Ethical Patient Care

List of Contributors ix Foreword xiii Terrie Wetle Preface xv I INTRODUCTION An Introduction to Bioethics as It Relates to Teams and Geriatrics 3(20) Christine K. Cassel Mathy D. Mezey Melissa M. Bottrell Using This Book as a Teaching Tool 23(18) Kathryn Hyer Judith G. Howe II PROFESSIONALS Ethics and Cultures of Care 41(26) Russell Burck Stanley Lapidos Professional Attitudes Toward End-of Life Decision Making 67(16) Eileen R. Chichin Mathy D. Mezey III CARE RECIPIENTS Protecting the Patient's Voice on the Team 83(19) Nancy L. Smith Ernestine Kotthoff Burrell Linda Farber Post Guarding Patients' Secrets: Clinicians' Responsibility to Protect Patient Confidentiality 102(17) Ellen Olson Conflicting Interests: Dilemmas of Decision Making for Patients, Families, and Teams 119(17) Laurence B. McCullough Nancy L. Wilson Jill A. Rhymes Thomas A. Teasdale Refusal to Comply: What to Do When the Interdisciplinary Team Plan Doesn't Work 136(15) Susan Kornblatt Catherine Eng Kate O'Malley Protecting Patients: The Special Case of Elder Abuse and Neglect 151(18) Carmel B. Dyer Eileen Silverman Trang Nguyen Laurence B. McCullough IV TEAMS AND HOW THEY WORK ACROSS HEALTH CARE SETTINGS Using Ethics Consultation to Resolve Team Conflict 169(18) Nancy Neveloff Dubler Kathryn Hyer Terry T. Fulmer Avoiding the Dark Side of Geriatric Teamwork 187(21) Rosalie A. Kane Exploring Responsibility, Accountability, and Authority in Geriatric Team Performance 208(22) Phillip G. Clark Theresa J. K. Drinka The Locus of Care and Its Effect on the Presentation of Ethical Conundrums 230(29) Steven K. Rothschild Russell Burck V IMPACT OF THE ORGANIZATION ON TEAM CARE Ethical Dilemmas of Team Decisions in a Cost-Conscious Environment 259(18) Joann Castle Duly Compensated or Compromised? Multiple Providers and Cross-Institutional Decision Making 277(18) Kathryn Hyer Lori A. Roscoe Bruce Robinson Transitions from Setting to Setting along the Care Continuum: The Case for Megateams 295(22) Judith L. Howe Jeremy Boal Kirsten Ek Christine K. Cassel Emerging Ethical Issues in Geriatric Team Care 317(16) Peter J. Whitehouse Glossary, compiled by Chandhana Paka 333(10) Index 343