So You're On the Ethics Committee
The perfect primer for physicians struggling with today's ethical dilemmas. Learn the differences between yesterday's ethics and those you and your fellow physicians must adhere to today.
This 2nd edition includes case studies and examples of how an ethics committee should function. Rediscover Aristotle's answer to why act ethically? Learn how to balance the varied interests of stakeholders in an ethical dilemma. Examine the relationships among ethics, philosophy and behavioral psychology. Every physician leader who has ever faced an ethical challenge should read this book.
About the author
Richard E. Thompson, MD, has taught ethics at St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo.; and Drury University in Springfield, Mo. He is a self-taught ethicist who studied under several mentors.
He has practiced in pediatrics and neonatology. He also has been a writer, speaker and consultant in credentialing, physician performance evaluation and medical staff bylaws. His MD is from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo.
Contents
- Part I About Ethics
- Chapter 1 What Ethics Is and Is Not
- Chapter 2 Traditional Theoretical Ethics
- Chapter 3 21st Century Neo-Ethics: GMI
- Part II How to Think and Argue Like a Modern-Day Ethicist
- Chapter 4 Critical Thinking (Uncommon Sense)
- Chapter 5 Argumentation Skills: Socratic Dialogue/Debate
- Chapter 6 The Fallacies
- Part III About Health Care Ethics
- Chapter 7 The Four Faces of 21st Century Health Care Ethics
- Chapter 8 How to Think and Argue Like a Health Care Ethicist
- Part IV About the Hospital’s 21st Century Ethics Committee
- Chapter 9 The Ethics Committee: Why Have One, What Does It Do, and Who Is on the Ethics Committee
- Chapter 10 Some Organizational Details
- Chapter 11 Meeting Procedures and Standardized Agenda
- Part V Case Studies for Discussion: Traditional Medical Ethics
- Chapter 12 Living Wills and Surrogate Decision-Makers: Voluntary Passive Euthanasia; The Birth of Hospital Ethics Committees
- Chapter 13 Assisted Self-Determination
- Chapter 14 Purposeful Interruption of a Pregnancy
- Part VI Case Studies for Discussion: Organizational Ethics Applied to Health Care
- Chapter 15 A Hospital Board and Executive Staff Define “Reasonable Self-Interest”
- Chapter 16 Integrity in Advertising
- Part VII Case Studies for Discussion: Medical Bioethics
- Chapter 17 Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis
- Chapter 18 Nanotechnology
