End-of-Life Care
Dimension of shared decision-making Coded physician behaviors Providing medical information (1) Discuss the nature of the decision. What is the essential clinical issue we are addressing? (2) Describe treatment alternatives….
Patients’ Rights
Fig. 4.1 The most important patients’ rights A dilemma arises if the strict observation of one of the patient’s rights, such as the right to choose the method of treatment…
Ethics Principles and Theories
1. “A good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes…Thus the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected…” 2. The representation…
Informed Consent
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014Ahmed Ammar and Mark Bernstein (eds.)Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine10.1007/978-3-642-54980-9_5 5. Informed Consent Patrick McDonald1 (1) Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg Children’s Hospital, University…
