Edited by
Heather Draper, BA, MA, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics, The Centre for Biomedical Ethics, University of Birmingham
Wendy Scott, MBChB, FRCA, DRCOG, Consultant Anaesthetist, Derby City General Hospital, Derby, UK
Description
A group of expert contributors have provided perspectives on areas of common concern to the anaesthetist and intensivist, and nursing
staff, giving both the clinical and theoretical perspective. By understanding the underlying principles, the reader will be able to create
their own framework from which to reach a decision. It is anticipated that the arguments given may challenge the reader's personal ethical
stance. Those who are new to ethics will find the examples given help them to see how these underlying principles are put into everyday
practice.
Areas covered include: consent, patient confidentiality, fitness to practice, whistleblowing on colleagues, clinical
research, maternal-foetal conflicts, children, intensive care, palliative care, withdrawing and withholding therapy, euthanasia, infectious
disease control.
