Contents
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1
Introduction
Section I
Information problems
Introduction
2
Consent
3
Capacity
4
Disclosure
5
Voluntariness
6
Truth telling
7
Confidentiality
Section II
End of life care
Introduction
8
Quality end of life care
9
Substitute decision making
10
Advance care planning
11
Euthanasia and assisted suicide
12
Conflict in the healthcare setting at the end of life
13
Brain death
Section III
Pregnant women and children
Introduction
14
Ethical dilemmas in the care of pregnant women: rethinking “maternal–fetal conflicts”
15
Prenatal testing and newborn screening
16
Assisted reproduction
17
Respectful involvement of children in medical decision making
18
Non-therapeutic pediatric interventions
19
Child abuse and neglect
Section IV
Genetics and biotechnology
Introduction
20
Organ transplantation
21
Regenerative medicine
22
Genetic testing and screening
23
Bio-banking
24
Behavioral genetics
Section V
Research ethics
Introduction
25
Research ethics
26
Innovation in medical care: examples from surgery
27
Clinical trials
28
Epidemiological research
29
Clinical research and the physician–patient relationship: the dual roles of physician and researcher
30
Financial conflict of interest in medical research
31
Embryo and fetal research
Section VI
Health systems and institutions
Introduction
32
Organizational ethics
33
Priority setting
34
Disclosure of medical error
35
Conflict of interest in education and patient care
36
Public health ethics
37
Emergency and disaster scenarios
38
Rural healthcare ethics
39
Community healthcare ethics
Section VII
Using clinical ethics to make an impact in healthcare
Introduction
40
Clinical ethics and systems thinking
41
Innovative strategies to improve effectiveness in clinical ethics
42
Teaching bioethics to medical students and postgraduate trainees in the clinical setting
Section VIII
Global health ethics
Introduction
43
Global health ethics and cross-cultural considerations in bioethics
44
Physician participation in torture
45
Access to medicines and the role of corporate social responsibility: the need to craft a global pharmaceutical system with integrity
46
Global health and non-ideal justice
Section IX
Religious and cultural perspectives in bioethics
Introduction
47
Aboriginal bioethics
48
Buddhist bioethics
49
Chinese bioethics
50
Hindu and Sikh bioethics
51
Islamic bioethics
52
Jehovah’s Witness bioethics
53
Jewish bioethics
54
Protestant bioethics
55
Roman Catholic bioethics
Section X
Specialty bioethics
Introduction
56
Surgical ethics
57
Anesthesiology ethics
58
Critical and intensive care ethics
59
Emergency and trauma medicine ethics
60
Primary care ethics
61
Infectious diseases ethics
62
Psychiatric ethics
63
Neuroethics
64
Pharmacy ethics
65
Alternative and complementary care ethics
Index