With chapters revolving around practical issues and real-world contexts, this Handbook offers much-needed insights into the ethics of primary healthcare. An int

A timely overview of ethics, emphasizing applications to biomedical researchers, health providers, and administrators There are no simple rules to guide ethical

"Inside, you'll find chapters that help you resolve ethical issues related to compliance, alternative medicine, confidentiality, genetic testing, suspected abus

This volume moves beyond ethics as problem-solving or ethics as etiquette to offer a look at ethics in primary care--as opposed to life-or-death--medical care.

Relevant for the entire primary care team, this book provides a diverse range of perspectives on current topical issues. Healthcare ethics is a subject of incre