Health care ethics / Harold W. Baillie, John F. McGeehan, Thomas M. Garrett, Rosellen M. Garrett. - 6th edition. - ix, 364 pages ; 24 cm.

"Original edition, Health care ethics, 6th edition, 9780205257119 by Harold W. Baillie, John F. McGeehan, Thomas M. Garrett, Rosellen M. Garrett, published by Pearson Education Inc., Copyright ©2013 Pearson Education, Inc."
"For use in the Republic of the Philippines only"--Page [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-356) and index.

Ethics, professional ethics, and health care ethics --
Principles of autonomy and informed consent --
Principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence --
The ethics of distribution --
Principles of confidentiality and truthfulness --
Professional standards and institutional ethics --
Ethical problems of death and dying --
Abortion and maternal-fetal conflict --
New methods of reproduction --
The ethics of transplants --
The ethics of testing and screening --
The ethics of biomedical research.

In this book the authors present the fundamental concerns of modern medical ethics - autonomy, beneficence, justice, and confidentiality - and then provide analysis, cases, and insights from professional literature to discuss them.

College of Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Nursing


Text in English

9789813133457 (pbk)


Health ethics.
Medical ethics.
Ethics, Medical.
Bioethical Issues.

R724 / .G35 2013

174.2 H34 2018

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