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Katz, Jay, 1922-2008, author.

The silent world of doctor and patient / Jay Katz ; with a new foreword by Alexander Morgan Capron.

Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

xlviii, 263 pages ; 23 cm

In this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process, physician and law professor Jay Katz examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent care and patient compliance. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been based on a one-way trust -- despite recent judicial attempts to give patients a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy, and demonstrates the detrimental effect their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age of medical science and sophisticated technology for more honest and complete communication between physician and patients, he advocates a new, informed dialogue that respects the rights and needs of both sides.

Physician and patient.

Silence.

Interpersonal communication.

Medical ethics.

Decision making.

Informed consent (Medical law)

Originally published: New York : Free Press, 1984.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword to the Johns Hopkins Edition: The Once and Future Silent World / Alexander Morgan Capron -- Ch. I. Physicians and Patients: A History of Silence -- Ch. II. Physicians and Citizens: The Struggle for Freedom from Lay Control -- Ch. III. Judges, Physicians, and Patients: The Legal Doctrine of Informed Consent -- Ch. IV. Sharing Authority: The Willingness to Trust -- Ch. V. Respecting Autonomy: The Struggle over Rights and Capacities -- Ch. VI. Respecting Autonomy: The Obligation for Conversation -- Ch. VII. Acknowledging Uncertainty: The Confrontation of Knowledge and Ignorance -- Ch. VIII. The Abandonment of Patients: A Final Argument against Silence -- App. A. Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association (1847) -- App. B. American Medical Association Principles of Medical Ethics (1980).

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