Medical and healthcare law

This book explores the controversial dilemmas which meet at the intersection of medicine philosphy and law - questions concerning killing and not killing which are faced daily in health care.

There have been many recent developments in the research, theory, and practice of supervision in counseling, but few reliable resources are available for practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge in these areas.

Seven in ten Americans over the age of age of sixty who require medical decisions in the final days of their life lack the capacity to make them.

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

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

This work maps the criminal process''s impact on several key issues in medicine and its arbitration of bioethics.

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 treatment of persons with mental disabilities in the criminal justice system, this book offers new perspectives that are crucial to an understanding of the ways in which society projects onto criminal defendants prejudices and attitudes about responsibility, free will, autonomy, choice, public safety, and the meaning and purpose of punishment, all with a focus on ways to enhance dignity in the criminal trial process.

Sammelband mit Beiträgen von 28 Expertinnen und Experten aus dem Bereich der assistierten Reproduktion.

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.

Drawing on Sir Ian Kennedy's extensive experience in healthcare law, ethics and public policy-making, this book explores vital issues in the law surrounding healthcare and regulation.

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.

The aim of this book is to introduce and discuss bioethics in a three-synergistic way: from the foundations to the current debates in relation to healthcare and social bioethics, and thereafter the possible future challenges.

How does the European Convention on Human Rights apply to people who suffer mental ill-health or are alleged to be affected by such a condition?

Social Justice, Social Discrimination, and Mental Health explores the theory and background of social justice in the context of mental health of individuals, cultures, and communities.

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Health Law addresses some of the most critical issues facing scholars, legislators, and judges today: how to protect against threats to public health that can quickly cross national borders, how to ensure access to affordable health care, and how to regulate the pharmaceutical industry, among many others.

Das Gesundheitswesen befindet sich an einem Wendepunkt.

Decisional privacy gives individuals the freedom to act and make decisions about how they live their lives, without unjustifiable interference from other individuals or the state.

Biobanks are proliferating rapidly worldwide because they are powerful tools and organisational structures for undertaking medical research.

Pediatric homicide investigations are clouded by a number of factors, not the least of which is a lack of straightforward resources.

Psychische Erkrankungen sind eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Herausforderung mit vielen Facetten und müssen als solche auch interdisziplinär betrachtet werden.

This book provides a robust analysis of the history of clinical ethics, the philosophical theories that support its practice, and the practical institutional criteria needed to become a practicing clinical ethicist.

Educational Planning of Court-Involved Youth provides a framework for alleviating chronic barriers for youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

A father's account of the story that captivated America, the murder of his daughter, reporter Alison Parker, on live television, and his inspiring fight for commonsense gun laws in the aftermath.

Over recent decades, the decline of trust, mounting of fears, and increasing denial of science appear as a marked shift of societal attitudes towards many institutions and professionals.

Where do a doctor's responsibilities lie in communicating diagnostic and predictive genetic information to a patient's family members?

How do you prevent a critical care nurse from accidentally delivering a morphine overdose to an ill patient?

Therapy: The Basics is an introductory book to psychotherapy and its different theoretical approaches.

An interdisciplinary text that investigates mental capacity and considers how relationships can affect an individual''s ability to make decisions.

This second edition of Legal and Ethical Dictionary for Mental Health Professionals confronts the problems arising from a lack of clear understanding of mental health laws or terminologies.

This edited book presents international perspectives on the role of mental health problems in understanding and managing the risk of violent extremism.

Die Festschrift ehrt das medizinrechtliche Lebenswerk von Dieter Hart.

The Ethics of Group Psychotherapy provides group psychotherapists with the ethical and legal foundation needed to engage in effective decision-making in their everyday group practices.

The book discusses compensation mechanisms and other non-judicial means that offer alternatives to court proceedings, designed and provided for within national legal regimes.

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Health and healthcare are vitally important to all of us, and academic interest in the law regulating health has, over the last 50 years, become an important field of academic study.

This book shows how the legal systems of individual European countries protect patient autonomy.

A working understanding of medical ethics is becoming ever more important to all practising doctors.

The death of a patient is every therapist's worst nightmare.

Vernachlässigung der Schutzpflichten des Staates, Psychiatrisierung statt Ermittlung, Verletzung des Anspruchs auf ein faires Verfahren, Freiheitsberaubung, Verletzung von Treu und Glauben, ungerechtfertigter und unverhältnismässiger Eingriff in die persönliche Freiheit, Willkür … Eine Geschichte der Schweiz der letzten zehn Jahre.

For courses in Introduction to Psychology, African American Psychology, African American Studies, Multicultural Counseling and Cross Cultural Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Most clinicians seek guidelines and indicators as to the effectiveness of their interventions with clients.

This challenging and highly practical book draws on the findings from an international study designed to help practitioners and researchers understand the factors and processes that enable healthcare organisations in the United States and Europe to achieve - and sustain - high quality services for their users.