Bioethics

This book affords a neopragmatic theory of animal ethics, taking its lead from American Pragmatism to place language at the centre of philosophical analysis.

This edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of human-animal interactions in Asia throughout history.

This edited volume brings together a diverse group of contributors to create a review of research and an agenda for the future of dog care and training in correctional facilities.

This book offers easy access to the everyday ethics problems that occur in the medical care of children.

This book brings into sharp relief the extent to which the medical profession has enabled or participated in actions that are at moral crossroads.

This book provides an up-to-date description of cross-cultural aspects of end-of-life decision-making.

This book presents a collection of essays exploring the legal, economic, socio-environmental, and ethical dimensions of human-animal interaction in Brazil.

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This book explores the ethical dilemma clinicians may face when disclosing a diagnosis of atypical sex.

This book focuses on justice and its demands in the way of providing people with medical care.

The chapter entitled "e;Truth or Dare; Women, Politics, and the Symphysiotomy Scandal"e;, by Oonagh Walsh, was published in this book "e;GeoHumanities and Health"e; by Springer Nature AG.

The medicalization of death is a challenge for all the world's religious and cultural traditions.

Literature and Medicine: A Practical and Pedagogical Guide is designed to introduce narrative medicine in medical humanities courses aimed at pre-medicine undergraduates and medical and healthcare students.

This book offers a first rate selection of academic articles on Latin American bioethics.

This book discusses the ethical and legal challenges related to innovations, with reference to both scientific research and emerging technologies.

Given the profound moral-ethical controversies regarding the use of new biotechnologies in medical research and treatment, such as embryonic research and cloning, this book sheds new light on the role of religious organizations and actors in influencing the bio-political debates and decision-making processes.

This book is devoted to the welfare of invertebrates, which make up 99% of animal species on earth.

This book offers a theoretically-based study on crimes against protected wildlife in mainland China with first-hand empirical data collected over five years.

Written with passion for anyone interested in seeing an end to the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, this book shows how, by working together, people all over the world who care about these animals are gradually bringing about change for the better.

Alternative medicine (AM) is hugely popular; about 40% of the US general population have used at least one type of alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%.

This book provides a current analysis of the legal and ethical challenges in preparing for and responding to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) crises.

This book discusses medicine from an ethical perspective, whereas books on medical ethics more commonly present ethics from a bio-medical standpoint.

This book investigates the relationship between the fascinating and misunderstood penny blood, early Victorian popular fiction for the working class, and Victorian anatomy.

The volume offers a unique collection of articles on pediatric neuroenhancement from an international and multidisciplinary perspective.

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive yet concise overview of the challenges and opportunities presented by the use of big data in healthcare.

This book encompasses the theoretical and practical aspects of surgical ethics, with a focus on the application of ethical standards to everyday surgical practice and the resolution of ethical conflicts in the surgical arena.

This book offers an impressive collection of contributions on the epistemology of international biolaw and its applications, both in the legal and ethical fields.

This book covers all ethical aspects of introducing novel implants and procedures in neurosurgery in a structured way, addressing the current knowledge gap concerning ethical innovations in neurosurgery.

This book provides a systematic analysis of the ethical implications of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM), focusing on pragmatic solutions.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the compatibility of palliative care with the vision of human dignity in the Catholic moral and theological traditions.

In this book, Nik Taylor and Heather Fraser consider how we might better understand human-animal companionship in the context of domestic violence.

This book surveys a broad range of contemporary texts to show how representations of human-animal relations challenge the anthropocentric nature of fiction.

This unique textbook utilizes an integrated, case-based approach to explore how the domains of bioethics, public health and the social sciences impact individual patients and populations.

This book fills an important gap in existing health care ethics literature by describing an egalitarian conception of moral respect which applies to autonomous and non-autonomous patients alike.

This book offers a new perspective on advance directives through a combined legal, ethical and philosophical inquiry.

This book examines the many ethical issues that are encountered in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

This volume examines the latest scientific and technological developments likely to shape our post-human future.

This book discusses medicine from an ethical perspective, whereas books on medical ethics more commonly present ethics from a bio-medical standpoint.

Homeopathy is over 200 years old and is still experiencing an uninterrupted influx of new practitioners and patients.

What is 'legal' about bioethics?

En un mundo cada vez más dominado por los avances cientificos y tecnológicos, la bioética sigue una disciplina indispensable para orientarnos en la travesía hacia un futuro donde la humanidad y la innovación biomédica converjan en armonía.

Are there any commonalities between Transhumanism and the WHO framework for global governance of human genome editing?

Are there any commonalities between Transhumanism and the WHO framework for global governance of human genome editing?

Winner of the 2017 Jabuti Book PrizeThe Zika virus is devastating lives and communities.

Winner of the 2017 Jabuti Book PrizeThe Zika virus is devastating lives and communities.

The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeholders and interest groups.

The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeholders and interest groups.

This book examines the intersections of bioethics, human rights and health equity.

This book is designed to be an easy-to-use guide to understanding the ethical and biosecurity implications of life science research.

Islamic Bioethics presents a wide variety of perspectives and debates on how Islamic societies deal with the ethical dilemmas raised by biomedicine and new technologies.