Enhancing patient choice is a central theme of medical ethics and law. Informed consent is
the legal process used to promote patient autonomy; shared decision making is a widely …

This book offers a comprehensive and clinically practical approach to ethics in the everyday
practice of obstetrics and gynecology. The topics the authors address include: contraception…

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of maternal mortality in the developed
world. Along with appropriate prophylaxis and therapy, prevention of death from PE in …

Autonomous decision making by patients can be cnhanced by a varicty of advance directives.
These directives, the living will and the durable power of attorney, havc an ethical and …

This article—the Romanell Report—offers an analysis of the current state of medical ethics
education in the United States, focusing in particular on its essential role in cultivating …

Background End-of-life decisions are frequently made by patients’ surrogates. Race and
ethnicity may affect such decision making. Few studies have described how different racial/…

The best things in my Ufe have come to me by accident and this book results from one such
accident: my having the opportunity, out of the blue, to go to work as H. Tristram Engelhardt, …

Guidelines for the placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are not
available. We developed a decision-making algorithm by integrating the medical and ethical …

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Background Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of maternal mortality in the developed
world. Along with appropriate prophylaxis and therapy, prevention of death from PE in …