An Ethics Casebook for Hospitals
practical approaches to everyday ethics consultations
$117.48
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2018
Summary
Originally published in 1999, this classic textbook includes twenty-six cases with commentary and bibliographic resources designed especially for medical students and the training of ethics consultants. The majority of the cases reflect the day-to-day moral struggles within the walls of hospitals. As a result, the cases do not focus on esoteric, high-tech dilemmas like genetic engineering or experimental protocols, but rather on fundamental problems that are pervasive in basic healthcare d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781626165502 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1626165505 |
| Author: | Mark G. Kuczewski, Rosa Lynn B. Pinkus, Katherine Wasson |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Imprint: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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A challenging and practical resource for all academic collections.
A challenging and practical resource for all academic collections.
* CHOICE connect *About The Author
Mark G. Kuczewski
Mark Kuczewski, PhD, is the Fr. Michael I. English, S.J., Professor of Medical Ethics, Director of the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, and Chair of the Department of Medical Education at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. A former President of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Mark has been a leader in the effort to promote quality in clinical ethics case consultation.
Rosa Lynn B. Pinkus, PhD, served as Professor of Medicine/Neurosurgery, Associate director for the Center of Bioethics and Health Law and director of the Consortium Ethics Program, University of Pittsburgh. She retired in December 2013 and currently teaches a graduate bioethics course for the Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh.
Katherine Wasson, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor and bioethicist at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She is an educator, researcher and clinical ethics consultant and the Principal Investigator for the Assessing Clinical Ethics Skills project.
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