Ethical counselling and medical decision-making in the era of personalised medicine : a practice-oriented guide /: a practice-oriented guide. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Giovanni Boniolo, Virginia Sanchini, editors.
• Editors: Boniolo, Giovanni; Sanchini, Virginia
• Contents: About the Book; The Plan; Part I Methodology; 1 Ethics Consultation Services: The Scenario; Abstract; 1 A Map; 2 Expectations; 2.1 Skills and Knowledge; 2.2 Service Provider's Role; 3 Approaches; 4 Our View; References; 2 Ethical Counselling for Patients; Abstract; 1 The Aristotelian Practical Philosophy; 2 The Methodology; 2.1 Relational Phase; 2.2 Medical Assessment Phase; 2.3 Ethical Analysis Phase; 2.3.1 Ethical Assessment Phase; 2.3.2 Ethical Comparative Phase; 2.3.3 Perspective Phase; 2.4 Wrap-up Phase; References; 3 Ethical Counselling for Physicians; Abstract. 1 The Medieval Origin2 The Methodological Proposal; References; 4 Nocebo and the Patient -- Physician Communication; Abstract; 1 Relation Between Clinical Communication and Nocebo Effects; 2 Mitigating Nocebo Effects Through Optimization of Patient -- Clinician Communication; 3 Clinical Communication and Patients' Expectations; 4 Ethical Considerations; 5 Future Directions; References; 5 Reasons and Emotions; Abstract; 1 Emotions and Reason-Giving; 2 Why Reason-Giving Is Important in Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas; 3 Reason-Giving and the Making Explicit of Personal Philosophies. 4 Reason-Giving as an Open-Ended ProcessReferences; 6 The Centrality of Probability; Abstract; 1 Probability and Tests; 1.1 Some Basic Hints; 1.2 The Probability of a Disease; 2 Probability and Survivorship; 3 What About Patients?; References; Part II Ethical Issues; 7 Genetic Testing and Reproductive Choices; Abstract; 1 Genetic Tests: A Brief Overview; 2 The Nature and Scope of Procreative Liberty; 3 Mapping the Ethics of Reproductive Choices; 3.1 The First Landmark: Same Number Versus Different Number Choices; 3.2 The Second Landmark: Considerations on the Quality of Life of the Child. 3.3 The Third Landmark: The Principle of Procreative Beneficence and the Child's Right to an Open Future4 Conclusion; References; 8 The `Right-not-to-Know'; Abstract; 1 The Nature and Scope of One's `Right-not-to-Know'; 1.1 Autonomy and Its Conflict with the `Right-not-to-Know'; 1.2 The Externalities of the `Right-not-to-Know': A Revival of Paternalistic Medicine; 1.3 Third-Party Interests and the `Right-not-to-Know'; 2 The Legal Recognition of the `Right-not-to-Know'; 3 Is Julie and Philip's Choice not to Test the Twins Ethically Acceptable?; References; 9 Incidental Findings; Abstract. 1 Incidental Findings2 Reporting of Incidental Findings in the Clinic; 3 Personalised Ethical Counselling and Incidental Findings; References; 10 Oncofertility; Abstract; 1 Fertility Preservation in Oncology; 2 Ethical Debate Surrounding Fertility and Cancer; 2.1 Arguments Supporting Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients; 2.2 Arguments Objecting Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients; 2.3 Considerations Concerning Future Fertility of Children Affected by Cancer; 2.4 Concerning Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy; 3 Personalising Ethical Counselling for Oncofertility Patients.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 117 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 174.2; Engineering; Medical ethics; Bioethics; Personalized medicine; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics; Bioethics; Medical ethics; Personalized medicine; Ethics, Medical; Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Ethics; Biomedicine general; Medical -- Ethics; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Medical -- General; Bio-ethics; Ethics & moral philosophy; Medical research; Biomedical engineering; Ethics; Medicine; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Biomedical engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319276908; 3319276905; 3319276883; 9783319276885
• Related ISBNs: 9783319276885
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 22, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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