Medical ethics and humanities / edited by Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon.

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2010], ©2010.

xvii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the study of ethics -- Theory in bioethics -- Principles of biomedical ethics -- The common moral system -- Case-based decision making in ethics -- Professionalism and the internal morality of medicine -- The provider-patient relationship -- Confidentiality -- Competence -- Informed consent I -- Informed consent II -- Ethics across the lifespan -- Ethics and genetics -- Human reproduction and birth -- The landscape of ethical issues in pediatrics -- Death -- End-of-life decision making -- Law -- Health law and medical malpractice -- My brother's keeper? : allocating legal responsibility among medical providers -- Humanities in medicine -- Introduction to medical humanities -- Reproduction and childbirth -- Midlife -- Aging and end of life.