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Silverman, Ed – Social Work, 1992
Notes that life-saving advances in medicine have created difficult ethical and legal dilemmas for health care professionals. Presents beginning knowledge base for bioethical practice, especially in hospital neonatal units. Outlines key elements of bioethical decision making and examines potential social work role from clinical and organizational…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethics, Hospitalized Children, Knowledge Level