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Medical Ethics and Law - A curriculum for the 21st Century (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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Medical Ethics and Law - A curriculum for the 21st Century (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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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. It includes a new 'extensions' section, providing
an outline of important developing areas in medical ethics. The
first part of the book covers the foundations of ethics and law in
the context of medicine. The second part covers specific core
topics that are essential for health professionals to understand.
The third section of the book includes new chapters on cutting edge
topics that will be crucial for the doctors and health
professionals of tomorrow. This new edition includes a new third
section that provides an extension to the core curriculum focused
on four key emerging topics in medical ethics - neuroethics,
genethics, information ethics and public health ethics. The
chapters on Consent, Capacity and Mental Health Law have been
extensively revised to reflect changes in legislation. Chapters on
confidentiality and information ethics contain new sections
relating to information technology, sharing information and
breaching confidentiality. Each chapter contains case examples
drawn from personal experience or from the media. This edition also
includes cartoons to highlight cutting edge and topical issues.
Most chapters include revision questions and an extension case to
encourage readers who are interested in a topic to explore further.
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