Full Description
Giving Voice to Values as a Professional Physician provides students with the theoretical background and practical applications for acting on their values in situations of ethical conflict. It is the first medical ethics book that utilizes the Giving Voice to Values methodology to instruct students in medical ethics and professionalism.
In doing so, it shifts the focus of ethics education from intellectually examining ethical theories and conflicts to emphasizing moral action. Each section of the book explains how moral decision-making and action can be implemented in the healthcare arena. Medical ethics cases are provided throughout in order to assist students in giving voice to their values and developing skills for professional action. The Giving Voice to Values methodology, and the cases in this book, do not focus on the big questions of academic ethics, but rather on the ethics of the everyday, even if the challenges presented are difficult. In other words, the ethical questions students will have to face, in this book and in medical education and practice, are about how to interact with others, whether they be patients or colleagues, who might have different ethical positions.
The book provides a unique guide for professional identity formation and the teaching of ethics in medical schools.
Contents
Acknowledgements, Preface, Chapter 1 Ethics, Professionalism and Giving Voice to Values, The Uniqueness of Professionalism Education, Professionalism as a Value not a Competency , Giving Voice to Values, Starting Assumptions to Give Voice to one's Values, Chapter 2 Making Moral Decisions, The Gut Reaction, Moral Awareness: Bias Check, Conformity Bias, Obedience to Authority, Framing, Recognizing and Prioritizing Facts & Values, The Patient-Physician Relationship, Patient Autonomy, Physicians' Professional Goals, Physician Authority & Professional Integrity, One Note on Values, Ethical Frameworks, Deontological (Kantian) Ethics, Consequentialist (Utilitarian) Ethics, Values(s) Comparison Between Deontology and Consequentialism, Principlism or the Four Principles Approach, Chapter 3 Acting on Moral Decisions, Moral (Inaction): Rationalizations Check, Personal-Professional Profiles, Considering other Stakeholders, Organizational and Systems-Based Levers, Creating Scripts, Chapter 4 Cases, Case 1: Confronting a superior, Case 2: HIV Mothers and Breastfeeding Their Newborns, Case 3: Reporting a colleague , Case 4: Talking to Family Members about a Patient's Medical Information, Case 5: Speaking to a Colleague About a Patient's Complaints, Case 6: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Case 7: Talking to Patients about Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Case 8: Withdrawing treatment and Right to Die, Case 9: Determination of Death, Conclusion, Appendix I: Intended Audience & How to Use This Book, Appendix II: Example Action Plan & Script for Case 1
