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- catalog abstract ""Issues concerning patients' rights are at the center of bioethics, but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined. In Bioethics in a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making, Thomas May offers a compelling analysis of how the political context of liberal constitutional democracy shapes the rights and obligations of both patients and health care professionals. May focuses on how a key feature of liberal society - namely, an individual's right to make independent decisions - has an impact on the most important relational facets of health care, such as patients' autonomy and professionals' rights of conscience." "Although a liberal political framework protects individual judgments, May asserts that this right is based on the assumption of an individual's competency to make sound decisions. May uses case studies to examine society's approach to medical decision making when, for reasons ranging from age to severe mental disorder, a person lacks sufficient competency to make independent and fully informed choices. To protect the autonomy of these vulnerable patients, May emphasizes the need for health care ethics committees and ethics consultants to help guide the decision-making process in clinical settings."--Jacket.".
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- catalog contributor b12458249.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Issues concerning patients' rights are at the center of bioethics, but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined. In Bioethics in a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making, Thomas May offers a compelling analysis of how the political context of liberal constitutional democracy shapes the rights and obligations of both patients and health care professionals. May focuses on how a key feature of liberal society - namely, an individual's right to make independent decisions - has an impact on the most important relational facets of health care, such as patients' autonomy and professionals' rights of conscience." "Although a liberal political framework protects individual judgments, May asserts that this right is based on the assumption of an individual's competency to make sound decisions. May uses case studies to examine society's approach to medical decision making when, for reasons ranging from age to severe mental disorder, a person lacks sufficient competency to make independent and fully informed choices. To protect the autonomy of these vulnerable patients, May emphasizes the need for health care ethics committees and ethics consultants to help guide the decision-making process in clinical settings."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-131) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: the liberal framework -- Patient autonomy. Patient autonomy and informed consent -- Patient responsibility for decision making -- Advance directives: extending autonomy for patients -- Professional rights of conscience. Beneficence, abandonment, and the duty to treat -- Rights of conscience in the physician-patient relationship -- Conclusion: health care ethics committees and consultants in a liberal framework.".
- catalog extent "ix, 135 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0801868025 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog subject "174/.2 21".
- catalog subject "Bioethics.".
- catalog subject "Decision Making.".
- catalog subject "Liberalism.".
- catalog subject "Medical ethics.".
- catalog subject "Patient Advocacy.".
- catalog subject "Professional Autonomy.".
- catalog subject "R724 .M278 2002".
- catalog subject "W 85 M467b 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: the liberal framework -- Patient autonomy. Patient autonomy and informed consent -- Patient responsibility for decision making -- Advance directives: extending autonomy for patients -- Professional rights of conscience. Beneficence, abandonment, and the duty to treat -- Rights of conscience in the physician-patient relationship -- Conclusion: health care ethics committees and consultants in a liberal framework.".
- catalog title "Bioethics in a liberal society : the political framework of bioethics decision making / Thomas May.".
- catalog type "text".