Table of Contents

1. Beginning to understand the sources of standards and rules 2. Standards for professional training and practice 3. How the law shapes health care 4. An ongoing dialogue relying on ethics traditions 5. Respect for a patient's journey 6. Personal information privacy and public interests 7. The limits of care 8. Lifelong practice in decision making 9. Timeless quandaries at the beginning and end of life 10. Regulation and availability of health and community services

About the Author

Dr Catherine Berglund has worked in applied ethics and regulatory aspects of health care, standards and policy for close to thirty years. As well as completing a PhD on professional and community limits for medical research; Catherine taught health care ethics for over twenty years at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, is legally qualified; and contributes to many regulatory and practical standards endeavours for registered health professionals and health care workers.