Allied Health

Distinguished ethics professors Veatch and Flack have teamed up to offer this remarkable collection of case studies based on the actual experiences of practicing allied health personnel in various fields.

• Systematically organized to help readers answer four fundamental ethical questions:

  • What makes right acts right?

  • What kinds of acts are right?

  • How do rules apply to specific situations?

  • What ought to be done in specific cases?

• Focuses study on a number of allied health fields including:

  • Radiography/Radiologic Technology

  • Clinical Laboratory Technology

  • Dietetics

  • Physical Therapy

  • Respiratory Care

  • Occupational Therapy

  • Physician Assistant

  • Health Information Management

  • Speech-Language Pathology

• Raises fundamental ethical questions through 81 flesh-and-blood cases on a wide range issues. Some examples are:

  • Religious Objections to Working on the Abortion Service

  • Prolonged Treatment of a Hopeless Case: Is It Fair?

  • When the Patient Asks Not to Be Told

  • The Right to Health Records

  • Pregnant and Comatose: Is Abortion the Answer?

  • Does Genetic Counseling Include Making

  • Recommendations?

  • Making Babies in the Lab

  • Is Suicide Ever the Rational Choice?

  • Sacrifice the One for the Good of Many?

  • Conflict Within the Team

Introduction: Four Questions of Ethics.

PART I: ETHICS AND VALUES IN ALLIED HEALTH.

PART II: ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN ALLIED HEALTH.

PART III: SPECIAL PROBLEM AREAS.

Medical Law & Ethics (Allied Health / Health Professions Core)
Paramedic (Emergency Medical Services (Brady))

View a Sample Chapter PDF:

• Instructor's Jump Kit
  Brady
  © 2009 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Estimated Availability: 01/01/2009
  ISBN-10: 0135010764 | ISBN-13: 9780135010761
  
  
  

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