Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century

Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century, 2nd Edition
Eileen E. Morrison, EdD, MPH, CHES, Professor, Health Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos

Softcover: 441 pages
ISBN 076374526X
9780763745264
Jones & Bartlett
April 2008
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Organized around four central themes in healthcare ethics (theoretical foundations and issues for individuals, organizations, and society), Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century builds upon the wisdom and forward thinking of the first edition.

This edition has been thoroughly updated and revised. Each chapter features current examples and introduces new thought-provoking concepts. Additional experts in bioethics, long-term care, health administration, and other areas have added further new content to existing chapters. New chapters covering important contemporary topics such as the ethics of spirituality and of disaster response have also been added.

You may view samples of this book here in pdf form here:

Chapter 1 (pdf)
Chapter 14 (pdf)
Chapter 20 (pdf)
Front Matter (pdf)

Eileen E. Morrison, EdD, MPH, CHES is a graduate of Vanderbilt University where she earned her doctorate in counseling and administration. She also holds a MPH from the University of Tennessee. She has developed and taught courses in health administration ethics to both undergraduate and graduate students and has been active in educating professionals through workshops and journal articles. Currently, she is an associate professor of health administration at Texas State University in San Marcos Texas. Topics covered include:

Chapter 1 Theory of Health Care Ethics
Principles of Health Care Ethics
The Moral Status of Gametes and Embryos: Storage and Surrogacy
The Ethical Challenge of the New Reproductive Technology
Abortion: The Unexplored Middle Ground
Proposals for Human Cloning: A Review and Ethical Evaluation
Competency: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters
The Patient Self-Determination Act
Older People and Long-Term Care: Issues of Access
Respecting Autonomy of Elders in Nursing Homes
Death, Medicine, and Moral Significance of Family Decision Making
Ethical Issues in the Use of Fluids and Nutrition: When Can They Be Withdrawn
Ethical Issues Concerning Physician-Assisted Death
Health Care Institutional Ethics: Broader than Clinical Ethics
Hospital Ethics Committees: Rules, Membership Structure and Difficulties
Ethically Important Distinctions among Managed Care Organizations
Bioethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Care
High Technology Home Care: Critical Issues and Ethical Choices
Spirituality in Health Care Organizations
Equality and Inequality in American Health Care
Is Rationing of Health Care Ethically Defensible?
Domestic Violence: Changing Theory, Changing Practice
Ethics Issues in Disaster Relief
Looking toward the Future

Designed for graduate and upper level graduate programs, Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century will challenge the reader to think beyond the existing system of medicine and inspire further exploration and thought.

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