| Description |
xviii, 373 p. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
An introduction to bioethics as it relates to teams and geriatrics / Christine K. Cassel, Mathy D. Mezey, and Melissa M. Bottrell -- Using this book as a teaching tool / Kathryn Hyer and Judith L. Howe -- Ethics and cultures of care / Russell Burck and Stanley Lapidos -- Professional attitudes toward end-of-life decision making / Eileen R. Chichin and Mathy D. Mezey -- Protecting the patient's voice on the team / Nancy L. Smith, Ernestine Kotthoff-Burrell, and Linda Farber Post -- Guarding patients' secrets : clinicians' responsibility to protect patient confidentiality / Ellen Olson -- Conflicting interests : dilemmas of family decision making for patients, families, and teams / Laurence B. McCullough ... [et al.] -- Refusing to comply : what do you do when the interdisciplinary team plan doesn't work? / Susan Kornblatt, Catherine Eng, and Kate O'Malley -- Protecting patients : the special case of elder abuse and neglect / Carmel B. Dyer ... [et al.] -- Using ethics consultation to resolve team conflict / Nancy Dubler, Kathryn Hyer, and Terry T. Fulmer -- Avoiding the dark side of geriatric teamwork / Rosalie A. Kane -- Exploring responsibility, accountability, and authority in geriatric team performance / Phillip G. Clark and Theresa J.K. Drinka -- The locus of care and its effect on the presentation of ethical conundrums / Steven K. Rothschild and Russell Burck -- Ethical dilemmas of team decisions in a cost-conscious environment / Joann Castle -- Duly compensated or compromised? : multiple providers and cross-institutional decision making / Kathryn Hyer, Lori A. Roscoe, and Bruce Robinson -- Transitions from setting to setting along the care continuum : the case for megateams / Judith L. Howe ... [et al.] -- Emerging ethical issues in geriatric team care / Peter J. Whitehouse. |
| Summary |
This book is designed to teach effective and responsible group decision making to clinicians working in teams to treat older patients. The editors use case studies to present ethical dilemmas that team members encounter. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Geriatricians -- Professional ethics.
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Geriatrics.
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Medical ethics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mezey, Mathy Doval.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0801867703 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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080186769X (alk. paper) |
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0801876524 (electronic bk.) |
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