This short textbook of ethics and law is aimed at doctors in training and in practice. Medical ethics and law are now firmly embedded in the curricula of medical schools. The ability to make clinical decisions on the basis of critical reasoning is a skill that is rightly presumed as necessary in today's doctors. Medical decisions involve not only scientific understanding but also ethical values and legal analysis. The belief that it is ethically right to act in one way rather than another should be based on good reasons: it is not enough to follow what doctors have always done, nor what experienced doctors now do.
The third edition has been revised and updated to reflect changes in the core curriculum for students, developments in the law as well as advances in medicine and technology.
1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 1 Reasoning about ethics - p. 3 3. Chapter 2 Ethical theories and perspectives - p. 25 4. Chapter 3 Three core concepts in medical ethics - p. 41 5. Chapter 4 An introduction to law - p. 59 6. Chapter 5 Doctors and patients - p. 73 7. Part 2 Core Topics - p. 85 8. Introduction - p. 87 9. Chapter 6 Consent - p. 89 10. Chapter 7 Capacity - p. 99 11. Chapter 8 Mental health - p. 115 12. Chapter 9 Confidentiality - p. 125 13. Chapter 10 Resource allocation - p. 143 14. Chapter 11 Children and young people - p. 161 15. Chapter 12 Disability and disease - p. 179 16. Chapter 13 Reproductive medicine - p. 197 17. Chapter 14 End of life - p. 217 18. Chapter 15 Organ transplantation and definitions of death - p. 250 19. Chapter 16 Research - p. 253 20. Part 3 Extensions - p. 273 21. Introduction - p. 275 22. Chapter 17 Neuroethics - p. 277 23. Chapter 18 Genethics - p. 291 24. Chapter 19 Information ethics - p. 313 25. Chapter 20 Public health ethics - p. 327 26. Index - p. 343
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This short textbook of ethics and law is aimed at doctors in training and in practice. Medical ethics and law are now firmly embedded in the curricula of medical schools. The ability to make clinical decisions on the basis of critical reasoning is a skill that is rightly presumed as necessary in today's doctors. Medical decisions involve not only scientific understanding but also ethical values and legal analysis. The belief that it is ethically right to act in one way rather than another should be based on good reasons: it is not enough to follow what doctors have always done, nor what experienced doctors now do.
The third edition has been revised and updated to reflect changes in the core curriculum for students, developments in the law as well as advances in medicine and technology.
1. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 1 Reasoning about ethics - p. 3 3. Chapter 2 Ethical theories and perspectives - p. 25 4. Chapter 3 Three core concepts in medical ethics - p. 41 5. Chapter 4 An introduction to law - p. 59 6. Chapter 5 Doctors and patients - p. 73 7. Part 2 Core Topics - p. 85 8. Introduction - p. 87 9. Chapter 6 Consent - p. 89 10. Chapter 7 Capacity - p. 99 11. Chapter 8 Mental health - p. 115 12. Chapter 9 Confidentiality - p. 125 13. Chapter 10 Resource allocation - p. 143 14. Chapter 11 Children and young people - p. 161 15. Chapter 12 Disability and disease - p. 179 16. Chapter 13 Reproductive medicine - p. 197 17. Chapter 14 End of life - p. 217 18. Chapter 15 Organ transplantation and definitions of death - p. 250 19. Chapter 16 Research - p. 253 20. Part 3 Extensions - p. 273 21. Introduction - p. 275 22. Chapter 17 Neuroethics - p. 277 23. Chapter 18 Genethics - p. 291 24. Chapter 19 Information ethics - p. 313 25. Chapter 20 Public health ethics - p. 327 26. Index - p. 343
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