Description |
xiii, 224 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Rural-urban differences in end-of-life care : reflections on social contracts / Charles E. Gessert -- The challenges of rural health care / William A. Nelson -- Ethics, errors, and where we go from here / Ann Freeman Cook and Helena Hoas -- The ethics of allocating resources toward rural health and health care / Marion Danis -- Reflections on fifty years in rural health care / Elwood L. Schmidt -- Serving the underserved : personal, social, and medical challenges / Louis Borgenicht -- Ethical and sociocultural issues in rural mental health care / Dan Goodkind -- Ethical dimensions of the quality of rural health care / Denise Niemira -- Building bioethics networks in rural states : blessings and barriers / Frank Chessa and Julien S. Murphy -- Structural violence in the rural context : the ethical implications of welfare reform for rural health / Elizabeth A. Thomas -- Rural geriatric bioethics : a Texas perspective / William J. Winslade and Martha Beard-Duncan -- Supporting the rural physician : processes and programs / Jamie Anderson and Craig M. Klugman. |
Summary |
"This volume initiates a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural United States. Although 21 percent of the population lives in rural areas, only 11 percent of physicians practice there. What challenges do health care workers face in remote locations? What are the differences between rural and urban health care practices? What particular ethical issues arise in treating residents of small communities? Craig M. Klugman and Pamela M. Dalinis gather philosophers, lawyers, physicians, nurses, and researchers to discuss these and other questions, offering a multidisciplinary overview of rural health care in the United States." "This volume is a useful resource for bioethicists, members of rural bioethics committees and networks, policy makers, teachers of health care providers, and rural practitioners themselves."--Jacket. |
Subject |
Rural health services -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Rural health services. |
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United States. |
Added Author |
Klugman, Craig M., 1969-
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Dalinis, Pamela M., 1951-
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ISBN |
9780801890451 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0801890454 hardcover alkaline paper |
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