Frank M McClellan

Healthcare and Human Dignity

Law Matters

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Although the public is aware of legal battles over autonomy and dignity in the context of death, the everyday patient's need for dignity has received scant attention. Frank McClellan brings these stories to life and establish that human dignity is of utmost priority in the everyday process of health care decision making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781978802957
• ISBN-10: 1978802951
• Artikelnr.: 56756668

Autorenporträt

Frank McClellan is a professor of law emeritus at the Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Philadelphia. He is the author of Medical Malpractice:  Law, Tactics and Ethics (Temple University Press, 1994) and co-author of Tort Law: Cases, Perspectives, and Problems (LexisNexis, 1991-2007).

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: FIGHTING FOR ACCESS TO CARE
Introduction: Human Dignity as a Lived Experience
1    Healthcare and Law: Appreciating the Need to Protect Human Dignity:
Law Matters: Law Matters: Introduction to the Powers and Limitations of
American Law
2    Philosophical and Legal Conceptions of Dignity: Trusting Your Doctor:
Defining Dignity: Law Matters.
3    Emergency Care in America: Law, Morality and Ethics "I'm nobody. Who
are you? Are you nobody too?": Economic vs. Moral Decision-Making: Seeking
Help From Strangers: A Pregnant Woman: Reflections on Law, Morality and
Ethics: The Wallet Biopsy: Patient Dumping  
PART TWO: POWER AND TRUST
4    Professional Bias, Class Bias, and Power: Emotional Distress: Abuse of
Power, Intentional Torts and Dignitary Harms: Tort Law and Patient Autonomy
5    The Love Doctor: Sex and Gender Bias; Breach of Trust and Abuse of
Power: Medical Ethics and Professional Power: Law matters
6    Innovative Therapy and Medical Experimentation: The Maverick Surgeon:
Medical Experimentation on Children?: Law Matters: Legal Cases: Lessons
Learned: Legal Regulation of Professional Medical Care: Trying a New
Approach with a New Device: The Legal Rules Governing Medical Malpractice
Claims: Medical Research, Ethics and Law: Lessons Learned 
PART THREE: RACISM IN HEALTHCARE: PRACITCE, POLICY AND LAW 
7    Introduction:  Perspectives on Racism: "Black People Just Don't
Understand"- the Botched Hysterectomy: Race, Healthcare, and Human Dignity
8    Healthcare Disparities as a Lived Experience: One Family's Story:
Unequal Community Access
9    Catastrophic Injuries: Protecting and Restoring Human Dignity: The
Lawsuit That Lasted Ten Years: Life After A Catastrophic Injury:
Reflections on Healthcare, Law and Catastrophic Injuries
10    Orthopedic Health Disparities: Grappling with Socioeconomic Factors
that Affect Health and Healthcare: Being Human:  Joint and Bone Health:
Informed Consent and Shared Decision-Making: Toward Patient-Centered Care:
Revisiting Kathy Jones
11    Paying for Healthcare Costs: Lessons From a 50-Year-Old Government
Program Called Medicare: Sustainability Issue: Payment Models and Human
Dignity: A Personal Story: Lessons from Managed Care: Setting Limits:
Medicare for All?: The Fight Over Obamacare:    
12    Health Care and Human Dignity in a Diverse and Changing World the
Critical Role of Empathy, Compassion and Humility: Humility: Empathy:
Conclusion