{"product_id":"physician-patient-decision-making-a-study-in-medical-ethics-9780313248887","title":"Physician-Patient Decision-Making: A Study in Medical Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Douglas N. Walton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Greenwood Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalton offers a comprehensive, flexible model for physician-patient decision making, the first such tool designed to be applied at the level of each particular case. Based on Aristotelian practical reasoning, it develops a method of reasonable dialogue, a question- and-answer process of interaction leading to informed consent on the part of the patient, and to a decision--mutually arrived at--reflecting both high medical standards and the patient's felt needs. After setting forth his model, he applies it to three vital ethical issues: acts of omission, the cessation of treatment, and possible side effects of treatments. In the final chapter, Walton shows how his method functions in light of the real-life complexities of the clinical encounter and how it bears on ethical questions concerning health-care policy, attitudes toward treatment and toward the medical profession, reasonableness of expectations, and the setting of realistic goals of treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwood Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45085746004119,"sku":"9780313248887","price":9555.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780313248887.webp?v=1767265366","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/physician-patient-decision-making-a-study-in-medical-ethics-9780313248887","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}