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| ISBN | 0880482257 | | Pages | 176 | | ISBN13 | 9780880482257
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | American Psychological Association | | Weight (grammes) | 481 | | Imprint | American Psychological Association | | Published in | Washington DC | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Publication date | 31 Dec 1988 | | Width (mm) | 163 | | Library of Congress | 87001337 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 174.2 | | Academic level | Postgraduate, General, Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC19 | |
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Preface. Introduction: A divided profession. The place of ethics in the definition of a profession. The Hippocratic tradition in medicine and psychiatry. The tasks and methods of ethics. Confidentiality, trust, and the therapeutic alliance. A critique of Szasz's critique: The mind-body problem won't go away. Informed consent, autonomy, and paternalism: respecting the patient in research and practice. The place of virtue and character in ethics: psychiatry's contribution to ethics. Idealism in medical ethics: The pursuit of moral perfection. The impeachment of altruism. The meaning of medical responsibility. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index.
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