Full Description
Publisher's Noteguaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Concise and readable review of essential ethics topics for the Boards Ethics questions are included in Steps 1 and 3 of the USMLE, as well as on the American Board of Internal Medicine Examination and other specialty board certification exams. Practical and approachable, Medical Ethics for the Boards provides a concise yet comprehensive review of topics students are most likely to encounter on the test. A chapter of questions and answers provides practice for exam day and helps readers feel prepared. This book includes chapter-level coverage of patient autonomy; competence and the capacity to make decisions; informed consent; confidentiality and medical records; end-of-life issues; reproductive issues;organ and tissue donation; reportable illnesses; HIV-related issues; STDs; malpractice; the doctor-patient relationship; abuse, gifts, and physician-assisted suicide; workplace relations; and ethical issues in research and experimentation.Concise review of ethics essentials tested on the BoardsIncludes Q&A for exam preparationReadable and entertaining review from ethics expert Conrad Fischer
Contents
Coverage of the issues most likely to appear on the Ethics section of USMLE Steps 1 & 3 and the American Board of Internal Medicine ExaminationChapter 1. AutonomyChapter 2. Competence and the Capacity to Make DecisionsChapter 3. Informed ConsentChapter 4. Confidentiality and Medical RecordsChapter 5. End-of-Life IssuesChapter 6. Reproductive IssuesChapter 7. Organ and Tissue DonationChapter 8. Reportable IllnessesChapter 9. HIV-Related IssuesChapter 10. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)Chapter 11. MalpracticeChapter 12. Doctor/Patient RelationshipChapter 13. Doctor and SocietyChapter 14. Doctor/Doctor RelationshipChapter 15. ExperimentationPractice QuestionsAnswers and ExplanationsNER(01): WOW
