Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/HtA5bSr Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance By: Steve Clarke Publisher: Cambridge University Press Print ISBN: 9780521865074, 0521865077 eText ISBN: 9780511346316, 051134631X Edition: 1st Format: PDF Available from $ 71.00 USD SKU 9780511346316 This timely book analyses and evaluates ethical and social implications of recent developments in reporting surgeon performance. It contains chapters by leading international specialists in philosophy, bioethics, epidemiology, medical administration, surgery, and law, demonstrating the diversity and complexity of debates about this topic, raising considerations of patient autonomy, accountability, justice, and the quality and safety of medical services. Performance information on individual cardiac surgeons has been publicly available in parts of the US for over a decade. Survival rates for individual cardiac surgeons in the UK have recently been released to the public. This trend is being driven by various factors, including concerns about accountability, patients' rights, quality and safety of medical care, and the need to avoid scandals in medical care. This trend is likely to extend to other countries, to other clinicians, and to professions beyond health care, making this text an essential addition to the literature available.
