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The Silent World of Doctor and Patient
By (author) Jay Katz, Foreword by Alexander Morgan Capron
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In this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process, physician and law professor Jay Katz examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent care and patient compliance. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust-despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy, and demonstrates the detrimental effect their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age of medical science and sophisticated technology for more honest and complete communication between physician and patients, he advocates a new, informed dialogue that respects the rights and needs of both sides. In a new foreword to this edition of The Silent World of Doctor and Patient, Alexander Morgan Capron outlines the changes in medical ethics practice that have occurred since the book was first published in 1984, paying particular attention to the hotly debated issues of physician-assisted suicide and informed consent in managed care.
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Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press
Published date | 27 Dec 2002
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 320
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 431g
ISBN | 978-0-8018-5780-5
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BISAC | medical / practice management & reimbursement
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