Medical ethics and professional conduct

Amputation in Literature and Film: Artificial Limbs, Prosthetic Relations, and the Semiotics of "e;Loss"e; explores the many ways in which literature and film have engaged with the subject of amputation.

Fast-moving and ever-changing, stem cell science and research presents ongoing ethical and legal challenges in many countries.

Global experts present thought-provoking debates on over 50 topics in reproductive medicine, one of modern healthcare''s most controversial areas.

Each year, tens of thousands of children are conceived with donated gametes (sperm or eggs).

How do you decide what is ethically wrong and right?

The second edition of Environmental Health and Housing has been completely updated to cover the contemporary issues in public health that have emerged in recent years.

Understand the legal principles of nursing all nurses should know with this definitive guide Diamond's Legal Aspects of Nursing, 8th edition, by Iwan Dowie and Richard Griffin, is the definitive guide to the law that all nurses should know.

One of the most widespread words in medicine is placebo and placebo effect, although it is not always clear what it means exactly.

The Basics of Bioethics, Fourth Edition offers an easy-to-follow introduction to this dynamic field, intended for healthcare professionals, teachers, students, and anyone interested in bioethics.

Bassett's Environmental Health Procedures is a long-standing, must-have reference book for practising environmental health officers in local government and in private practice.

Develop a practical and comprehensive view of professional ethics In the newly updated Second Edition of Positive Ethics for Mental Health Professionals: A Proactive Approach, distinguished psychologists Drs.

Nacida sin función renal, la vida del bebé Lisa está en manos de Claudio Ronco, médico, científico e inventor de CARPEDIEM, un dispositivo médico para diálisis infantil.

Across a broad range of disciplines - in medicine, social science, and the humanities - researchers, scholars, teachers, and administrators increasingly are looking for new ways to approach ethical issues in research with human subjects.

Law, Immunization and the Right to Die focuses on the urgent matter of legal appeals and judicial decisions on assisted death.

While the importance of consent has been discussed widely over the last few decades, interest in its study has received renewed attention in recent years, particularly regarding medical treatment, clinical research and sexual acts.

This book gathers together recent international research in intellectual disability (ID), examining the diverse modes of existence that characterise living with intellectual disabilities in the 21st century.

Medicine has recently discovered spectacular tools for human enhancement.

While it may seem that debates over euthanasia began with Jack Kervorkian, the practice of mercy killing extends back to Ancient Greece and beyond.

The growth of knowledge and its effects on the practice of medicine have been issues of philosophical and ethical interest for several decades and will remain so for many years to come.

Mental health nurses need to work within the law to ensure good, legal care for their patients, while at the same time being guided by appropriate values.

This innovative book strips the concept of evidence-based practice back to basics using deconstructive analysis, so that readers can move towards a clearer understanding of it.

Clinical practice guidelines were initially developed within the context of evidence-based medicine with the goal of putting medical research findings into practice.

With much of the world's population facing restricted access to adequate medical care, how to allocate scarce health-care resources is a pressing question for governments, hospitals, and individuals.

In this book, the author argues that no current philosophical theory of evidence in clinical medical science is adequate.

Bioethics represents a dramatic revision of the centuries-old professional ethics that governed the behavior of physicians and their relationships with patients.

With contributions from: Eric Blyth, Ken Daniels, Julia Feast, Robert Lee, Nina Martin, Alexina McWhinnie, Derek Morgan, Clare Murray, Sharon Pettle, Claire Potter, Jim Richards and Francoise Shenfield The separation of procreation from conception has broadened notions of parenthood and created novel dilemmas.

This thought provoking and highly practical book is not just about caring for the dying within mental health, but also applying the quality care and practice of palliative care within mental health practice.

The perfect textbook for healthcare students who want a fresh, innovative way to understand how law and ethics relate to their studies, placements, and professional practice.

This interdisciplinary volume gathers selected, refereed contributions on various aspects of public health from several disciplines and research fields, including the philosophy of science, epidemiology, statistics and ethics.

The education division is a prominent part of the public health profession.

With implications that go to the core of what it means to be human, the issues raised by genetic manipulation-especially cloning-have sparked a passionate debate among governmental, religious, and scientific quarters, as well as the media and the general public.

Providing a comparison between context in Europe and the US, this volume investigates the digital transformation of health systems, comparing strategies for digital development while identifying both key innovations and future challenges.

Empathisch und zugleich selbst gesund bleiben, das ist das Ziel des empCARE-Trainings.

The central question of this book is whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings.

Understand the legal principles of nursing all nurses should know with this definitive guide Diamond's Legal Aspects of Nursing, 8th edition, by Iwan Dowie and Richard Griffin, is the definitive guide to the law that all nurses should know.

This book examines the regulatory framework for untested and unapproved uses (off-label uses) of medicines in the EU, UK, and USA.

Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, this fascinating book highlights the challenges and contradictions faced by neophyte paramedics as they transition from a classroom setting into day-to-day clinical work placements.

The competition for limited health care resources is intensifying.

Ethics for Psychotherapists and Counselors utilizes positive discussions accompanied by a variety of thought-provoking exercises, case scenarios, and writing assignments to introduce readers to all the major ethical issues in psychotherapy.

Medical uncertainty has been with us for centuries and remains a recurrent problem for patients, doctors, and researchers alike.

The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics is an influential collection of work by leading scholars on the fundamental and emerging themes which define health care ethics.

Highlighting the experiences of midwives who provide care to women opting outside of guidelines in the pursuit of physiological birth, Claire Feeley looks at the impact on midwives themselves, and explores how teams and organisations support or discourage women's birth choices.

This book addresses the pressing issues involved with the ethical conduct of research in one developing world region - the Arab Region.

This is the first book to provide a coherent overview over the ethical implications of AI-related technologies in medicine.

An updated and expanded successor to Culver and Gert's Philosophy in Medicine, this book integrates moral philosophy with clinical medicine to present a comprehensive summary of the theory, concepts, and lines of reasoning underlying the field of bioethics.

This book will offer a practical guide for the  surgical management of oncologic emergencies, that  pose great challenges to both surgeons and oncologists.

Combines original empirical data with theoretical and normative analysis of access to justice in the Court of Protection.

Like its pioneering predecessor, this new edition of Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals offers an interactive, case-oriented approach to mental health ethics.