
Health Care Ethics in Canada, 3rd Edition
By Françoise Baylis, Kirstin Borgerson, Susan Sherwin , Barry Hoffmaster
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Soft Cover
544 pages
ISBN-10: 0176504648
ISBN-13: 9780176504649
Publisher: Top Hat
Edition: 3rd
Copyright: 2012
The third edition of Health Care Ethics in Canada builds on the commitment to Canadian content established in earlier editions without sacrificing breadth or rigor. Through a collection of selected readings, this textbook covers core issues while simultaneously bringing a fresh new perspective based on recent developments in health care. It is an up-to-date, comprehensive textbook that brings a wide range of perspectives and issues to the table on the social and institutional settings of health care delivery and the role that culture plays. This textbook aims to provide a variety of Canadian perspectives on both longstanding and emerging trends in Canadian health care.
Features
- *NEW* New topics include controversial new medical technology and public health interventions
- *NEW* Over 50 articles in total; 34 are new to this edition
- *NEW* New chapter "Contested Therapies and Technologies" highlights the recent debates over the treatment of intersexuality, human cloning, and stem cells. The contributors also discuss the relationship between social norms and medical practice
- *NEW* The textbook reflects the new debates and directions the discipline has gone in over the past several years and challenges students to think of health care ethics beyond the patient-provider relationship
- *NEW* Many chapters include a section on useful resources and brief summaries of relevant Canadian legal cases along with questions to stimulate discussion and debate
- A ground-up Canadian text from the outset, the topics addressed and perspectives given are framed within a Canadian context with particular attention to cultural, political, and social contexts
- A comprehensive and current introduction to health care ethics
- A balanced collection of readings that examines the diversity of opinions surrounding the current issues in health care
- The text includes discussions around the relationships between patients and providers
- Infotrac is included with every new copy purchased
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Theory and Method
- Chapter 2: Canadian Health Care
- Chapter 3: Challenges for Canadian Health Care
- Chapter 4: Public Health
- Chapter 5: Patients and Providers
- Chapter 6: Autonomy and Informed Consent
- Chapter 7: Clinical Research
- Chapter 8: Reproduction
- Chapter 9: End-of-Life Issues
- Chapter 10: Contested Therapies and Technologies