Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians with Online Access

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Every day clinicians encounter ethical dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient care. This timely Fourth Edition gives you expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan even when competing points of view have equal merit. Most chapters include real-life sample cases that the author walks through, discussing the salient issues and how to approach them.

Highlights of this edition include:

*A new chapter on ethical issues in cross-cultural medicine
*New material addressing conscientious objection by physicians, with particular reference to reproductive health and caring for underserved populations
*Revised sections on disclosure of errors to patients, gifts to physicians from drug companies, involuntary psychiatric treatment, genomic medicine, and ethical issues during public health emergencies such as pandemics
*Updates on organ transplantation including increasing the donor pool and non-heart beating donors
*Updated references throughout
*A summary of key points at the end of each chapter