The “Worthy” Patient

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the Third Edition ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Experiences of Illness and Clinician-Patient Relationships
6. Silver Water 7
7. “Is She Experiencing Any Pain?” 15
8. The Cost of Appearances 20
9. The Ship Pounding 25
10. God at the Bedside 27
11. The Use of Force 32
12. Sunday Dialogue 36
13. What the Doctor Said 42
14. Part II. Professionalism and the Culture of Medicine
15. The Learning Curve 45
16. The Perfect Code 63
17. Coeur d’Alene 78
18. The “Worthy” Patient 82
19. How Doctors Think 95
20. Healing Skills for Medical Practice 101
21. The Hair Stylist, the Corn Merchant, and the Doctor 111
22. Necessary Accessories 127
23. The Critical Vocation of the Essay 132
24. The Art of Medicine 140
25. Script 145
26. Ordinary Medicine 149
27. “ Ethics and Clinical Research” 154
28. Part III. Health Care Ethics and the Clinician’s Role
29. Glossary of Basic Ethical Concepts in Health Care and Research 167
30. Ethics in Medicine 175
31. Historical and Contemporary Codes of Ethics 191
32. Enduring and Emerging Challenges of Informed Consent 197
33. Teaching the Tyranny of the Form 212
34. A Terrifying Truth 218
35. The Lie 222
36. Discharge Decisions and the Dignity of Risk 224
37. No One Needs to Know 229
38. Part IV. Death, Dying, and Lives at the Margins
39. Forty Years of Work on End-of- Life Care 239
40. Try to Remember Some Details 249
41. Failing to Thrive? 251
42. The Dead Donor Rule and Organ Transplantation 259
43. The Darkening Veil of “Do Everything” 263
44. Death and Dignity 267
45. Active and Passive Euthanasia 273
46. Clinician-Patient Interactions about Requests for Physician-Assisted Suicide 280
47. My Father’s Death 301
48. Part V. Allocation and Justice
49. Glossary 311
50. Dead Man Walking 316
51. Full Disclosure 320
52. Seven Sins of Humanitarian Medicine 325
53. About the Editors 353
54. Index 355