Spiritual Care & Ethics: Bioethics

Clinical Ethics: a Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Ninth Edition by Albert R. Jonsen; Mark Siegler; William J. Winslade The go-to textbook on the increasingly important and rapidly evolving topic of medical ethics A Doody's Core Title for 2024 & 2023! Ethical issues are embedded in every clinical encounter between patients and clinicians. In order to practice excellent clinical care, clinicians must understand ethical issues such as informed consent, decisional capacity, surrogate decision making, truth telling, confidentiality, privacy, the distinction between research and clinical care, and end-of-life care. This popular, clinically-oriented guide provides crystal-clear case-based coverage of the ethical situations encountered in everyday medical practice. Clinical Ethics introduces the proven Four Box Method--a much-needed pattern for collecting, sorting, and ordering the facts of a clinical ethical problem. This easy-to-apply system is based on simple questions about medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features that explain clinical ethics and help clinicians formulate a sound diagnosis and treatment strategy. In each chapter, the authors discuss case examples and provide analysis, comments, and specific recommendations. The book is divided into the four topics that constitute the essential ethical structure of every clinical encounter: Medical Indications Preferences of Patients Quality of Life Contextual Features

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration by Christopher Tollefsen (Editor) Pope John Paul II surprised much of the medical world in 2004 with his strongly worded statement insisting that patients in a persistent vegetative state should be provided with nutrition and hydration. This collection of essays featuring some of the most prominent Catholic bioethicists addresses the Pope's statements, the moral issues surrounding artificial feeding and hydration, the refusal of treatment, and the ethics of care for those at the end of life.

Bioethics Across the Globe by Akira Akabayashi

Bioethics Critically Reconsidered by H. Tristram Engelhardt (Editor)

A Casebook in Interprofessional Ethics by Jeffrey P. Spike; Rebecca Lunstroth

Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics by Jason T. Eberl (Editor)

Clinical Ethics Consultation Toolkit by Bashir Jiwani This workbook is a companion to Clinical Ethics Consultation: A Practical Guide to Changing Culture, Building Capacity and Solving Problems Case by Case. The Toolkit lays out the process for clinical ethics consultation in a series of steps within five phases: Pre-Consult, Interviews, Mid-Consult, Consult meeting(s), and Post-Consult. For each step, the Toolkit provides directions for how to complete it, tips for success, and worksheets for capturing data and analysis. The Clinical Ethics Consultation Toolkit is the playbook from which clinical ethics consultants can draw methods and strategies for effectively delivering ethics consultation.

Core Ethics for Health Professionals by Robert F. Phalen

Everyday Medical Ethics and Law by BMA Medical Ethics Department

Health Care Ethics by Benedict M. Ashley; Kevin D. O'Rourke

Public Health Ethics and Social Determinants of Health by Daniel S. Goldberg

When Doctors Say No: The Battleground of Medical Futility by Susan B. Rubin