Bioethics: Legal and Clinical Case Studies

Bioethics: Legal and Clinical Case Studies is a case-based introduction to ethical issues in health care. Through seventy-eight compelling scenarios, the authors demonstrate the practical importance of ethics, showing how the concerns at issue bear on the lives of patients, health-care providers, and others. Many central topics are covered, including informed consent, medical futility, reproductive ethics, privacy, cultural competence, and clinical trials. Each chapter includes a selection of important legal cases as well as clinical case studies for critical analysis. The case studies are often presented as moral dilemmas and are conducive to rich discussion. A companion website offers a curated collection of relevant legal precedents along with additional case studies and other resources.Bioethics: Legal and Clinical Case Studies is written by Gary E. Jones (Editor); Joseph P. DeMarco (Editor) and published by Broadview Press. ISBNs for Bioethics: Legal and Clinical Case Studies are 9781460406052, 1460406052 and the print ISBNs are 9781554813575, 1554813573.