Christopher Dowrick, Lucy Frith

General Practice and Ethics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"General Practice and Ethics explores the ethical issues faced by general physicans in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes: the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general practitioners' responsibilities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 137mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9780415164993
• ISBN-10: 0415164990
• Artikelnr.: 22027904

Autorenporträt

Christopher Dowrick is Professor of Primary Medical Care at the University of Liverpool and a general practitioner in North Liverpool. Lucy Frith is Lecturer in Health Care Ethics at the University of Liverpool. She is the editor of Midwifery Ethics: A Multi-disciplinary approach (1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 Themes
Chapter 1 Uncertainty and Responsibility, Christopher Dowrick
Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Medicine and General Practice, Lucy Frith
Chapter 3 Ethico-Legal Dilemmas within General Practice, Len Doyal
Chapter 4 The General Practitioner and Confidentiality, Jean McHale
Chapter 5 Patient-Centredness, Carl May, Nicola Mead
Chapter 6 Ethics and Postmodernity, Sam Smith
Part 2 Topics
Chapter 7 The Ethics of Prescribing, Colin Bradley
Chapter 8 Depression in General Practice, Roger Higgs
Chapter 9 Advance Directives, Angus Dawson
Chapter 10 The Ethics of Research in General Practice, Roger Jones