General practice and ethics : uncertainty and responsibility / edited by Christopher Dowrick and Lucy Frith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dowrick, Christopher, 1951-

Frith, Lucy.

Series:

Professional ethics.

Professional ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence-based medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.

Evidence-based medicine.

Medical ethics.

Physicians (General practice)--Professional ethics.

Physicians (General practice).

Primary care (Medicine)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Primary care (Medicine).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the ethical issues faced by GPs in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes; the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general practitioners' responsibilities.

Contents:

General Practice and Ethics Uncertainty and responsibility; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; General editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Themes; Chapter 1 Uncertainty and responsibility; Chapter 2 Evidence-based medicine and general practice; Chapter 3 Ethico-legal dilemmas within general practice; Chapter 4 The general practitioner and confidentiality; Chapter 5 Patient-centredness: A history; Chapter 6 Ethics and postmodernity; Part II Topics; Chapter 7 The ethics of prescribing; Chapter 8 Depression in general practice; Chapter 9 Advance directives

Chapter 10 The ethics of research in general practiceIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-71011-9

9786610333110

1-134-71012-7

1-280-33311-1

0-585-45921-5

0-203-02038-3

9780203020388

OCLC:

437078593