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Medical Ethics: An Annotated Bibliography
- Patrick M. Dunn, MD;
- Thomas H. Gallagher, MD;
- Marian O. Hodges, MD, MPH;
- Thomas J. Prendergast, MD;
- Gordon D. Rubenfeld, MD;
- Susan W. Tolle, MD; and
- Bernard Lo, MD
- From Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, and the University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Requests for Reprints: Lois Snyder, JD, American College of Physicians, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572. Acknowledgments: The authors thank the members of the American College of Physicians Ethics Committee: Christine K. Cassel, MD; Troyen A. Brennan, MD; Errol D. Crook, MD; Lee J. Dunn, JD; Lloyd W. Kitchens, Jr., MD; John A. Mitas II, MD; and Richard J. Carroll, MD; and the staff of the American College of Physicians, including Linda Johnson White, Lois Snyder, JD, and Bobbie Lewis, for their valuable suggestions and assistance. Grant Support: In part by grants from the American College of Physicians, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Meyer Memorial Trust, the Collins Foundation, and Mr. John Kinsman, and by Center Grant MH42459-06 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Ethical issues are an integral part of clinical practice and the organization of health care. This bibliography is intended to supplement the most recent American College of Physicians (ACP) bibliography on this topic (entry 99) and to help physicians keep up with the burgeoning literature on medical ethics. It includes articles published between 1 July 1988 and 1 April 1994 and generally follows the organization of topics used in the ACP Ethics Manual (entry 1). The references it contains can assist physicians who wish to read more about the ethical issues that arise in their work or that are discussed in the Manual. Topics that have captured professional and public attention since the previous ACP bibliography, such as medical futility, assisted suicide, and conflicts of interest, have received particular attention.
In developing this bibliography, we first identified articles on medical ethics using MEDLINE searches and our personal files. Second, we selected articles on the basis of quality and availability in hospital libraries, omitting books and journal articles that are difficult to obtain. Third, we selected articles that represent a balance of viewpoints in the literature. Because of space limitations, we excluded empirical articles on ethical issues and articles on doctor-patient communication regarding ethical problems. Finally, the selection of articles was agreed on by all authors, with guidance from the ACP Ethics Committee. We tried to ensure that diverse viewpoints were represented on controversial topics.
General
1. American College of Physicians Ethics Manual. Third edition. Ann Intern Med. 1992; 117:947-60.
Succinct summary of ethical guidelines for internists.
2. Pellegrino ED. The metamorphosis of medical ethics. A 30-year retrospective. JAMA. 1993; 269:1158-62.
Review and critique of various approaches to medical ethics.
The Physician-Patient Relationship
Initiating and Discontinuing the Physician-Patient Relationship
3. Emanuel EJ, Emanuel LL. Four models of the physician-patient relationship. JAMA. 1992; 267:2221-6.
Discusses four models of the physician-patient relationship: paternalism, …
This 100-word excerpt has been provided in the absence of an abstract.
