College Ethics Manual Table of Contents
Fifth Edition
Initiating and Discontinuing the Patient-Physician Relationship
Third-Party Evaluations
Confidentiality
The Patient and the Medical Record
Disclosure
Informed Consent
Decisions about Reproduction
Genetic Testing
Medical Risk to Physician and Patient
Complementary and Alternative Care
Disability Certification
Care of the Physician's Family, Friends, and Employees
Sexual Contact between Physician and Patient
Boundaries and Privacy
Gifts from Patients
Care of Patients Near the End of Life
Patients Near the End of Life
Making Decisions Near the End of Life
Advance Care Planning
Withdrawing or Withholding Treatments
Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders
Determination of Death
Solid Organ Transplantation
Irreversible Loss of Consciousness
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
The Changing Practice Environment
Financial Arrangements
Financial Conflicts of Interest
Advertising
Obligations of the Physician to Society
Resource Allocation
Relation of the Physician to Government
Ethics Committees and Consultants
Medicine and the Law
Expert Witnesses
Strikes and Other Joint Actions by Physicians
The Physician's Relationship to Other Clinicians
Attending Physicians and Physicians in Training
Consultation and Shared Care
The Impaired Physician
Peer Review
Conflicts among Members of a Health Care Team
Human Subjects Research
Placebo Controls
Innovative Medical Therapies
Scientific Publication
Public Announcement of Research Discoveries
Appendix: A Case Method to Assist Clinical Ethics Decision Making
Related Links
- Where We Stand: ACP Advocacy Issues
- End-of-Life Care Patient Education Project
- Conflict of Interest Disclosure System
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