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Textbook of Health Care Ethics by Erich E.H. Loewy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Textbook of Health Care Ethics about?

Here, Erich H. Loewy expands on his earlier book Textbook of Medical Ethics (1989) offering healthcare workers and students a new perspective on ethical practice. Textbook of Healthcare Ethics focuses on the social conditions in which medical practice occurs and how ethical healthcare decisions involves nurses, social workers, psychologists, technicians, and patients as well as physicians. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition addresses historical and theoretical underpinnings and practical concerns. A series of case studies serve as a guideline for further discussion. The text examines provocative issues such as organ donation, care of the terminally ill, abortion, HIV-positive healthcare professionals, physician-assisted suicide, and experimentation with fetal tissue. This is an ideal book for all members of the healthcare team as well as students and residents in any discipline of medicine.

Who reads Textbook of Health Care Ethics?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Erich E.H. Loewy
Publisher
Springer Netherland
Published
1996
Language
EN
ISBN
9780306452406
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Philosophy, Humanities

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