Great for leading discussions in ethics, bad for any reference or framework.

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	• Ethical Dimensions In The Health Professions Ruth Purtilo Saunders, 2004 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 5 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Ethical Book

The item arrived in great shape, although it took some time to get here!

Boring and simplistic

I used this as one of the texts for an "ethics in medicine" class in undergrad, and was overall pretty disappointed in it. It is quite simplistic, and rather boring to read, but I've given it three stars because it does cover MOST of the bases/basics of professional ethics for someone working in healthcare. That being said, it's a text I've tried to reference since then for papers and assignments, and found it to be of almost no use whatsoever. Ok for a beginner or somebody looking for an overview, but not one to come back to.

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Thinking critically about ethical decisions

This book was a textbook for a college course I took last year on ethics in health professions. I loved the course and I really enjoyed this book, which provides the ethical and moral foundations for decision making as well as relevant examples and case studies that we used in classroom discussions. The chapter relating to ethics and how it relates to legal issues was especially eye-opening for me.

easy to read!

It really makes you think for yourself given different ethical situations which I think is great! But for beginning learners I think it should also include some helpful outcomes in some of the ethical dilemas..But overall good learning tool!

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Great for leading discussions in ethics, bad for any reference or framework.

This text by Purtillo has some definite advantages in teaching a course on ethics - it is a great way to spark debate amongst students. The case studies, while sometimes trite or unbelievable (health professionals in the field may notice some improbability in some of the scenarios), nevertheless provoke really meaningful conversation on the topics. The book is lacking in some of the more philosophical aspects of ethics in medicine, but nevertheless provides in adequate framework. Another advantage is the succinct nature of the text, it can be easily read in one sitting, but the discussions it stimulates can last hours more.

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Carefully written to ensure successful use by all health care professionals, Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions is still the only cross-disciplinary ethics book available. The new 4th edition of this bestselling title helps readers think critically and thoughtfully about ethical decisions they face in practice. Utilizing a unique 6-step decision making process designed by the author, this text provides an expert framework for making for making effective decisions.

Questions and answers are positioned throughout the text to encourage critical thinking and enforce the interactive approach.Presents Western and non-Western sources of ethical thought, and case studies reflect a diversity of practitioners, settings, and culturesDiscusses traditional normative theories in additional to newer approachesFeatures in every chapter include: objectives, new terms and ideas presented in the chapter; a list of topics in the chapter that were introduced in earlier chapters; case stories with diverse practice settings and practitioner types to appeal to a broad audience; summary boxes that synthesize key ideas; reflection boxes with answer blanks to indicate important concepts and encourage students to think critically about the material presented; fill in the blank questions in the text to further knowledge acquisition and retention; a summary paragraph at the end of the chapter; and questions for thought and discussion

Weaves the 6-step ethical decision-making process more consistently throughout the textReflects recent changes in health care, society, and ethics, and provides information on ethical issues based on new medical and high-tech discoveriesFeatures expanded and updated case studies, with several new cases presented, further enforcing the interactive and dynamic approachProvides new information on the law-ethics relationship, showing how ethics are interdependent with legal issues

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