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This book offers an overview of the main questions arising when
biomedical decision-making intersects ethical decision-making. It
reports on two ethical decision-making methodologies, one
addressing the patients, the other physicians. It shows how
patients' autonomous choices can be empowered by increasing
awareness of ethical deliberation, and at the same time it supports
healthcare professionals in developing an ethical sensitivity,
which they can apply in their daily practice. The book highlights
the importance and relevance of practicing bioethics in the age of
personalized medicine. It presents concrete cases studies dealing
with cancer and genetic diseases, where difficult decisions need to
be made by all the parties involved: patients, physicians and
families. Decisions concern not only diagnostic procedures and
treatments, but also moral values, religious beliefs and ways of
seeing life and death, thus adding further layers of complexity to
biomedical decision-making. This book, which is strongly rooted in
the philosophical tradition, features non-directive counseling and
patient-centeredness. It provides a concise yet comprehensive and
practice-oriented guide to decision-making in modern healthcare.
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