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Medical ethics, law and communication at a glance / edited by Patrick Davey [and four others]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: At a glance seriesPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2017Description: ix, 110 pages : color illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780470670644
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2
Contents:
Part 1. Medical ethics and law
1. What is medical ethics?
2. Ethical theories and principles
3. Ethical reasoning
4. What is medical law?
5. The English legal system
6. Relationship between ethics, law and professionalism
7. Ethical decisions in practice
8 Negligence
9. Battery and assault
10. Confidentiality
11. Consent
12. Reproduction
13. Termination of pregnancy
14. Organ donation and transplantation
15. Mental health
16. Safeguarding children and adults
17. Public health
18. Allocation of resources
19. Clinical genetics
20. Human research
21. Care of older adults
22. End of life care
23. Health management
24. Primary care
Part 2. Communication
25. The importance of good communication
26. The patient-centred consultation
27. Building the relationship
28. Listening and questioning
29. Explanations
30. Explaining procedures
31. The computer in the consultation
32. Shared decision making
33. Communication of risk
34. Talking about lifestyle changes
35. Breaking bad news
36. Bad news : patients reactions
37. Dealing with anger and aggression
38. Talking about sex
39. Communicating across cultures
40. Communicating with people with disabilities
41. Communicating with colleagues
42. Professionalism
43. Feedback
44. Looking after yourself
45. Kindness
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Medical ethics and law

1. What is medical ethics?

2. Ethical theories and principles

3. Ethical reasoning

4. What is medical law?

5. The English legal system

6. Relationship between ethics, law and professionalism

7. Ethical decisions in practice

8 Negligence

9. Battery and assault

10. Confidentiality

11. Consent

12. Reproduction

13. Termination of pregnancy

14. Organ donation and transplantation

15. Mental health

16. Safeguarding children and adults

17. Public health

18. Allocation of resources

19. Clinical genetics

20. Human research

21. Care of older adults

22. End of life care

23. Health management

24. Primary care

Part 2. Communication

25. The importance of good communication

26. The patient-centred consultation

27. Building the relationship

28. Listening and questioning

29. Explanations

30. Explaining procedures

31. The computer in the consultation

32. Shared decision making

33. Communication of risk

34. Talking about lifestyle changes

35. Breaking bad news

36. Bad news : patients reactions

37. Dealing with anger and aggression

38. Talking about sex

39. Communicating across cultures

40. Communicating with people with disabilities

41. Communicating with colleagues

42. Professionalism

43. Feedback

44. Looking after yourself

45. Kindness

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