Ethics in medicine /

Ethics in medicine /

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Author / Creator:Zaidi, Shabih H. (Shabih Haider)
Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Ethics.
Medical ethics.
Medicine.
Ethics.
Medical ethics.
Medicine.
Bioethical Issues.
Principle-Based Ethics.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11082798
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ISBN:9783319010441
3319010441
3319010433
9783319010434
9783319010434
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 8, 2014).
Summary:Medical ethics and the medical profession are inseparable, yet the formal teaching of medical ethics is a relatively new phenomenon. Furthermore, since the introduction of managed health care, with the physician becoming a 'health provider' and the patient a 'client', the whole concept of medical ethics has undergone a sea change. The contractual relationship between the provider and the client engenders caution and precaution, resulting in defensive medicine. This book both presents a succinct history of medical ethics and discusses a wide range of important ethical dilemmas in the provision of modern health care. A synopsis is provided of ethics through the ages and the role of ethics in the evolution of medicine. Principles and sources of medical ethics, as well as different religious and secular perspectives, are explained. Ethical concerns in relation to a variety of specific issues are then examined. These issues include, for example, human experimentation, stem cell research, assisted reproductive technologies, termination of pregnancy, rationing of health care, euthanasia, and quality of life issues. The author's many years of practicing medicine in different cultures and countries and his passion for religious works, philosophy, literature, poetry, history, and anthropology have informed and enriched the contents of this stimulating book.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783319010434
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-01044-1
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ethics Through the Ages
  • 1.1. Early Period
  • 1.2. The Greek Period
  • 1.3. The Arab and Muslim Period
  • 1.4. Bacon: Russell-Mcindyre-Dawkins, Beauchamp and Childress
  • 1.4.1. The God Particle
  • Further Reading
  • 2. Ethical Theories and Metaethics
  • 2.1. Ethical Theories
  • 2.1.1. Virtue Theory
  • 2.1.2. Duty Theories
  • 2.2. Metaphysics and Metaethics
  • 2.2.1.A Secular and Religious Perspective
  • 2.2.2.M̀etaethics'
  • 2.3. Faith: A Virtue
  • 2.4. Work Ethics. Inter Professional Ethics: Imam Ali's Directives
  • 2.4.1. The Common Man
  • 2.4.2. The Counsellors
  • 2.4.3. The Different Classes of People
  • 2.4.4. The Army
  • 2.4.5. The Real Guidance
  • 2.4.6. Chief Justice
  • 2.4.7. Subordinate Judiciary
  • 2.4.8. Revenue Administration
  • 2.4.9. Clerical Establishment
  • 2.4.10. Trade and Industry
  • 2.4.11. The Poor
  • 2.4.12. Open Conferences
  • 2.4.13.Communion with God
  • 2.4.14. Aloofness or Isolation
  • 2.4.15. Peace and Treaties.
  • 2.4.16. Final Instructions
  • References
  • 3. Nomenclature and Descriptive Analysis
  • 3.1. Sources and Pillars of Medical Ethics
  • 3.1.1. Autonomy
  • 3.1.2. Beneficence
  • 3.1.3. Nonmalfeasance
  • 3.1.4. Justice
  • 3.2. Justice: The Most Fundamental Pillar of Ethics
  • 3.2.1. Is Human Experimentation Ever Justified?
  • References
  • 4. Social Anthropology
  • 4.1. Impact of Culture on Ethics: and Moral Relativism
  • 4.2. Normative Principles of Medical Ethics
  • 4.2.1. Al Takreem Al Birr, Wai Adl Wai Ehsaan/Autonomy, Justice and Beneficence
  • 4.3. Universalism or Relativism
  • 4.3.1. An Ethical Debate
  • 4.4. Medical Ethics in a Pluralistic Society
  • References
  • 5. Ethics and Evolution of Medicine
  • 5.1. Research Ethics
  • 5.2. Human Experimentation
  • 5.3. The Scourge of Drug Trials
  • 5.4. Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • 5.5. Can Stem Cell Research Offer New Hope to the Deaf?
  • 5.6. Cybrid: A Cross Between Humans and Animals: Is Science Going Mad!
  • 5.7. Medical Ethics: The Third Dimension of Medical Education
  • 5.7.1. Teaching Medical Ethics
  • 5.8. Good Medical Practice, Nebuchadnezzar and the Hammurabi Code
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • 6. Reproductive Health
  • 6.1. Contraception, Assisted Reproduction Technology, In Vitro Fertilization, Abortion, and Pre-Genetic Diagnosis
  • 6.1.1. Contraception
  • 6.1.2. Test Tube Babies
  • 6.1.3. Quality of Life
  • 6.2. Surrogacy
  • References
  • 7.Organ Transplantation
  • 7.1. Guiding Principle 1
  • 7.2. Guiding Principle 2
  • 7.3. Guiding Principle 3
  • 7.4. Guiding Principle 4
  • 7.5. Guiding Principle 5
  • 7.6. Guiding Principle 6
  • 7.7. Guiding Principle 7
  • 7.8. Guiding Principle 8
  • 7.9. Guiding Principle 9
  • References
  • 8. Managed Health Care
  • 8.1. Rights and Obligations
  • 8.1.1. Rationing: Services Within Limited Resources
  • 8.1.2. Medical Futility Therapeutic Nihilism
  • References.
  • 9. Quality of Life, Assisted Prolongation of Life, and End of Life Issues
  • 9.1. Quality of Life Issues
  • 9.2. Assisted Life Prolongation
  • 9.3. End of Life Issues
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • 10. Physician's Oaths and Lessons from Masters
  • 10.1. Lessons for a Physician in Dua e Makaram al Akhlaq
  • 10.2. Views of Some Famous Muslim Scholars on Medical Ethics
  • 10.3. Characters of a Muslim Physician
  • 10.4.A Muslim Physician's Oath
  • Further Reading.

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