Informed Consent Patient Autonomy and Physician Beneficence within Clinical Medicine

Informed Consent Patient Autonomy and Physician Beneficence within Clinical Medicine / by S. Wear.

Substantial efforts have recently been made to reform the physician-patient relationship, particularly toward replacing the ̀silent world of doctor and patient' with informed patient participation in medical decision-making. This 'new ethos of patient autonomy' has especially insisted...

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Main Author: Wear, S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1993.
Edition:1st ed. 1993.
Series:Clinical Medical Ethics, 4
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Ethics.
Medical laws and legislation.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • I: The Sources of a Model of Informed Consent
  • One: The Legal Doctrine of Informed Consent
  • Two: The New Ethos of Patient Autonomy
  • Three: The Clinical Experience of Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent
  • Four: The Potential Benefits of Informed Consent
  • II: A Model of Informed Consent
  • Five: Toward a Model of Informed Consent — Theoretical and Programmatic Considerations
  • Six: The Informed Consent Event
  • Seven: The Issue of Competence
  • Eight: Exceptions to Informed Consent
  • Nine: The Enterprise of Informed Consent.

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