Frank M McClellan

Healthcare and Human Dignity

Law Matters

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Produktbeschreibung

The biases that permeate the American healthcare system are nearly invisible; invisible to all but those they handicap. In Healthcare and Human Dignity, law professor Frank McClellan recounts the experiences of some such individuals and highlights the importance of establishing a healthcare system that prioritizes human dignity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781978802964
• ISBN-10: 197880296X
• Artikelnr.: 56745815

Autorenporträt

Frank McClellan is a professor of law emeritus at the Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Philadelphia. He is the author of Medical Malpractice:  Law, Tactics and Ethics (Temple University Press, 1994) and co-author of Tort Law: Cases, Perspectives, and Problems (LexisNexis, 1991-2007).

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: FIGHTING FOR ACCESS TO CARE
Introduction: Human Dignity as a Lived Experience
1    Healthcare and Law: Appreciating the Need to Protect Human Dignity:
Law Matters: Law Matters: Introduction to the Powers and Limitations of
American Law
2    Philosophical and Legal Conceptions of Dignity: Trusting Your Doctor:
Defining Dignity: Law Matters.
3    Emergency Care in America: Law, Morality and Ethics "I'm nobody. Who
are you? Are you nobody too?": Economic vs. Moral Decision-Making: Seeking
Help From Strangers: A Pregnant Woman: Reflections on Law, Morality and
Ethics: The Wallet Biopsy: Patient Dumping  
PART TWO: POWER AND TRUST
4    Professional Bias, Class Bias, and Power: Emotional Distress: Abuse of
Power, Intentional Torts and Dignitary Harms: Tort Law and Patient Autonomy
5    The Love Doctor: Sex and Gender Bias; Breach of Trust and Abuse of
Power: Medical Ethics and Professional Power: Law matters
6    Innovative Therapy and Medical Experimentation: The Maverick Surgeon:
Medical Experimentation on Children?: Law Matters: Legal Cases: Lessons
Learned: Legal Regulation of Professional Medical Care: Trying a New
Approach with a New Device: The Legal Rules Governing Medical Malpractice
Claims: Medical Research, Ethics and Law: Lessons Learned 
PART THREE: RACISM IN HEALTHCARE: PRACITCE, POLICY AND LAW 
7    Introduction:  Perspectives on Racism: "Black People Just Don't
Understand"- the Botched Hysterectomy: Race, Healthcare, and Human Dignity
8    Healthcare Disparities as a Lived Experience: One Family's Story:
Unequal Community Access
9    Catastrophic Injuries: Protecting and Restoring Human Dignity: The
Lawsuit That Lasted Ten Years: Life After A Catastrophic Injury:
Reflections on Healthcare, Law and Catastrophic Injuries
10    Orthopedic Health Disparities: Grappling with Socioeconomic Factors
that Affect Health and Healthcare: Being Human:  Joint and Bone Health:
Informed Consent and Shared Decision-Making: Toward Patient-Centered Care:
Revisiting Kathy Jones
11    Paying for Healthcare Costs: Lessons From a 50-Year-Old Government
Program Called Medicare: Sustainability Issue: Payment Models and Human
Dignity: A Personal Story: Lessons from Managed Care: Setting Limits:
Medicare for All?: The Fight Over Obamacare:    
12    Health Care and Human Dignity in a Diverse and Changing World the
Critical Role of Empathy, Compassion and Humility: Humility: Empathy:
Conclusion