Social law and Medical law

This book presents a broad overview of the many intersections between health and the environment that lie at the basis of the most crucial environmental health issues, focusing on the responses provided by international and EU law.

A number of recent events in the last decade have renewed interest in Russian discourses on international law.

Fortschritte in der Medizin, in der Genomforschung und in der Informationstechnik stellen den Datenschutz vor ein Dilemma: Forschung und die Anwendung neuer Methoden setzen häufig voraus, dass personenbezogene Daten in großem Umfang zentral verfügbar, verteilbar und verknüpfbar sind.

With more people living longer lives, there is increased importance in the health care industry on improving services for the elderly.

Foucault's Law is the first book in almost fifteen years to address the question of Foucault's position on law.

Freedom of religion is an issue of universal interest and scope.

Die Konzeption: Der Band veranschaulicht dem Studierenden die Technik der Fallbearbeitung in sozialrechtlichen Fallkonstellationen, begleitet und fördert das vertiefte Studium des Sozialrechts im Rahmen der Schwerpunktbereichsausbildung und ist so die ideale Ergänzung zum Schwerpunkte-Lehrbuch "Sozialrecht" von Waltermann.

This book explores the unique reentry experiences of incarcerated men and women who are about to be released from prisons in Portugal.

The fifth edition of this leading reference book on insurance medicine, provides a comprehensive guide to life expectancy for underwriters and clinicians involved in the life insurance industry.

Tracking technologies are now ubiquitous and are part of many people's everyday lives.

This book documents the evolution of the United Nations (UN) Crime Programme and its changing priorities, from the early focus on juvenile delinquency and correctional treatment, to the present preoccupation with transnational organized crime.

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

This handbook examines how existing laws and policies fail to protect communities from major disasters and describes the actions needed to promote greater resilience.

Is it lawful for a doctor to give a patient life-shortening pain relief?

In Working towards Equity, Dustin Galer argues that paid work significantly shaped the experience of disability during the late twentieth century.

Envisioning Legality: Law, Culture and Representation is a path-breaking collection of some of the world's leading cultural legal scholars addressing issues of law, representation and the image.

Forensic Science provides a comprehensive overview of the sociology of forensic science.

Public health law has been a subject of much controversy and contestation, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

All modern legal systems with advanced economies must address the question of how to respond to the needs of insolvent consumers whose burden of debt greatly exceeds their capacity to repay within a reasonable time frame.

This book amplifies the different voices and experiences of those facing gender-based violence (GBV) in the Global South.

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

This book examines the relationship between international human rights discourse and the justifi cations for criminal punishment.

It is important for anybody involved in sport and physical recreation to be aware of the legal context in which their activity takes place, to develop an understanding of their legal responsibilities and to know what might happen if something goes wrong.

As medical litigation continues to increase, the best defence for doctors is to be aware of, and avoid, medical errors.

This book amplifies the different voices and experiences of those facing gender-based violence (GBV) in the Global South.

This book provides a well-focused and comprehensive overview of the history and background of nanocarbon based materials like carbon nanotubes, graphene, and fullerenes.

Ethics in Mental Health-Substance Use aims to explore the comprehensive concerns and dilemmas occurring from mental health and substance use problems, and to inform, develop, and educate by sharing and pooling knowledge, and enhancing expertise, in this fast developing region of ethics and ethical care and practice.

Its nearly twenty five years that the Consumer Protection Act was enacted.

Der Leitfaden beschreibt erstmals zusammenhängend die kommunikativen Besonderheiten und speziellen Rechtsfragen, die in betreuungsgerichtlichen Verfahren für Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund auftreten.

Memetic War analyses memetic warfare included in cyber war and aims to develop a framework for understanding the parameters included in utilising this concept in Ukraine as a part of civic resistance.

In the wake of Guantanamo Bay, extraordinary renditions, and secret torture centres in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, Revenge versus Legality addresses the relationship between law and wild or vigilante justice; between the power to enforce retribution and the desire to seek revenge.

Family Activism in the Aftermath of Fatal Violence explores how family and family activism work at the intersection of personal and public troubles and considers what influence family testimonies of fatal violence can have on matters of crime, justice, and punishment.

This book offers an analytical review of the state of knowledge on elderly sexual abuse and presents new data that will confront some of the accepted ideas and some of the myths associated with this specific form of sexual violence.

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

In the urgency to respond to the challenges posed by diversity in contemporary societies, the discussion of normative foundations is often overlooked.

Legal aid for family cases in private law, mainly divorce and separation, where the state is not directly involved as it is in public law cases where there are issues of domestic violence or neglect or abuse of children, came to an abrupt end together with help for welfare and immigration cases on April 1 2013 when the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) came into effect.

This book introduces a new conceptual framework for impunity within state crime theory and uses Turkish state criminality against Kurds between 1990 and 2000 as a case study.

This handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the cutting-edge field of cultural legal studies.

Human rights are essential to global health, yet rising threats in an increasingly divided world are challenging the progressive evolution of health-related human rights.

Why is TALOIA bandied about in clinics and on wards?

Examining the restitution of cultural property to Indigenous Peoples in human rights law, this book offers a detailed analysis of the opportunities and constraints of international law as a tool of resistance and social transformation for marginalized groups.

Explains the most effective ways to discuss the legal and financial responsibilities that come with the end of life and tools for managing them-such as wills, trusts, estate planning, and cash management-in the context of financial psychology.

This book provides a thorough and directed focus on successfully identifying, obtaining, and succeeding in a career in criminal justice or criminology.

This book considers how the law should manage conflicts between the right of religious freedom and that of non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.