Medical and healthcare law

This book uses the Canadian cannabis legalization experiment, analyzed in the historical context of wider drug criminalization in Canada and placed in an international perspective, to examine important lessons about the differential implementation of federal law in jurisdictions within federalist constitutional democracies.

This volume makes a contribution to the field of neurolaw by investigating issues raised by the development, use, and regulation of neurointerventions.

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.

This volume suggests alternative ethical frameworks and models of regulation relating to the governance of genetic information.

The prospect that the psychiatric profession has hurt rather than helped many of its patients is incredibly disheartening; however, wrong diagnoses and improper treatment are all too common errors within the field.

Medical ethics is a difficult and controversial field and that part of it dealing with reproductive medicine is no exception.

Designed specifically with mental health professionals in mind, The Bilingual Counselor's Guide to Spanish is perfect for counselors interested in expanding their client base and language skill set.

Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born.

Feldschreiber's comprehensive text on the science, regulatory policy and law surrounding new medicines and medical devices is a specialist reference for legal, medical, and pharmaceutical professionals: written by both legal and medical experts, it informs the scientifically lay lawyer of the biological science behind recent product innovations, whilst helping the legally lay researcher and developer of these products to understand the legal and regulatory framework encompassing them.

Those involved in family and sexual relationships today face a bewildering variety of medico-legal dilemmas.

This volume features a collection of the most important articles on the social, ethical and legal implications of a variety of problems caused by AIDS.

This new book provides a clear and accessible analysis of the various ways in which human reproduction is regulated.

This volume draws together essays from leading scholars on the challenges that arise for health, law, policy and ethics at the intersections of health, rights and globalization.

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Friendship is a superb compilation of chapters that explore the history, major topics, and controversies in philosophical work on friendship.

Advocating for Women with Postpartum Mental Illness takes the reader into the world of one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses.

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.

The treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a complex challenge.

CLINICAL RESEARCH AND THE LAW The legal implications of conducting clinical research and trials are becoming more complex.

Heather Widdows suggests new ethical frameworks for genetic governance, to replace those that offer little protection and permit significant injustice.

This book examines the idea of a fundamental entitlement to health and healthcare from a human rights perspective.

The formerly established medically-based idea of disability, with its charity-based approach to treatment and services, is being replaced by a human rights-based approach in which people with impairments are no longer considered medical problems, totally dependent on the beneficence of non-impaired people in society, but have fundamental rights to support, inclusion, and participation.

Ethics for Global Mental Health examines the limitations of current normative approaches to global mental health (GMH) work and argues for a values-based framework that prioritizes accountability and contextual relevance of humanitarian and profession-specific values.

Focusing on juvenile transfer and disposition evaluations, this volume provides an up-to-date integration of current law, science, and practice with respect to juvenile risk assessment, treatment needs/amenability, and sophistication-maturity.

Reflective Learning is the essential reference for health and safety practitioners wanting to develop their professional skills and practice.

There has been a general assumption in the international debate surrounding organ procurement that Presumed Consent (opting-out) systems produce better results than Express Consent (opting-in) systems.

John Marks is something of a national treasure.

Every day, thousands of people quietly face decisions as agonizing as those made famous in the Terri Schiavo case.

should be welcomed by all those who work in the field of Family Law an 'off the shelf' comprehensive resource the focus throughout is on helping the reader, not only to understand all relevant aspects of mental illness, but also to understand how that knowledge may impact upon any particular court case Its publication is therefore most welcome and I predict that it will soon become a recognisable presence on the bookshelves of many.

Als erste Entscheidungssammlung auf dem Gebiet des Arztrechts stellt die ESA für Mediziner und Juristen ein unentbehrliches Nachschlagewerk zum zentralen Bereich der Aufklärung und Einwilligung bei ärztlicher Behandlung dar.

Der ärztliche Beruf verrechtlicht mit rasanter Geschwindigkeit.

This book proposes ways to use the notion of solidarity fruitfully so as to inform policy and practice in biomedicine.

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

Qualitative Research Approaches for Psychotherapy offers the reader a range of current qualitative research approaches congruent with the values and practices of psychotherapy itself: experience-based, reflective, contextualized, and critical.

Featuring contributions from leading scholars of health privacy law, this important volume offers insightful reflection on issues such as confidentiality, privacy, and data protection, as well as analysis in how a range of jurisdictions-including the US, the UK, Europe, South Africa, and Australia-navigate a rapidly developing biomedical environment.

Organ transplantation is a much-discussed subject, and the importance of living organ donation is increasing significantly.

There is no end in sight to the frequency with which physicians, nursing professionals and other healthcare providers will become lawsuit targets in our litigious society.

This introduction to the philosophy of medicine surveys the landscape of western philosophy as it pertains to healthcare in an accessible way.

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive substance that has long been associated with indigenous Amazonian shamanic practices.

Das Buch enthält 19 Landesberichte und eine rechtsvergleichende Analyse der rechtlichen Regelungen zum Verfahren der Genom-Editierung an der menschlichen Keimbahn.

In einem einleitenden Abschnitt werden die sehr unbefriedigende gegenwärtige Lage der forensischen Psychiatrie an den Universitäten und in der Rechtspraxis, ihr wissenschaftlicher Rückstand und ihre Fehlentwicklungen sowie die vermutlichen Gründe für diesen Mißstand dargelegt.

Each year, too many law enforcement officers die in the line of duty and too many people are killed by the police.

Explains the ethical imperative to take seriously the potential impacts on our identities of encountering bioinformation about ourselves.

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

This title was first published in 2003: As new medical technologies and treatments develop with increasing momentum, the legal and ethical implications of research involving human participants are being called into question as never before.