Autonomy, altruism and authority in medical ethics : essays in honor of professor Shimon Glick / Alan Jotkowitz and Shifra Shvarts, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shvarts, Shifra, editor.

Jotkowitz, Alan, editor.

Series:

Ethical issues in the 21st century series.

Ethical Issues in the 21st Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Autonomy (Philosophy).

Altruism.

Authority--Philosophy.

Authority.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, written in honor of the eightieth birthday of Professor Shimon Glick, world renowned experts in the field of medical ethics struggle with the question of how to weigh the respective values of autonomy, altruism and authority in dealing with real life bioethical dilemmas.

Contents:

""AUTONOMY, ALTRUISM AND AUTHORITY IN MEDICAL ETHICS: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR SHIMON GLICK""; ""AUTONOMY, ALTRUISM AND AUTHORITY IN MEDICAL ETHICS: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR SHIMON GLICK""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Shimon Glick: An Appreciation""; ""Shimon Glick at the Age of Power (G�vurot)""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Unintended Maleficence in the Frail Elderly Patient. Are We Sometimes Complicit?""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Medical Ethics and Academic Freedom � My Dutch Experience(""; ""Preliminaries""; ""My Journey""

""Euthanasia in the Netherlands: The Book""""Culture or Academic Culture""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: An Argument about Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatment""; ""Introduction""; ""Withdrawing and Withholding of Life Prolonging Treatments""; ""Counterarguments""; ""Is Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatment Killing the Patient?""; ""Killing and Causation of Death""; ""Psychological Effects of Withdrawing Life-Prolonging Treatment""; ""In My View Autonomous Refusal of Any Sort of Treatment Must Be Respected""

""As I See It Forced Treatment Despite Autonomous Refusal Is Like Rape!""""Advanced Decisions to Refuse Artificial Nutrition and Hydration""; ""NB! My Arguments Do Not Entail Support of Voluntary Euthanasia or Physician Assisted Suicide""; ""Resource Allocation and Life Prolonging Treatment""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Sanctity of Life and the Right to Life: Force Feeding Hunger Strikers""; ""Abstract""; ""Hunger Striking: An Overview""; ""Force Feeding and the Sanctity of Life""; ""The Right to Life""; ""Hunger Striking: War, Politics, and the Public Interest""

""Force Feeding""""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Moral Duties and Ethical Dilemmas of a Hospital Director""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Dilemmas Relating to the Patient""; ""Dilemmas Relating to the Hospital Staff""; ""Dilemmas Relating to the Community""; ""and to Regulatory Health Bodies""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Social Media and Medicine: Ethical and Practical Challenges""; ""Introduction""; ""What Are Social Media?""; ""Physicians As Consumers of Social Media""; ""Practical and Ethical Concerns""

""Physicians As Producers of Social Media Content""""Practical and Ethical Concerns""; ""The Future of Medicine and the Social Media""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: A DNR for Dad""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Stories: A Response to John Lantos""; ""Introduction""; ""Another Story""; ""The Approach of Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg""; ""The approach of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein""; ""Literary Analysis""; ""The Role of Narrative""; ""Autonomy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Chapter 9: “Separate and Equal�: The Historical Roots of Principles of Equality and Mutual Assistance in the Israeli Health System""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63463-668-6

OCLC:

900539973