Ward Ethics Dilemmas for Medical Students and Doctors in Training [Paperback]

Over 80 actual cases, and expert commentaries, on the ethical problems medical trainees may encounter.Medical trainees have a need for practical guidance to the daily ethical issues they encounter on the ward. The editors have addressed this by compiling a series of case studies from around the world and inviting an international team of leading ethicists and clinicians to comment on them. Over 80 actual cases cover the range of possible problems a medical trainee may encounter on the ward, from drug and alcohol abuse, whistleblowing and improper sexual conduct to handling authority, disclosure, blaming, personal responses to patients, and misrepresentation of research.Medical trainees have a need for practical guidance to the daily ethical issues they encounter on the ward. The editors have addressed this by compiling a series of case studies from around the world and inviting an international team of leading ethicists and clinicians to comment on them. Over 80 actual cases cover the range of possible problems a medical trainee may encounter on the ward, from drug and alcohol abuse, whistleblowing and improper sexual conduct to handling authority, disclosure, blaming, personal responses to patients, and misrepresentation of research.The existing literature in medical ethics does not serve the practical needs of medical students and trainees very well. Medical students or junior doctors often have their own set of ethical concerns and the dilemmas that arise are generally beyond their direct control. The editors have addressed the gap in the literature by compiling a series of case studies from around the world and inviting an international team of leading ethicists and clinicians to comment on them. This volume includes over 80 actual cases that cover the range of possible problems a medical trainee may encounter on the ward.Acknowledgements; About the editors; Prologue: breaking the silence; Letter to a young doctor Richard Selzer; Part I. On Caring for Patients: lÓ'