Lo, Bernard. <br/><br/>
Resolving ethical dilemmas :  a guide for clinicians / 
Bernard Lo. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Philadelphia, PA :  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  c2005. 
 - x, 309 p. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>An approach to ethical dilemmas in patient care -- Overview of ethical guidelines -- Informed consent -- Promoting best interests -- Confidentiality -- Avoiding deception, nondisclosure -- Keeping promises -- An approach to decisions -- Futile interventions -- Decision-making capacity -- Refusal by competent patients -- Standards for decisions -- Surrogate decision-making -- Persistent disagreements -- Confusing ethical distinctions -- Ethics committees, consultations -- Do not attempt resuscitation orders -- Tube and intravenous feedings -- Physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia -- The persistent vegetative state -- Determination of death -- Legal rulings on life-sustaining interventions -- Overview doctor-patient relationship -- Refusal to care for patients -- Gifts from patients to physicians -- Sexual contact with patients -- Secret information about patients -- Clinical research -- Bedside rationing -- Incentives to increase services -- Incentives to decrease services -- Gifts from drug companies -- Disclosing mistakes -- Impaired colleagues -- Ethical dilemmas trainees -- Ethical issues in pediatrics -- Ethical issues in surgery -- Ethical issues in obstetrics-gynecology -- Ethical issues in psychiatry -- Organ transplantation -- Testing for genetic conditions -- Public health emergencies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0781753570 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005000146 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Medicine--Decision making.<br/>Clinical medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Ethics, Clinical--Case Reports.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R724  / .L59 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>174.2