Ethical Counselling and Medical Decision-Making in the Era of Personalised Medicine A Practice-Oriented Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boniolo, Giovanni (Editor), Sanchini, Virginia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Ethics.; Medical ethics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Biomedicine general.

This book offers an overview of the main questions arising when biomedical decision-making intersects ethical decision-making. It reports on two ethical decision-making methodologies, one addressing the patients, the other physicians. It shows how patients’ autonomous choices can be empowered by inc...