In the modern practice of medicine, new challenges complicate the
ethical care of patients. Todaya (TM)s times require a contemporary
take on the concept of medical ethics. Regrettably, there are few
books and learning tools available to bring medical ethics
education into the 21st Century. Existing texts are not practical
or user-friendly.
This book aims to address what has been missing in existing text
books and ethics courses to date: clear-cut ethical and legal
guidelines essential to the everyday practice of medicine,
modernization of the teaching material to include common dilemmas
seen in medicine today, connection between ethical practice and
current evidence-based medicine, correlation of ethics teaching
with education in cultural competence, and a user-friendly,
innovative, and interesting format. Together, the authors have
already collaborated for the last few years to collect numerous
"typical" examples of ethically complex cases. Similar real-life
scenarios are seen at all medical institutions across the country,
and practitioners need a teaching tool to help them approach such
cases.
In this textbook, the reader will find: (1) Twenty-five
"typical" patient scenarios are presented and supplemented with
questions for consideration by the reader or class, (2)
Evidence-based medicine, legal precedent, and ethical theory
applying to each patient scenario is discussed, (3) Ethical
dilemmas are enlivened with age, gender, and culture issues, (4) A
patient-centered approach to ethical dilemmas is presented, (5)
Emphasis is made on the six "core clinical competencies" of medical
education in the a ~Formulationa (TM) section of each individual
case (patient care, medicalknowledge, practice-based learning and
improvement, interpersonal skills and communication,
professionalism, and systems-based practice), (6) The text includes
a "medical boards"-style comprehensive exam to further challenge
the reader and to assess their gained skills and knowledge.
This book is written with several audiences in mind: medical
students and residents, nursing students, pharmacy students,
undergraduate and graduate students in medical ethics courses, and
physicians desiring further training in medical ethics, cultural
competency, communication skills, and medical board
preparation.
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