The Trusted Doctor Medical Ethics and Professionalism.
By: Rhodes, Rosamond.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, ©2020Description: 332 p.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190859909; 0190859938.Genre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why a New Approach to Medical Ethics Is Needed: The Argument -- 2. The Distinctive Ethics of Medicine -- The first duty of medical ethics is to seek trust and be deserving of it. -- The second duty of medical ethics is promote the interests of patients and society. -- 3. Medicine's Core Responsibilities -- The third duty of medical ethics is professional competence. -- The fourth duty of medical ethics is to provide care.
The fifth duty of medical ethics is mindfulness. -- 4. The Commitment to Science -- The sixth duty of medical ethics is the commitment to science. -- 5. Duties of Behavior Toward Patients -- The seventh duty of medical ethics is nonjudgmental regard. -- The eighth duty of medical ethics is nonsexual regard. -- The ninth duty of medical ethics is confidentiality. -- 6. Duties to Respect Patients' Autonomy and Assess Capacity -- The tenth duty of medical ethics is respect for autonomy. -- The eleventh duty of medical ethics is to assess patients' decisional capacity.
7. Medicine's Commitment to Truth -- Truth-telling is the twelfth duty of medical ethics. -- 8. Commitments to Fellow Professionals -- The thirteenth duty of medical ethics is peer responsiveness. -- The fourteenth duty of medical ethics is peer communication. -- The fifteenth duty of medical ethics is peer scrutiny. -- 9. Why Trustworthy Stewardship Requires Justice -- The sixteenth duty of medical ethics is medical justice. -- 10. Why Doctors Must Develop a Doctorly Character -- 11. Resolving Moral Dilemmas -- 12. Problems with Doctors Invoking the Best Interest Standard.
13. Professional Responsibility and Conscientious Objection -- 14. Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix -- The Hippocratic Oath -- Oath of Maimonides -- American Medical Association Code of Medical Ethics -- Australian Medical Association Code of Ethics 2004 -- Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics (Update 2004) -- Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations -- Code of Ethics for the New Zealand Medical Profession -- UK General Medical Council, Good Medical Practice (2014) -- World Medical Association Declaration of Geneva (2017)
World Medical Association International Code of Medical Ethics (2006) -- Index.
The Trusted Doctor rejects the reigning view that medical ethics is nothing more than the application of everyday ethics to dilemmas that arise in today's medical practice. Instead, it presents a new theory of medical ethics that is actually in line with the codes of ethics and professional oaths proclaimed by physicians around the world.