Medical ethics and professional conduct

An examination of legal measures which might be used to solve the problem of fragmentation of patents in genetics.

At the center of the debate over complementary and alternative medicinefrom acupuncture and chiropractic treatments to homeopathy and nutritional supplementsis how to scientifically measure the effectiveness of a particular treatment.

A case-based approach to the principles of informed consent and their application in clinical practice.

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

Medical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy.

India has a high maternal mortality rate, a staggering 174 per 100,000 live births (2015).

Modern psychological and political theory meet head-on in this powerful re-evaluation of America's contradictory and sometimes dangerous addiction to individualism.

Can your employer require you to travel to India for a hip replacement as a condition of insurance coverage?

Few diseases have made more difference to our understanding of illness, the relation of the patient to the physician and other health care professionals, and the social context of disease than breast cancer.

The policing of drugs is an intriguing, complex, and contentious domain that brings into sharp focus the multifaceted nature of the police role and has farreaching consequences for health, crime, and justice.

The phenomenal growth of global pharmaceutical sales and the quest for innovation are driving an unprecedented search for human test subjects, particularly in middle- and low-income countries.

This introductory textbook relates theory to practice and enhances students' learning and understanding of cultural issues that impact on patient care and their own practice as nurses, while considering wider social and political issues.

A practical, insightful guide to the moral and ethical standards of healthcare Succeeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription.

International developments within the last twenty years have demonstrated controversial shifts in treatment for people with mental illnesses and the care of persons with intellectual disabilities.

Patients who are confident of physicians' intellectual and technical abilities are sometimes not convinced of their professional behavior.

This book addresses the many ethical issues and extraordinary risks that nurses and others are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic, which creates physical, emotional, and economic burdens, affecting nurses' overall health and well-being.

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Do people of differing ethnicities, cultures, and races view medicine and bioethics differently?

Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-FictionThe shocking, never-before-told story of America's thalidomide victimsIn Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears.

An engaging way to cover ethical choices in counseling settings This guide will take readers on a wide-ranging tour of ethics covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of providing sound, ethical care.

This book is a discussion of the most timely and contentious issues in the two branches of neuroethics: the neuroscience of ethics; and the ethics of neuroscience.

'Healthcare professionals spend much of their time listening to stories of sickness related by patients and their families.

This second edition of a very successful text reflects the tremendous pace of human genetics research and the demands that it places on society to understand and absorb its basic implications.

The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990.

Since public health seeks to protect the health of populations, it inevitably confronts a range of ethical challenges having to do primarily with the friction between individual freedoms and what might be perceived as governmental paternalism.

This volume contributes to the growing debate surrounding the impact that the rising powers may or may not be having on contemporary global political and economic governance.

This book presents an important reflection on the concept and limits of the Fundamental Right to Health as opposed to a supposed "e;Right to Hope"e; in the context of the treatment of patients with advanced cancer.

In this pioneering work, Abdulaziz Sachedina - a scholar with life-long academic training in Islamic law - relates classic Muslim religious values to the new ethical challenges that arise from medical research and practice.

The Routledge Handbook of Neuroethics offers the reader an informed view of how the brain sciences are being used to approach, understand, and reinvigorate traditional philosophical questions, as well as how those questions, with the grounding influence of neuroscience, are being revisited beyond clinical and research domains.

This book is aimed at analyzing the foundations of medical ethics by considering different moral theories and their implications for judgments in clinical practice and policy-making.

Alasdair Maclean examines the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment and offers proposals for reform.

What does it mean to be a good professional?

A series of recent high-profile court cases has demonstrated the inadequacy of current laws in addressing issues relating to medical treatment decisions involving seriously ill children.

Advances in our understanding of the brain and rapid advances in the medical practice of neurology are creating questions and concerns from an ethical and legal perspective.

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Medical error often results in disability, pain, and suffering, and it is the third leading cause of death in hospitals.

First published in 2000, Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychopathy was highly topical in tackling the interface of applied philosophy and psychiatry at a time when government and clinicians were giving careful consideration to new forms of treatment for people with psychopathic disorder.

This book reveals how economic restrictions and limited healthcare resources, combined with growing care demands due to advanced technology and more care options, have to a great extent contributed to increased workloads for healthcare professionals and put them under pressure to prioritize their work.

In comparison to medicine, the professional field of public health is far less familiar.

Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced.

Das Kurzlehrbuch zur End-of-Life Care spannt einen breiten Schirm über die letzte Lebensphase und beleuchtet ethische, philosophische, psychologische, spirituelle und rechtliche Aspekte des Sterbens.

The book engages healthcare trainees in a comprehensive and probing discussion of the communication demands that confront today''s healthcare teams.

When the children of Christian Scientists die from a treatable illness, are their parents guilty of murder for withholding that treatment?

"e;Children's palliative care is an evolving specialty and as such our knowledge base cannot remain static.