Professionalism in Medicine: A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students (Cambridge Medicine (Paperback))

Defining medical professionalism Defining, teaching, and learning professionalism Cases involving medical students Student and faculty cases Cases involving physicians Principle of primacy of patient welfare Principle of patient autonomy Principle of social justice Commitment to honesty with patients Commitment to patient confidentiality Commitment to improving quality of care Commitment to maintaining trust by managing conflicts of interest Commitment to professional responsibilities.

Medical professionalism is a challenging, evolving, and lifelong endeavor. Professionalism in Medicine: A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students helps begin this process by engaging students and their teachers in reflection on cases that resonate with the experiences of life in medicine. Through the book's seventy-two cases, commentaries, videos, and literature-based reviews, students explore the many challenging areas of medical professionalism. Readers will appreciate the provocative professionalism dilemmas encountered by students in the pre-clinical years and clinical rotations and by physicians of various specialties. Each case is followed by two commentaries by writers who are involved in health care decisions related to that case, and who represent a wide variety of perspectives: Authors represent forty-six medical schools and other organizations and include physicians, medical students, medical ethicists, lawyers, psychologists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, health care administrators, and patient advocates.

Learning medical professionalism is a challenging, evolving, and life-long endeavor. Professionalism in Medicine: A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students helps begin this process by engaging students and their teachers in reflection on cases that resonate with the experiences of life in medicine. Through the book's seventy-two cases, commentaries, videos, and literature-based reviews, students explore the many challenging areas of medical professionalism. Readers will appreciate the provocative professionalism dilemmas encountered by students from the pre-clinical years and clinical rotations and by physicians of various specialities. Each case is followed by two commentaries by writers who are involved in health care decisions related to that case, and who represent a wide variety of perspectives. Authors represent 46 medical schools and other institutions and include physicians, medical students, medical ethicists, lawyers, psychologists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, health care administrators, and patient advocates. Learning medical professionalism is a challenging, evolving, and life-long endeavor. This book helps begin this process by engaging students and their teachers in reflection on cases that resonate with the experiences of life in medicine. Through the books seventy-two cases, commentaries, videos, and literature-based reviews, students explore the many challenging areas of medical professionalism. Readers will appreciate the provocative professionalism dilemmas encountered by students from the pre-clinical years and clinical rotations and by physicians of various specialties. Each case is followed by two commentaries by writers who are involved in health care decisions related to that case, and who represent a wide variety of perspectives. Authors represent 46 medical schools and other institutions and include physicians, medical students, medical ethicists, lawyers, psychologists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, health care administrators, and patient advocates Defining medical professionalism Cases about medical students Principle of primacy of patient welfare Principle of patient autonomy Principle of social justice Commitment to honesty with patients Commitment to patient confidentiality Commitment to improving quality of care Commitment to maintaining trust by managing conflicts of interest Commitment to professional responsibilities. Intended as a text for medical students, this book highlights concepts of professionalism in medicine such as ethical issues and both clinical and non-clinical challenges in patient care