Ethics Preface Introduction Ethics in medicine definitions and background Ethical theory and practice Thinking ethically Medical decision making for competent and incompetent patients differences and similarities Autonomy Informed consent Surrogate decision making Cultural diversity and cultural relativism Limiting life sustaining therapies Palliative care in ICU Conflicts in the intensive care unitShared decision making Interprofessional shared decision making Shared decision making between team and patient/family Ethical decision making climate The public health interest in intensive care ethics The appropriateness of intensive care treatment Institutional admission policies Triage Ethics in Clinical research Clinical Research Informed Consent Difficulties in research in Intensive Care Healthcare incentives in clinical research Fraud in Clinical Research Ethics Ethics Table of contents: Preface Ethics in Clinical research Informed Consent Difficulties in research in Intensive Care Healthcare incentives in clinical research Fraud in Clinical Research Ethics Preface Introduction Ethics in medicine definitions and background Ethical theory and practice Thinking ethically Medical decision making for competent and incompetent patients differences and similarities Autonomy Informed consent Surrogate decision making Cultural diversity and cultural relativism Limiting life sustaining therapies Palliative care in ICU Conflicts in the intensive care unitShared decision making Interprofessional shared decision making Shared decision making between team and patient/family Ethical decision making climate The public health interest in intensive care ethics The appropriateness of intensive care treatment Institutional admission policies Triage Ethics in Clinical research Clinical Research Informed Consent Difficulties in research in Intensive Care Healthcare incentives in clinical research Fraud in Clinical Research Ethics
