Rethinking Health Care Ethics.

• Author: Scher, Stephen.
• TeilnehmendeR: Kozlowska, Kasia.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Palgrave Macmillan UK,, 2018.; Ã2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (177 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Text Boxes -- Chapter 1 A Brief Introduction -- Abstract -- The Dominance of Bioethics -- The Lens of Social Science -- Limitations -- Chapter Summary -- References -- Chapter 2 The Limitations of Bioethics: A Personal History -- Abstract -- Social Controls and the Medical Profession -- The Birth of a Pilot Project on Teaching Medical Ethics -- Perceptions and Misperceptions -- Self-Interest -- Need for Externally Imposed Ethical and Legal Constraints -- Traditional Codes of Medical Ethics as Self-Serving and Self-Protective -- Ethical Problems in Clinical Medicine Are So Difficult and Complex That Their Resolution Requires Application of Ethical Theory and Ethical Principles -- Need for the Ethics Expertise of Philosophers and Theologians -- Two Vignettes -- Ethical Confusion -- Ethics Anxiety -- Bioethics and Ethical Self-Doubt -- The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same -- References -- Chapter 3 The Rise of Bioethics: A Historical Overview -- Abstract -- Modest Beginnings -- The Hastings Center and Kennedy Institute of Ethics -- The Rise of Scientific Medicine -- Patient Rights and Consumer Rights -- Applied Ethics and the Consolidation of Bioethics -- American Bioethics and Its (European) Discontents -- The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights -- References -- Chapter 4 Theory and Practice: From the Top Down -- Abstract -- From Rights to Principles -- Discontinuities with Clinical Thinking and Practice -- Vignette: Dilemmas and the Quest for Closure -- Ethics Expertise: What It Is and Isn't -- References -- Chapter 5 The Elusiveness of Closure -- Abstract -- Vignette: A Morbidly Obese, Developmentally Delayed 14-Year-Old -- Multistep Processes for Achieving Closure -- The Multistep Process of Appeals Courts -- Framing and the Diversity of Perspectives.

The Complexities of Closure -- What Makes a Judicial Decision a "Good" One? -- Why Does the Judicial Process "Work"? -- Revisiting Bioethics -- The Way Forward -- References -- Chapter 6 Ethics and the Self -- Abstract -- Becoming a Person -- Implicit Ethical Frameworks -- Strategic Flexibility -- Formal and Informal Ethical Discourse -- Fast and Slow Thinking -- Dimensions of Interconnectedness -- References -- Chapter 7 The Self in an Interpretive Community -- Abstract -- Two Vignettes -- Strategic Flexibility -- Collaborative Problem Solving -- Interpretive Communities -- Health Care as Overlapping Interpretive Communities -- References -- Chapter 8 A Framework for Teaching Clinical Health Care Ethics -- Abstract -- The Challenge of Extending Trainees' Existing Ethical Frameworks -- Cases from the "Morality of Ordinary Practice" -- Touchstones for Learning -- Creating the Space for Reflection and Discussion -- Problems of Power and Authority -- Appendix 8.1: A Young Doctor's Reflection -- References -- Chapter 9 Teaching Clinical Ethics in the Formal Curriculum -- Abstract -- The Value of the Social Sciences -- Core Lecture Course -- Mental Health -- Cultural Competence (Extended) -- Communication with Patients/Informed Consent/Shared Decision Making -- Discussion Classes -- Selecting Topics for Discussion -- Stories and Counterstories -- Observational and Participatory Activities -- Appendix 9.1: Models of Effective Cross-Cultural Communication and Negotiation -- References -- Chapter 10 Teaching Ethics in a Clinical Setting -- Abstract -- Clinical Opportunities -- Formal Clinical Modules -- Clinical Ethics Module -- Patient Communication Module -- Shared Decision Making Module -- Mentoring -- Maintaining the Self -- References -- Chapter 11 Empowering Clinicians -- Abstract -- References -- Index.