Medical and healthcare law

This book examines the work of the World Trade Organization (WTO), with a focus on the capacity of its judiciary to strike a reasoned balance between free trade in biotechnology and biosafety as to promote the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.

Domestic animals are an integral component of human leisure experience and can enhance the physical, social, and mental wellbeing of humans.

ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization.

Explains why lawyers seeking gender progress from primary legal materials should start with the common law.

First published in 1997, this volume explores how we live in a society which is developing beyond human experience and comprehension - fast.

This volume considers the ethical legitimacy of invoking the criminal law to regulate medical and scientific practice and bioethical issues.

Self-regulation constitutes an important aspect of the regulatory and oversight process governing professionals.

Fraudulent, harmful, or at best useless pharmaceutical and therapeutic approachesdeveloped outside science-based medicine have boomed in recent years, especially due tothe commercialisation of cyberspace.

This book examines the position of children who provide tissue to potentially save the life of another.

Topical and compelling, this volume provides an excellent re-evaluation of the 'best interests' test in the healthcare arena; the ways in which it has developed, the inherent difficulties in its use and its interpretation in legal cases concerning the medical care of children.

This interdisciplinary collection presents valuable discourse and reflection on the nature of a good death.

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

This book provides a comprehensive and approachable overview of Medicare under the Affordable Care Act.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law.

The 2nd Edition of Who Owns You, David Koepsell s widely acclaimed exploration of the philosophical and legal problems of patenting human genes, is updated to reflect the most recent changes to the cultural and legal climate relating to the practice of gene patenting.

This book explores the series of issues that emerge at the intersection of disability, care and family law.

This unique Irish law book is a core text for any student of medicine, dentistry, radiography, physiotherapy, psychiatry or nursing, as well as legal practitioners advising clients in this area.

The Irish health system is confronted by a range of challenges, both emerging and recurring.

This comprehensive handbook synthesizes the rapidly growing research base on child and adolescent psychopathy: its nature, causes, development, assessment, and treatment.

The increasing availability and decreasing costs of 3D printing and bioprinting technologies are expanding opportunities to meet medical needs.

The Supreme Court's decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v.

Written by a foremost expert in the field, this hands-on, evidence-based guide describes how to conduct a comprehensive forensic neuropsychological evaluation and provide expert testimony.

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address.

Presents critical and forcefully argued debate between two moral philosophers, setting out strong cases on both sides of the argument.

This book is written through the lens of patients, caregivers, healthcare representatives and families, highlighting new models of interaction between providers and patients and what people would like in their healthcae experience.

This book explores the struggle for disability rights, with a focus on Web equality for people with cognitive disabilities.

"e;There is hardly a reason to circumcise a little boy for medical reasons because those medical reasons don't exist"e;, said Dr.

This book provides the tools for understanding the concerns, fears and biases people with disabilities and bioethicists have.

This book connects medical liability to broader trends and goals in American health policy.

Public health activity, and the state's public health responsibilities to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy, can only be achieved through different means of social coordination.

A multidisciplinary and international examination of the developing debates around using the criminal law to sanction disease transmission.

Addresses the vexed question of how and why reform of end-of-life law occurs, drawing on ten international case studies.

Clinical research ethics consultation has emerged in the last 15 years as a service to those involved in the conduct of clinical research who face challenging issues for which more than one course of action may be justified.

Correctional psychiatry has received increasing recognition as an area of practice with unique skills and knowledge.

Responding to the public concern caused by recent hospital scandals and accounts of unintended harm to patients, this author draws on her experience of analysing the health care systems of over a dozen countries and examines whether greater regulation has increased patient safety and health care quality.

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

New York City has the largest medical examiner's office in the United States, and the Brooklyn division is the busiest of the five boroughs.

This book is a companion to Clinical Ethics on Film and deals specifically with the myriad of healthcare ethics dilemmas.

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system.

The field of ethics is expanding and has assumed new significance as a compulsory part of study for psychiatrists and all mental health professionals.

Using novel, bioethical framing alongside critical and comprehensive analysis of harm reduction approaches, this cutting-edge book addresses the multifaceted and transdisciplinary issue of drug addiction in society, exploring how addiction can be conceptualized from various disciplinary perspectives for positive policy outcomes.

Completely revised and updated, the sixth edition of Practicum and Internship is a practical resource that provides students and supervisors with thorough coverage of all stages and aspects of the practicum and internship process.

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a manufacturing process that has emerged as a viable technology for the production of engineering components.

This comprehensive and practical guide helps professionals and staff within hospitals change the way they collect record store and use clinical information about patients.

In this book, Feldman and Frondorf explain how companies employ strategies that block generic medicines from the market and keep prices high.

Based on the IOM's estimate of 44,000 deaths annually, medical errors rank as the eighth leading cause of death in the U.

This book takes as its inspiration the assumption that the atmosphere of intellectual openness, scientific inquiry, aspiration towards diversity, and freedom from political pressure that once flourished in the American Psychological Association has been eclipsed by an "e;ultra-liberal agenda,"e; in which voices of dissent, controversial points of view, and minority groups are intimidated, ridiculed and censored.

Institutions matter for the advancement of human rights in global health.

Conveys all the core topics emphasising the interplay between medical law and medical ethics in a unique chapter structure.

An examination of legal measures which might be used to solve the problem of fragmentation of patents in genetics.