Every day clinicians face
ethical dilemmas, many of which result from medical advances and challenges in managed care. How practitioners resolve these challenges has a direct impact on patient care. This timely Third Edition will keep you up to date on a wide range of ethical dilemmas and new ways of thinking about them. Highlights of this edition include: / Important new material addressing
federal privacy regulations, disclosure of
medical errors, limits on residents' working hours, patient compliance with public health directives, genetic testing, gifts from drug companies, and more / Revised sections on decision-making near the end of life / Update on organ transplantation including…
