Medical Ethics A Clinical Textbook and Reference for the Health Care Professions

In Medical Ethics, the editors have developed a completely different type of book, focusing upon issues not ordinarily dealt with in texts on bioethics. Medical Ethicsprovides primary material, actual cases dealing with real-life situations that capture the realities of health care and the moral dilemmas and choices that are forced upon the conscientious in health careers. Selections in the book describe medical situations and the choices to be faced in patient care, presenting particular positions or decisions, and debate over the rationale and justification for various options. Simply presented and easy to read, the material in Medical Ethicsis divided into sections dealing with Conceptual Foundations, Clinical Ideals and Behavior, and Issues in Clinical Ethics. Appendices cover medical cases and professional codes, statutes and legal cases.Abrams, Natalie is the author of 'Medical Ethics A Clinical Textbook and Reference for the Health Care Professions', published 1983 under ISBN 9780262510240 and ISBN 0262510243.