Introduction to Clinical Ethics: Perspectives from a Physician Bioethicist

Abstract

Introduction to Clinical Ethics: Perspectives from a Physician Bioethicist Introduction -- Section I: Context of Bioethics in Clinical Practice. Ch1: Physician–Patient Relationship and the Challenges of Modern Practice -- Ch2: Models of Medical Clinical Practice: A Comparative Discussion of Secular & Religious Bioethics -- Section II: Research and Biotechnology -- Ch3: Ethics of Clinical Research, Publications, and Conflict of Interest -- Ch4: The Debate on Biotechnology and Genetic Therapy -- Section III: Cardiovascular Medicine -- Ch5: Clinical Interventions–Anthropological Approach to Advance Heart Failure and Ethical Challenges in Infective Endocarditis -- Ch6: Deactivating Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device at the End of Life, an Ethical Dilemma in Cardiovascular Medicine -- Section IV: End of Life Issues -- Ch7: Ethical Dilemmas at The End of Life. Addressing Goals of Care -- Ch8: Ethical Dilemmas at The End of Life. Palliative Sedation & Brain Death.