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Ethical Dilemmas in Allied Health

Ethical Dilemmas in Allied Health

Author(s): Janine M Idziak

Edition: 3

Copyright: 2016

Edition: 3

Copyright: 2016

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Ethical Dilemmas in Allied Health examines ethical issues encountered in healthcare practice, beginning with core principles of healthcare ethics and the role of ethics committees. It covers ethical dilemmas related to the beginning and end of life, including abortion, assisted reproductive technologies, genetics, life-sustaining treatment, advance directives, euthanasia, and care for critically ill patients. The text also explores professionalism through topics such as confidentiality, workplace ethics, religious and ethical objections, and multicultural healthcare, concluding with discussions on organ transplantation, human subjects research, and stem cell research.

Preface
Chapter 1 Ethics for Health Care
Chapter 2 Ethics Committees: A Resource for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas

Part One Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life
Chapter 3 The Abortion Debate
Chapter 4 Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Chapter 5 Genetics and Selective Reproduction
Chapter 6 Treatment Decisions for Seriously Ill Newborns 

Part Two Ethical Issues at the End of Life
Chapter 7 Making Decisions About Using or Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatments
Chapter 8 Proxy Decision Making and Advance Directives 
Chapter 9 The Dilemma of Assisted Nutrition and Hydration 
Chapter 10 Treatment Decisions for Vegetative State Patients
Chapter 11 Euthanasia and Physician Aid-in-Dying   

Part Three Issues of Professionalism
Chapter 12 Confidentiality
Chapter 13 Workplace Ethics 
Chapter 14 Ethical and Religious Objections to Health Care Practices 
Chapter 15 Multicultural Perspectives in Health Care

Part Four Special Topics 
Chapter 16 Issues in Organ Procurement and Allocation   
Chapter 17 Research and Experimentation Involving Human Subjects
Chapter 18 Stem Cell Research

Index


 

Janine M Idziak

Janine Marie Idziak received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan and subsequently earned a M.A. in theology from the University of Notre Dame.  A professor emerita of philosophy at Loras College (May 2017), she remains director of the Bioethics Center at Loras and serves as Consultant for Health Care Ethics for the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Â

The author of three books in the field of bioethics, Dr. Idziak serves on the Board and IRB of the John Paul II Medical Research Institute in Iowa City, on a data safety monitoring committee for a cancer research project at NewLink Genetics in Ames, and on the Human Life and Dignity Committee of the Iowa Catholic Conference.

Ethical Dilemmas in Allied Health examines ethical issues encountered in healthcare practice, beginning with core principles of healthcare ethics and the role of ethics committees. It covers ethical dilemmas related to the beginning and end of life, including abortion, assisted reproductive technologies, genetics, life-sustaining treatment, advance directives, euthanasia, and care for critically ill patients. The text also explores professionalism through topics such as confidentiality, workplace ethics, religious and ethical objections, and multicultural healthcare, concluding with discussions on organ transplantation, human subjects research, and stem cell research.

Preface
Chapter 1 Ethics for Health Care
Chapter 2 Ethics Committees: A Resource for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas

Part One Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life
Chapter 3 The Abortion Debate
Chapter 4 Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Chapter 5 Genetics and Selective Reproduction
Chapter 6 Treatment Decisions for Seriously Ill Newborns 

Part Two Ethical Issues at the End of Life
Chapter 7 Making Decisions About Using or Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatments
Chapter 8 Proxy Decision Making and Advance Directives 
Chapter 9 The Dilemma of Assisted Nutrition and Hydration 
Chapter 10 Treatment Decisions for Vegetative State Patients
Chapter 11 Euthanasia and Physician Aid-in-Dying   

Part Three Issues of Professionalism
Chapter 12 Confidentiality
Chapter 13 Workplace Ethics 
Chapter 14 Ethical and Religious Objections to Health Care Practices 
Chapter 15 Multicultural Perspectives in Health Care

Part Four Special Topics 
Chapter 16 Issues in Organ Procurement and Allocation   
Chapter 17 Research and Experimentation Involving Human Subjects
Chapter 18 Stem Cell Research

Index


 

Janine M Idziak
Janine M Idziak

Janine Marie Idziak received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Michigan and subsequently earned a M.A. in theology from the University of Notre Dame.  A professor emerita of philosophy at Loras College (May 2017), she remains director of the Bioethics Center at Loras and serves as Consultant for Health Care Ethics for the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Â

The author of three books in the field of bioethics, Dr. Idziak serves on the Board and IRB of the John Paul II Medical Research Institute in Iowa City, on a data safety monitoring committee for a cancer research project at NewLink Genetics in Ames, and on the Human Life and Dignity Committee of the Iowa Catholic Conference.