Ethical issues in neurology, 3d ed.9780781790604 Ethical issues in neurology, 3d ed. Bernat, James L. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2008 524 pages $84.95 Hardcover RC346 This update of the 2002 edition examines the difficult ethical/legal issues increasingly encountered by physicians in treating patients with neurological conditions Neurological conditions A condition that has its origin in some part of the patient's nervous system. Mentioned in: Pervasive Developmental Disorders . In examining such critical issues as the roles of institutional ethics committees, informed consent in research studies, palliative sedation, vegetative vegetative /veg·e·ta·tive/ (vej?e-ta?tiv) 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of plants. 2. concerned with growth and nutrition, as opposed to reproduction. 3. and minimally conscious states, harvesting organs for transplantation from brain dead patients, physician-assisted suicide, and genetic testing Genetic Testing Definition A genetic test examines the genetic information contained inside a person's cells, called DNA, to determine if that person has or will develop a certain disease or could pass a disease to his or her offspring. for such still-incurable neurodegenerative conditions as Huntington's disease, Bernat (neurology, Dartmouth Medical School Dartmouth Medical School is the medical school of Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire. The school is closely affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in neighboring Lebanon, New Hampshire. ; American Academy of Neurology's Committee on Ethics, Law, and Humanities) provides a concise summary of relevant U.S. statutory, case, and administrative law. He also treats neurophilosophical issues of personhood per·son·hood n. The state or condition of being a person, especially having those qualities that confer distinct individuality: "finding her own personhood as a campus activist" . The text includes current medical standards and government regulations relating to professional conduct and patients' rights. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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