BU 214: Ethical Issues in Healthcare Administration

This new edition of the AMA Code of Medical Ethics represents the first comprehensive review and update of the AMA Code in more than half a century. The only national code of ethics for all physicians, the AMA Code articulates the core values and ethical responsibilities of physicians who are charged with curing the sick when possible and comforting the dying always. That is why the AMA Code is widely recognized as the most authoritative guide for physicians who strive to practice ethically. This modernized edition of the AMA Code breathes new energy into this living document, while staying true to what it means to be a good doctor. The AMA Code is grounded in the nine Principles of Medical Ethics, which are the standards of conduct that define the essentials of ethical behavior for physicians. While the AMA Code provides essential guidance for physicians, it is also regularly cited as the medical profession's authoritative voice in legal opinions, journal articles and media outlets. Such an indispensable resource deserves to be in every physician office, medical library, hospital, and place where the public's health is promoted. Features and Benefits Intuitive topical chapter structure makes finding pertinent ethical guidance easy A uniform format that improves the readability and application of specific guidance Consolidation of previously disparate guidance on related topics that streamlines the AMA Code An update or the retirement of significantly outdated guidance Use of accepted definitions and consistent terminology that minimize misinterpretation of guidance Inclusion of a new preface to clarify the different levels of ethical obligation in the offered guidance

...well-thought-out and brilliantly-written book... -- BIZ INDIA Modern medicine suggests omnipotence and an image of life as something that can be perfected at any time. Yet our view of things changes when disease throws us into an existential crisis. Then we seek human answers and feel misunderstood and abandoned in the system of modern medicine. Professor Giovanni Maio, the eloquent advocate of a new culture of medicine, poses fundamental questions in this book that no one can really avoid: Where are the promises of reproductive and transplantation medicine leading us? To what extent can health be made, and to what extent is it a gift? Does "prettier, better, stronger" promise us greater happiness? Why is the question of organ donation more difficult than is suggested to us? Does being old have its own intrinsic value? How can we acquire an attitude towards dying that does not leave us feeling powerless? Giovanni Maio's profound plea for an ethics of prudence opens up hitherto unknown perspectives. In this way we could free ourselves from the belief in perfection and find our way to a new serenity as a condition for a good life.