Ethics in anaesthesia and intensive care / [edited by] Heather Draper, Wendy E. Scott.
| Other author | Draper, Heather. |
| Other author | Scott, Wendy E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh ; New York : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. |
| Description | xii, 251 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Ethics in anesthesia and intensive care |
| Contents | Consent and adult patients in anaesthesia and intensive care / Alan Aitkenhead -- Fitness to practise, self-regulation and clinical governance in anaesthesia / David Hatch -- Confidentiality, anaesthesia and intensive care / Catherine Hale -- Cultural relativism, tolerance and respect for autonomy / Andrew Fagan -- Ethical and legal issues affecting the treatment of children / Nicholas Pace -- Clinical research / Michael Harmer -- Research ethics / Richard Nicholson -- Evidence-based medicine and anaesthetics / Lucy Frith -- Maternal foetal conflicts and the anaesthetist's role / Wendy Scott -- Response to Scott / Heather Draper -- Resource allocation in critical care / Richard Wenstone -- Response to Wenstene [sic] / June Jones -- The nature of dilemmas in intensive care / June Jones -- Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining therapy and euthanasia / Heather Draper -- Brain death and the cadaveric organ donor / David Lamb -- The acceptability of routine testing for blood-borne communicable diseases / Rebecca Bennett -- Teaching and assessing medical ethics / Lisa Schwartz -- Ethical issues in private practice / Chris Barham -- Response to Barham / Tom Sorell. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 0750653531 : |