| Description |
x, 274 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Virtue of moral courage : Socrates to Barack Obama -- Values and professional obligations : a guide to when to speak up -- Danger management : cognitive reframing and self-soothing -- Risk assessment and management -- How to speak up and be heard : assertiveness and negotiation skills -- How to deliver bad news -- Patient autonomy : infringements in informed consent -- Advance directives violation : for whom are we doing this? -- Veracity : issues in prognosis, futility, and CPR -- Patient safety : breach in our obligations to protect -- When our colleagues are incompetent or unethical in workplace -- Organizational culture : setting the stage for moral courage -- Executive leadership : necessity of "walking the talk" -- Importance of accountability cannot be underestimated -- Promoting moral courage through human resource management -- Organizational and clinical ethics committees : roles and functions -- Promoting a culture of patient safety -- Managing disruptive physicians -- Leadership development for a moral environment -- The uninsured in America : a moral crisis in health care. |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Corporate culture.
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Ethics, Medical. |
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Delivery of Health Care -- ethics. |
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Morals. |
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Organizational Culture. |
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Patients. |
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Safety. |
| ISBN |
9780826110893 (alk. paper) |
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0826110894 (alk. paper) |
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