(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA This Chapter, first developed as a presentation for the University of Scranton conference, ‘Genetic Engineering and the Future of…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 8.1 The Several Ways to Consider Any Clinical Encounter Over the past 25 years, I was privileged to consult on…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 7.1 Review The field of bio- or medical ethics continues to show serious distress, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding….
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA I should confess at the outset that each time I have set out to write something introductory about the…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA I should note at the outset that an early version of this book was published several years ago in…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 6.1 Taking Time, Listening to the Voices My critique of the casuist proposal serves to highlight several points of…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 4.1 Appeal and Response Encountering another person who is afflicted—whether from illness, injury, or the result of some genetic…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 5.1 What Are We to Make of the Backlash Against Ethics? I want to pick up where I left…
Ethical and Legal Aspects Applicable to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit Neurologists and neurosurgeons in the neurological intensive care unit (neuro-ICU) frequently must decide on the level of care to…
Spinal Cord Injury Approximately 10,000 patients a year in the United States are rendered paraplegic or quadriplegic as a result or injuries to the spinal cord. There are an estimated…
