This edited collection is designed to explore the ethical nature of judicial decision-making, particularly relating to cases in the health/medical sphere, where judges are often called upon to issue rulings on questions containing an explicit ethical component.
This practical textbook will enable students training to become Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs(TM)) to fully understand and follow the new RBT(R) Ethics Code administered by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB(R)).
This volume demonstrates the diverse state-of-the-art applications that combine artificial intelligence with soft computing, which has great potential for creating smart personalized healthcare services.
Providing a thorough, well-researched investigation of the socio-legal issues surrounding medically assisted death for the past century, this book traces the origins of the controversy and discusses the future of policymaking in this arena domestically and abroad.
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.
With increasing recognition of the international market in health professionals and the impact of globalism on regulation, the governance of the health workforce is moving towards greater public engagement and increased transparency.
Telemedicine has recently become a key focus of healthcare systems globally, heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased need for remote care pathways.
This book analyses the features and functionality of the relationship between the law, individual or collective values and medical-scientific evidence when they have to be interpreted by judges, courts and para-jurisdictional bodies.
Die Neuauflage geht neben den "klassischen", meist halbsynthetisch gewonnenen Drogen wie etwa Cocain vertiefend auf vollsynthetische Rauschdrogen ein, die häufig zunächst als research chemicals etwa im Rahmen der Schmerzbehandlung entwickelt worden waren, seit Beginn des 21.
Providing a comprehensive analysis of drug misuse, dependence and the ways in which different parts of the world have responded to these problems, this volume examines aspects of the contemporary drug problem, the related debate and the way in which society is responding to it.
Die Methoden medizinisch assistierter Reproduktion zur Behandlung ungewollter Kinderlosigkeit haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten rasant fortentwickelt und erfreuen sich einer immer größer werdenden Beliebtheit.
Examines how privacy, confidentiality, consent, identifiability, safeguards and data sharing affect the pursuit of health research for the common good.
Rapid technological advances, the establishment of large-scale biobanks, and the exchange of data across international boundaries raise a variety of questions for regulators struggling with the problem of how to govern such stores of information and the processes connected with them.
This study examines and explains the relationship between social health insurance (SHI) participation and out-of-pocket expenditures (OOP) as well as the mediating role the institutional arrangement of SHI plays in this relationship in China.
The debate about the use of genetically modified organisms in European agriculture is fuelled by the fear of the general public about potential risks of GM farming, whether substantiated or not.
Das ärztliche Berufsrecht adressiert zwar unmittelbar nur die Ärzteschaft, wirkt aber durch Handlungsverbote teilweise erheblich auf die Rechte Dritter ein: Verbote der ärztlichen Suizidbeihilfe berühren ebenso die Rechtsstellung von Patienten wie die lange geltenden Verbote der Durchführung zahlreicher reproduktionsmedizinischer Maßnahmen bei Frauen in einer homosexuellen Partnerschaft.
This book argues that legal theory provides a jumping-off point for the study of controversial topics related to the work of Practicing Healthcare Ethicists (PHEs).