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Teaches healthcare providers how to effectively identify, evaluate, and resolve ethical issues in clinical medicine.

Builds your understanding of the science of emotion and delivers practical insights for recognizing, acknowledging, and responding to patients' emotions, as well as your own.

Four-step method for improving communication and managing conflict in any healthcare setting.

Designed to be highly practical and to help you develop your professionalism skills. Chapters include clinical scenarios all based on the authors’ personal experience in teaching and clinical care, learning exercises to stimulate active participation of readers, and “challenge cases.”

Offers hundreds of revisions or addenda to entries from previous editions as well as over 100 new or rewritten entries on topics such as key cases in bioethics, the human biome, genetically modified foods, emergency preparedness and response, social justice, sustainability, chemical warfare and torture, among many others. Expanded to include views of nations and cultures other than the United States on such issues as abortion, medical triage, social responsibility, access to health care, stem cell research, etc.

Includes 36 true-to-life cases that have been carefully selected to cover important topics such as the doctor-patient relationship, student issues, medical teams, end-of-life care, and social media. Each case includes complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, and review questions with answers.

Articulates the core values and ethical responsibilities of physicians who are charged with curing the sick when possible and comforting the dying.

The Board of Directors oversees the Bylaws and Code of Ethics of the organization. These documents govern the conduct of ADHA and its members.

Purpose is to achieve high levels of ethical consciousness, decision making, and practice by the members of the profession.

Intended to assist Certificate Holders and Candidates in maintaining a high level of ethical conduct and in providing for the protection, safety, and comfort of patients.

Developed as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.

Provides ethical guidance in relation to nurses’ roles, duties, responsibilities, behaviours, professional judgement and relationships with patients, other people who are receiving nursing care or services, co-workers and allied professionals.