Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 The Chief of Medicine 1
5. 2 Medical Ethics and Power 12
6. 3 The Dark Side of the Force: Clinical Examples 26
7. 4 The Physician-Patient Relationship 44
8. 5 Care versus Work 66
9. 6 Informed Consent: Definition and Models 83
10. 7 Informed Consent: Shared Power and Transparency 103
11. 8 The Power to Control Information 120
12. 9 The Rescue Fantasy 137
13. 10 Substituted Judgment and Quality of Life 157
14. 11 The Power to Determine Futility 173
15. 12 Power and Cost Containment 186
16. 13 The Physician's Income 208
17. 14 The Social Power of Expert Healers 221
18. 15 Power and Theories of Medical Ethics 238
19. 16 The Physician's Character 253
20. 17 Concluding Remarks 268
21. Appendix. "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand," 273
22. References 292
23. Index 307