Medical ethics and humanities / 
edited by Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon. 
 - xvii, 454 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780763760632 (pbk. : alk. paper)  RM381.75 0763760633 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethics, Medical.<br/>Bioethical Issues.<br/>Humanities.<br/>Physician Assistants--education.