Medical and healthcare law

Original and interdisciplinary, this is the first book to explore the relationship between a neoliberal mode of governance and the so-called genetic revolution.

A completely revised and expanded one-volume legal resource for tax-exempt healthcare organizations A complete and up-to-date legal resource for tax-exempt healthcare organizations and their advisors, this Fourth Edition, equips you with a comprehensive, one-volume source of detailed information on federal law covering tax-exempt healthcare organizations.

Ten years have passed since the Mental Health Act (MHA) 2007 came into force in England.

The Nazi Viewpoint on the Position and Responsibilities of the Physician in the German National Socialist Society.

An in-depth critical analysis of the effects of the right to health in Brazil over the past thirty years.

This title was first published in 2003.

The controversial topic of the technology of Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, and the muddled approach to this subject adopted by the UK Parliament, is explored in detail in this volume.

With genetic technologies advancing rapidly, Aisling de Paor examines the urgent need for an EU-level framework to regulate genetic information.

This work includes Foreword by Phillip J S Steer, Professor of Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London.

This book brings together a range of theoretical perspectives to consider fundamental questions of health law and the place of the body within it.

Since more and more surgeries and procedures are being performed in outpatient settings, the policies, plans, and procedures for these services are of increasing importance.

In San Diego, not far from the gates of the fantasy world of Disneyland, tent cities lining the freeways remind us of an ugly reality.

This book configures a consistent epistemology of biolaw that distinguishes itself from bioethics and from a mere set of international instruments on the regulation of biomedical practices.

This book offers an accurate and updated approach to the main contributions of cosmopolitan biolaw in relation to sustainability, global governance, organizational health care economics and COVID-19.

The text discusses synthesis, processing, design, simulation and characterization of biomaterials for biomedical applications.

A key text for doctors, this revised, expanded and updated edition now includes a section on understanding one's own attitudes and empathy, and greatly enhanced material on communication strategies and skills.

First published in 2005.

It is not uncommon for practicing physicians to have more than a dozen separate insurance policies to protect their medical practice and personal assets.

It is well known that the numbers of organs that become available each year for transplantation fall far short of the numbers that are actually required.

Examining the historical, economic and political context for the current prohibition of particular drugs, this study investigates the problem of drug control and provides a systematic analysis of the development of the international system of regulation.

The International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (CIOMS and WHO, 1993: 11) defines "e;research"e; as referring to a class of activities designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.

Now in its fourth edition, Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research boasts an impressive list of contributors from around the globe and introduces a new focus for the book, transforming it from a series of monographs into a publication that will quickly become an essential textbook on all areas of research fraud and misconduct.

Psychiatry and religion/spirituality (R/S) share an interest in human flourishing, a concern with beliefs and values, and an appreciation for community.

Stay up-to-date on the ethical and legal issues that affect your clinical and professional decisions!

Internet of Things (IoT) has become a valuable tool for connection and information exchange between devices.

Medical law and ethics are frequently referred to in conjunction, and appear together in many textbooks.

This volume examines the role of law as a tool for advancing women's rights and gender equity in local, national, and global contexts.

This work gives an overview of the impact of EU competition rules and internal market law on healthcare systems in Europe.

Specifically designed to address the needs of all specialists involved in the care of chronic pain patients, this source clarifies the ethical and legal issues associated with the diagnosis, assessment, and care of patients suffering from long-term pain.

The global rise in pandemics, most recently COVID-19, and other health challenges, some of which are due to climate change, have imposed significant challenges on the healthcare systems in economies around the world.

This book develops a theoretical framework for examining and assessing the regulatory arrangements for medical products.

Beyond Clinical Dehumanisation Toward the Other in Community Mental Health Care offers a rare and intimate portrayal of the moral process of a mental health clinician that interrogates the intractable problem of systemic dehumanisation in community mental health care and looks to the notion of "e;wonder"e; and the visionary relational ethics of Emmanuel Levinas for a possible cure.

Drawing on extensive data including news media reports and commentaries, documentaries, courts and court reports, films, websites, professional literature and government and non-government agencies, this book explores the 'Alzheimerisation' of the euthanasia debate, examining the shift in recent years in public attitudes towards the desirability and moral permissibility of euthanasia as an end-of-life 'solution' for people living with the disease - not just at its end stage, but also at earlier stages.

International developments within the last twenty years have demonstrated controversial shifts in treatment for people with mental illnesses and the care of persons with intellectual disabilities.

This book,the second produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, is a collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body.

This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking.

Composites in Biomedical Applications presents a comprehensive overview on recent developments in composites and their use in biomedical applications.

Green Computing and Predictive Analytics for Healthcare excavates the rudimentary concepts of Green Computing, Big Data and the Internet of Things along with the latest research development in the domain of healthcare.

A proposal for resolving tensions between professionals and society regarding tissue for transplants and research, while properly protecting donors'' interests.

Recent debate over healthcare and its spiraling costs has brought medical error into the spotlight as an indicator of everything that is ineffective, inhumane, and wasteful about modern medicine.

This book prepares the mental health professional to use scientific skills when working within a legal framework.

The field of ethics in science aims to improve the way the audience perceives science, and this unique workbook discusses the areas of ethics and scientific misconduct.

Matti Häyry asks if we should make people healthier, smarter, and longer-lived if genetic and medical advances allow it.

Relevant for the entire primary care team, this book provides a diverse range of perspectives on current topical issues.

A comparative study covering all continents, this book explores the role of health rights in advancing greater equality through access to health care.

Biography of the Abortion Act, exploring how it was shaped by and shaped a changing UK.

We've seen it before, with asbestos-related disease, leukaemia clusters and lung cancer caused by cigarettes.

Microfluidic biochips have gained prominence due to their versatile applications to biochemistry and health-care domains such as point-of-care clinical diagnosis of tropical and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, toxicity analysis, and for the mitigation of the global HIV crisis, among others.

The right to genetic information is considered here from the standpoint of individuals, their relatives, insurers and the state.

This book traces the emergence and transformations of asbestos compensation to explore the wider issue of to what extent legal systems have converged in the era of globalization.