​ The goal of this open access book is to develop an approach to clinical health care ethics
that is more accessible to, and usable by, health professionals than the now-dominant …

Abstract Health Care Ethics Health care ethics is the field of applied ethics that is concerned
with the vast array of moral decision-making situations that arise in the practice of medicine …

Biomedical ethics focuses on moral judgments applied to the delivery of health care. In this
worktext, we have two goals:(1) improving your sensitivity to ethical issues in health care …

Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values to the practice of clinical
medicine and in scientific research. Medical ethics allow for people, regardless of …

David Resnick, in Professional Ethics for Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
(1993, p. 2), defines professional ethics as a system of conduct that is painstakingly …

In the rapidly evolving healthcare environment, perhaps no role is in greater flux and
redefinition than that of the clinical bioethicist. The discussion of ethics consultation in the …

Bioethics is the discipline of ethics dealing with moral problems arising in the practice of
medicine and the pursuit of biomedical research. Physicians may confront ethical dilemmas …

Speech-language pathologists who provide services to patients with degenerative
neurologic disease are faced with a series of difficult challenges. By providing early …

This book integrates the legal and ethical aspects of health care practice. It presents a clear
and comprehensive overview of topics relevant to a variety of Allied Health disciplines. By …

In the clinical setting, questions of medical ethics raise a host of perplexing problems, often
complicated by conflicting perspectives and the need to make immediate decisions. In this …