Practical Ethics in Clinical Neurology

Practical Ethics in Clinical Neurology (PECN) is a case-based ethics textbook designed for readers who want a concise, accessible book to help them assess and resolve ethical challenges in everyday practice. With chapter topics and case content that reflect commonly encountered issues in adult and pediatric neurology, PECN meets the needs of students, residents, fellows, and practicing neurologists. With easy, web-based access to key guidance documents from the American Academy of Neurology, and references to important sections in Dr. James L. Bernat’s Ethical Issues in Neurology, 3rd ed. (the most highly respected ethics textbook in neurology), PECN helps readers focus on the essential ethical and professional considerations in each case. Directors of medical student clerkships and residency programs in neurology will find that PECN helps them meet the learning objectives of the AAMC, ACGME, and ABPN. Look inside and explore… • Case-based approach places key ethical principles into a practical, real-world context to aid in decision-making. • An outstanding array of learning features includes the following sections: Learning Objectives, Clinical Vignettes, Questions to guide self-study and group discussions, Key Points, Key Words, Suggestions for Further Reading, and more. • Clinical pragmatism model helps readers analyze ethical issues in a clinical context. Section I. THE APPROACH 1. Approach to Ethical Problem Solving Section II PROFESSIONALISM 2. Medical Student Relationships with Patients, Peers, and Teachers 3. Truth Telling and Deception 4. Confidentiality 5. Responding to Medical Errors 6. Gifts from Industry 7. Gifts from Patients 8. Termination of the Physician–Patient Relationship 9. The Impaired Physician 10. Sexual Misconduct by Physicians Section III INFORMED CONSENT 11. Informed Consent and Refusal 12. Assent and Refusal by Children and Adolescents Section IV COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT 13. Intellectual Disability 14. Dementia 15. Principled Approach to Neurologically Impaired Drivers 16. Requests for Enhanced Function in Healthy Individuals Section V ISSUES IN DEATH AND DYING 17. Neonate with Severe Neurologic Disorder 18. Advance Directives 19. Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment in Patients with Decision-Making Capacity 20. Withdrawing and Withholding Life-Sustaining Treatment in Patients without Decision-Making Capacity 21. Persistent Vegetative State 22. End-of-life Care for the Neurologically Impaired Child 23. Palliative Care 24. Physician-Assisted Suicide 25. Brain Death 26. Organ Donation Section VI OTHER TOPICS 27. Genetic Testing in Huntington Disease 28. Opiate Treatment of Chronic Nonmalignant Pain 29. The Clinical Investigator and Involvement in Clinical Research Acronyms Appendices Index