"A Productivity Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ethics Summary Table; Ethics and You, The Physician; Chapter 2: Changes in Health Care and the Physician's Role; First Insurance; Cost Reimbursement; First Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Capitation Payment; No HMO Restrictions; Eight Stages of Health Care Revolution Stage 1; Stage 2; Stage 3; Stage 4; Stage 5; Stage 6; Stage 7; Stage 8; How to Keep Up with the Changing Faces of Health Care; Self-Determination; The Individual and the Group; Safety; The Attitude of Physicians Toward Their Profession; Suggested Reading; Ethics Summary Table; How to Be Professional; Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Health Care and Medical School Curricula; Not Only in Medical School; Ethics at All Levels of Health Care; How to Solve Ethical Issues; Medical School Curricula; Residency Program; The Future; Chapter from the Article Suggested Reading Ethics Summary Table; How to Teach Ethics and Where; Chapter 4: Public Health and Professionalism; Health Delivery; Medical Profession; What Are the Goals?; Professionalism Principles; Commitment to the Patient: Message and Trust; Assessment of Professionalism; Measures of Competence and Deterioration; Notes; Suggested Reading; Ethics Summary Table; How to Reach Professionalism; Chapter 5: Sexual Harassment; Quid Pro Quo; Unacceptable Accepted Practice; Policies; Hostile Working Environment; Type of Harassments; Verbal (Spoken or Written); Non-Verbal; Who Needs to Watch?; Is There an Antiharassment Policy?How To Report Harrassment; Documentation; Conclusion; Notes; Suggested Reading; Ethics Summary Table; How to Avoid Sexual Harassment; Section II: Physician Professional Relationship; Chapter 6: Patient-Physician Relationship; Principles of Ethics for Physicians Taking Care of Patients; Doctor-Patient Relationship; Informed Consent; Patient-Physician Collaborations; Continuum of Care; Relationship at the End of Life; Advance Directives; Family Belief and Religions; Note; Suggested Reading; Ethics Summary Table; How to Build Patient-Physician Relationship; Chapter 7: Commitment to Honesty and Trust Physician Limitations; Zero Dashboard; Recognize Limitations; Engage in the Relationship; Honesty; Patient Autonomy; Global Trust; Building Trust; Errors; Disclosure; Legal; Transparency; Arrogance; Suggested Reading; Ethics Summary Table; How to Commit to Honesty and Trust; Chapter 8: Disclosing Medical Errors; The Impact of Medical Errors; Miscommunication Number 1!; The Role of Apology; Policy for Disclosure of Medical Errors; Notes; Suggested Reading; Ethics Summary Table; How to Disclose Errors; Chapter 9: Consent and Conflict of Interest.

Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values to the practice of clinical medicine and in scientific research. Medical ethics allow for people, regardless of background, to be guaranteed quality and principled care. It is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict. These values include the respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. These tenets allow doctors, care providers, and families to create a treatment plan and work towards the same common goal without any conflict. Succeeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription. Healthcare professionals are responsible for convincing patients and their family members of the best course of action and treatments to follow, while knowing how to make the right moral and ethical choices. Ethical teaching should be an active part of training and should be taught in four division: basic ethics, clinical ethics, legal principles related to ethics and the ethics of research and affiliation. This book is a reference guide for physicians, healthcare providers and administrative staff. It looks at the ethical problems they face every day, gives the background and the ethical problem and then provides practical advice which can be easily implemented. This book provides the knowledge needed to understand who has the right to healthcare, the justice of clinical practice, what autonomy means for a patient giving consent, who is going to make any surrogate decisions and more.

College of Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology

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