This collection of thirty-one cases and commentaries addresses ethical problems commonly encountered by the average health care professional, including such fundamental matters as informed consent, patient decision-making capacity, the role of the family, and end-of-life decisions as well as other basic but neglected ethical issues.
Mark G. Kuczewski is the Father Michael I. English, SJ Professor of Medical Ethics and director of the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Rosa Lynn B. Pinkus is the director of the Consortium Ethics Program at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the lead author of Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule and Risk.