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Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care
. Ed(S): Klugman, Craig M.; Dalinis, Pamela M.
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Description for Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care
hardcover. This volume is a useful resource for bioethicists, members of rural bioethics committees and networks, policy makers, teachers of health care providers, and rural practitioners themselves. Editor(s): Klugman, Craig M.; Dalinis, Pamela M. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
This volume initiates a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural United States. Although 21 percent of the population lives in rural areas, only 11 percent of physicians practice there. What challenges do health care workers face in remote locations? What are the differences between rural and urban health care practices? What particular ethical issues arise in treating residents of small communities? Craig M. Klugman and Pamela M. Dalinis gather philosophers, lawyers, physicians, nurses, and researchers to discuss these and other questions, offering a multidisciplinary overview of rural health care in the ... Read more
This volume initiates a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural United States. Although 21 percent of the population lives in rural areas, only 11 percent of physicians practice there. What challenges do health care workers face in remote locations? What are the differences between rural and urban health care practices? What particular ethical issues arise in treating residents of small communities? Craig M. Klugman and Pamela M. Dalinis gather philosophers, lawyers, physicians, nurses, and researchers to discuss these and other questions, offering a multidisciplinary overview of rural health care in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801890451
SKU
V9780801890451
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99-36
About . Ed(S): Klugman, Craig M.; Dalinis, Pamela M.
Craig M. Klugman is the Stewart & Marianne Reuter Professor of Medical Humanities and assistant director for ethics education at the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Pamela M. Dalinis is senior associate director, DIVACO Education, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
Reviews for Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care
Of obvious value for those active in rural health care. It may be even more useful, however, for nonrural practitioners, ethicists, and members of ethics committees. Reading the essays in this volume is like acquiring a new set of glasses. It made me better able to perceive differences in how ethics can be considered based on culture, population, geographic challenges, ... Read more