Health Care System Toolkits

Covers "a wealth of topics on the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment."

This volume gives an overview on the currently debated ethical issues regarding advance directives from an international perspective. It focuses on a wider understanding of the known and widely accepted concept of patient self-determination for future situations.

This work goes beyond theory to offer a solid decision-making strategy applicable to real-world practice. It covers legal issues and ethical considerations in palliative care, medically-assisted death, clinical research et al..

Searchable collection on ethical issues related to health care, biomedical research, biotechnology, and more.

In this book, "[t]he reader is guided through several "typical" patient scenarios and prompted by various questions that should be entertained by the treating health care provider. Then, relevant evidence-based medicine, legal precedent, and the ethical theory that applies to the situation are revealed."

Contains AMA's current Code of Medical Ethics and as well as timelines of cases and events in the history of medical ethics.