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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Learn medical ethics and professionalism in the context of real-life patientsA Doody's Core Title for 2019!
Experience with actual cases is essential to learning how to manage the challenges medical ethics and professionalism will pose to you and your practice. Case Files: Medical Ethics and Professionalism includes 36 true-to-life cases that have been carefully selected to cover important topics such as the doctor-patient relationship, student issues, medical teams, end-of-life care, and social media. Each case includes complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, and review questions with answers.
Learn from 36 high-yield cases, each with board-style questions and key-point pearls
Master complex concepts through clear and concise discussion
Practice with review questions that reinforce learning
Sharpen your ability to solve problems regarding medical ethics and professionalism
Perfect for medical and health professions students preparing for real-world practice
Contents
TOPICS
GENERAL TOPICS
1. Basic ethical principles
2. Professionalism
3. Jurisprudence
4. Public health ethics
5. Resource allocation
6. Research ethics
7. Ethics committees and consultation
8. Complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine
THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
9. Physician-patient relationship
10. Patient abandonment
11. Boundary issues
12. Prescribing for friends and family members
13. Confidentiality
14. Informed consent
15. Medical intervention against patient's will
16. Cross-cultural issues
17. Deception to patients
18. Disclosure and apology
19. Communicating bad news
THE MEDICAL TEAM
20. Interdisciplinary issues: Team conflict
21. Difficult consultation
STUDENT ISSUES
22. Clinical Dishonesty
23. Student Issues: Procedures on patients
24. Fellow addicted student
25. Student cheating and plagiarism
END OF LIFE ISSUES
26. Organ transplantation and do not resuscitate orders
27. Physician-assisted suicide>
28. End-of-life ethics
29. Withholding life support
MATERNAL AND NEONATAL ISSUES
30. Futility
31. Maternal-fetal conflict
32. Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) ethics
33. Parental refusal
SPECIAL TOPICS
34. Caring for a patient infected with HIV
35. Social media ethics process
36.Risk Mmnagement
