For the Patient's Good

David C. (Director, Medical Humanities Programme, Director, Medical Humanities Programme, Loyola University, Strich School of Medicine) Thomasma, Edmund D. (Director, The Kennedy Centre for Ethics, Director, The Kennedy Centre for Ethics, Georgetown University) Pellegrino

Oxford University Press Inc, 1988

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The authors argue for the restoration of beneficence as the fundamental principle of medical ethics, focusing on such issues as competency assessment, the requirements for valid surrogate decision-making, and the allocation of scare health care resources.

ISBN-13
9780195043198
ISBN-10
0195043197
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Year
1988
Publication date
1988-05-12
Pages
256
Dimensions
162x244x20
Weight
500