Main description:

"Core Clinical Cases: Questions and Answers in Medical Ethics" is the third title in PasTest's "Problem Based Learning" series. This range of titles gives you the opportunity to work through core cases to establish your own learning objectives. The cases prompt you to carry out further research; helping you gain the necessary knowledge to better understand day-today ethical problems. This new title offers: a concise, practical guide to aid understanding of ethical problems encountered on the wards; clinical scenarios covering common ethical dilemmas; excellent revision aid to assessing your knowledge in the same format as the assessment in your exams; expanded summary teaching notes on major topics within each clinical scenario; written by junior doctors who are familiar with PBL assessment; and cases reviewed by a consultant with a special interest in Medical Ethics and Law.

Contents:

Foreword; Introduction; QUESTIONS - Scenario 1: Advance directives; Scenario 2: Consent in minors; Scenario 3: Euthanasia and assisted dying; Scenario 4: Antenatal screening and abortion; Scenario 5: Withholding and withdrawing treatment; Scenario 6: Consent in adults; Scenario 7: Organ donation; Scenario 8: Confidentiality; ANSWERS - Scenario 1: Advance directives; Scenario 2: Consent in minors; Scenario 3: Euthanasia and assisted dying; Scenario 4: Antenatal screening and abortion; Scenario 5: Withholding and withdrawing treatment; Scenario 6: Consent in adults; Scenario 7: Organ donation Scenario; 8: Confidentiality; Index.