolving ethical issues that arise in international medicine |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Medical ethics -- Developing countries
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Missions, Medical -- Developing countries
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Medical Missions, Official -- ethics -- Case Reports
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Delivery of Health Care -- ethics -- Case Reports
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Developing Countries -- Case Reports
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Ethics, Medical -- Case Reports
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Health Personnel -- ethics -- Case Reports
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World Health -- Case Reports
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MEDICAL -- Ethics.
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Medical ethics
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Missions, Medical
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Developing countries
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Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2011046301 |
ISBN |
9781611682526 |
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1611682525 |
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