Informed Consent and Clinician Accountability: The Ethics of Report Cards on Surgeon Performance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521687782)

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.

Author: Steve Clarke
ISBN-10: 0521687780
ISBN-13: 9780521687782
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2007
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.89h x 6.17w x 0.58d