Health care ethics : critical issues for the 21st century

Morrison, Eileen E., (editor.). Furlong, Elizabeth, (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781284124910 (Paper)
ISBN: 1284124916 (Paper)
Physical Description: print
xi, 297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 4th ed. /
Publisher: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Theory of healthcare ethics -- Principles of healthcare ethics -- The moral status of gametes and embryos : storage and surrogacy -- The ethical challenges of the new reproductive technology -- Ethics and aging in America -- Healthcare ethics committees : roles, memberships, structure, and difficulties -- Ethics in the management of health information systems -- Technological advances in health care : blessing or ethics nightmare? -- Ethics and safe patient handling and mobility -- Spirituality and healthcare organizations -- A new era of health care : the ethics of healthcare reform -- Health inequalities and health inequities -- The ethics of epidemics -- Ethics of disasters : planning and response -- Domestic violence : changing theory, changing practice -- Looking toward the future.