Ethics In The Surgical Intensive Care Unit
102 ETHICS IN THE SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Ricardo J. Gonzalez M.D.
1. What are the four principles of medical ethics?
1. Beneficence describes the active role of doing good by intervention.
2. Nonmaleficence is equivalent to saying, “First do no harm.”
3. Autonomy accounts for informed consent, competence, and the patient’s right to refuse treatment and to know what’s going on.
4. Justice means that all patients should receive fair and equal care but that one patient’s care should not squander limited resources for others.
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Risks Of Bloodborne Disease
101 RISKS OF BLOODBORNE DISEASE
Caesar M. Ursic M.D., Doru I. E. Georgescu M.D.
1. What infectious diseases are transmissible via blood transfusion?
Can Health Care Be Reformed?
100 CAN HEALTH CARE BE REFORMED?
Alden H. Harken M.D.
1. Is health care reform an oxymoron?
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Yes.
2. What is fee for service?
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The doctor establishes the price, and the patient agrees to pay it. This traditional system of exchange has great merit if both parties understand the value of the service provided. If either party (usually the patient) cannot estimate the service value, it is possible (even likely) that the doctor will honestly escalate the service value in a fashion unchecked by the patient’s perceptions. Thus, in a fee-for-service system, medical prices tend to increase.
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Abernathy’s Surgical Secrets, Updated Edition (Book w / Student Consult)
Author / s: Harken Alden H., Abernathy Charles, Moore Ernest Eugene
Year: 2004
Pages: 473
Publishers: Elsevier Mosby; 5th Bk & Acc edition
ISBN: 0323034160
