基本説明
Looks at the doctor-patient relationship, raising questions which disturb notions of patients' autonomy and selfdetermination, such as withholding information and consent and covert surveillance in care units.
Full Description
Truth, Trust and Medicine investigates trust and honesty in medicine. It looks at the doctor-patient relationship, raising questions which disturb notions of patients' autonomy and self-determination, such as withholding information and consent and covert surveillance in care units. It will be of interest to those working in medical ethics and applied philosophy, and a valuable resource for practitioners of medicine.
Contents
Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Truthfulness in medical and nursing practice, 2. Noble lies and therapeutic tricks, 3. Why truthfulness matters, 4. What truthfulness requires, 5. The teaching we need to preserve truthfulness, 6. Doctors and nurses as 'caring pragmatists', 7. Deceptions and concealments in medical and nursing practice, 8. Dishonesty in medical research, 9. Can doctors and nurses be 'too honest'?, 10. Truth and trust: medical ethics today and any day, Notes, Bibliography, Index
