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" USMLE medical ethics : "
Conrad Fischer, Caterina Oneto.
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697052
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b519241
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Fischer, Conrad.
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USMLE medical ethics : : the 100 cases you are most likely to see on the exam /\ Conrad Fischer, Caterina Oneto.
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New York :: Kaplan,, ©2006.
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xv, 191 pages ;; 28 cm
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1419542095
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: 9781419542091
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ch. 12. Doctor/patient relationship -- Beginning and ending the relationship -- Gifts from patients -- Doctor/patient sexual contact -- ch. 13. Doctor and society -- Child abuse -- Elder abuse -- Impaired drivers -- Physician participation in executions -- Torture -- Spousal abuse -- Gunshot wounds -- Gifts and industry funding -- ch. 14. Doctor/doctor relationships -- Reporting impaired physicians -- Physician disagreements -- ch. 15. Experimentation -- Research and experimentation-participation consent -- Prisoner participation -- Institutional Review Board (IRB) -- Financial disclosure -- Practice questions -- Answers and explanations.
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ch. 5. End-of-life issues -- Withholding and withdrawal of medical treatment -- Advance directives -- "Do not resuscitate" (DNR) orders -- Fluids and nutrition issues -- Physician-assisted suicide -- Euthanasia -- Terminal sedation of the "Law of double effect" -- Futile care -- Determination of death and brain death -- ch. 6. Reproductive issues -- Abortion -- Contraception -- Sterilization -- Minors -- Donation of sperm and eggs -- ch. 7. Organ and tissue donation -- Autonomy of the donor -- Organ donor network asks for consent for donation -- Payment for donations -- Organ donor cards -- ch. 8. Reportable illnesses -- ch. 9. HIV-related issues -- Confidentiality -- Partner notification -- HIV-positive health-care workers -- Refusal to treat HIV-positive patients -- ch. 10. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) -- ch. 11. Malpractice -- Definition -- Deviations from local standards of care -- Informed consent protection against liability -- Informed refusal is as important as informed consent -- Patients must fully inform the physician of their medical problems -- Risk management -- Medical errors.
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Introduction and how to use this book -- About the author -- ch. 1. Autonomy -- ch. 2. Competence and the capacity to make decisions -- Definitions -- Minors -- Psychiatric patients -- Capacity to refuse procedures in an otherwise mentally disabled patient -- ch. 3. Informed consent -- All options must be described -- All major adverse effects must be described -- Consent is required for each specific procedure -- Beneficence is not sufficient to eliminate the need for consent -- Decisions made when competent are valid when capacity is lost -- Consent is implied in an emergency -- The person performing the procedure should obtain consent -- Telephone consent is valid -- Pregnant women can refuse therapy -- Informed consent for a never-competent person -- ch. 4. Confidentiality and medical records -- Confidentiality -- Release of information -- Give medical information to the patient first, not the family -- Release of information to governmental organizations and the courts -- Breaking confidentiality to prevent harm to others -- Medical records -- Correcting medical record errors.
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Includes advice and information about the ethical issues addressed on the USMLE, as well as practice questions on end-of-life issues, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, competence, medical malpractice, abortion-related issues, and HIV-related issues.
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National Board of Medical Examiners
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Clinical medicine-- United States, Examinations, questions, etc.
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Medicine-- United States, Examinations, questions, etc.
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Physicians-- Licenses-- United States-- Examinations, Study guides.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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610/.76
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R724.F57 2006
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W 18.2F58 2006
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Oneto, Caterina.
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Kaplan Medical (Firm)
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Kaplan, Inc.,editor.
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United States medical license exam medical ethics
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Kaplan Medical USMLE medical ethics
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