The Silent World of Doctor and Patient

Author: Jay Katz
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0801857805

The Silent World of Doctor and Patient

In this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process, physician and law professor Jay Katz examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent care and patient compliance. Medical books The Silent World of Doctor and Patient. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust—despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy, and demonstrates the detrimental effect their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age of medical science and sophisticated technology for more honest and complete communication between physician and patients, he advocates a new, informed dialogue that respects the rights and needs of both sides.

In a new foreword to this edition of The Silent World of Doctor and Patient, Alexander Morgan Capron outlines the changes in medical ethics practice that have occurred since the book was first published in 1984, paying particular attention to the hotly debated issues of physician-assisted suicide and informed consent in managed care Medical books The Silent World of Doctor and Patient by Katz, Jay/ Capron,. The Silent World of Doctor and Patient by Katz, Jay/ Capron, Alexander Morgan [Paperback]

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In this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process, physician and law professor Jay Katz examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent care and patient compliance. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust -- despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy, and demonstrates the detrimental effect their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age of medical science an

author jay katz edition description reprint format book format trade paper isbn 10 0801857805 isbn 13 9780801857805 language english publication year 19960000 audience scholarly professional author jay katz author for title jay katz book copyright date 2002 book foreword by name alexander morgan capron book industry reviews a much needed addition to the bioethical canon syd m johnson metapsychology a remarkable book goes a long way towards ending the silence that ultimately dehumanizes both doct

Medical Book The Silent World of Doctor and Patient

Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust—despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy, and demonstrates the detrimental effect their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age of medical science and sophisticated technology for more honest and complete communication between physician and patients, he advocates a new, informed dialogue that respects the rights and needs of both sides.

In a new foreword to this edition of The Silent World of Doctor and Patient, Alexander Morgan Capron outlines the changes in medical ethics practice that have occurred since the book was first published in 1984, paying particular attention to the hotly debated issues of physician-assisted suicide and informed consent in managed care.