Medical ethics and professional conduct

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

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

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

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

This fully-updated third edition of Jon Bailey and Mary Burch's bestselling Ethics for Behavior Analysts is an invaluable guide to understanding and implementing the newly-revised Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) Professional and Ethical Compliance Code.

This fully-updated third edition of Jon Bailey and Mary Burch's bestselling Ethics for Behavior Analysts is an invaluable guide to understanding and implementing the newly-revised Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) Professional and Ethical Compliance Code.

What does supportive oncology do that palliative care doesn't already do?

While paternalism has been a long-standing philosophical issue, it has recently received renewed attention among scholars and the general public.

While paternalism has been a long-standing philosophical issue, it has recently received renewed attention among scholars and the general public.

The panorama of bioethical problems is different today.

The panorama of bioethical problems is different today.

Vulnerability is an important concern of moral philosophy, political philosophy and many discussions in applied ethics.

Vulnerability is an important concern of moral philosophy, political philosophy and many discussions in applied ethics.

The question of how to allocate scarce medical resources has become an important public policy issue in recent decades.

The question of how to allocate scarce medical resources has become an important public policy issue in recent decades.

The nursing profession is under pressure.

The nursing profession is under pressure.

Alongside globalization, the sense of vulnerability among people and populations has increased.

Alongside globalization, the sense of vulnerability among people and populations has increased.

Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice.

All health care students must be familiar with the basic concepts of health care in the United States.

All health care students must be familiar with the basic concepts of health care in the United States.

Proponents of the concept of ecological integrity argue that it is a necessary component of global governance on which the sustainable future of the planet and its inhabitants depends.

Proponents of the concept of ecological integrity argue that it is a necessary component of global governance on which the sustainable future of the planet and its inhabitants depends.

Bringing together the crucially important topics of cultural competence and compassion for the first time, this book explores how to practise 'culturally competent compassion' in healthcare settings - that is, understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it using culturally appropriate and acceptable caring interventions.

Bringing together the crucially important topics of cultural competence and compassion for the first time, this book explores how to practise 'culturally competent compassion' in healthcare settings - that is, understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it using culturally appropriate and acceptable caring interventions.

As the use of human body parts has become increasingly commercialized, a need has arisen for new approaches to regulation that moves beyond the paradigm of altruism.

As the use of human body parts has become increasingly commercialized, a need has arisen for new approaches to regulation that moves beyond the paradigm of altruism.

This volume brings together researchers from different European countries and disciplines who are involved in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CEC).

This volume brings together researchers from different European countries and disciplines who are involved in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CEC).

Critical Interventions in the Ethics of Healthcare argues that traditional modes of bioethics are proving incommensurable with burgeoning biotechnologies and consequently, emerging subjectivities.

Critical Interventions in the Ethics of Healthcare argues that traditional modes of bioethics are proving incommensurable with burgeoning biotechnologies and consequently, emerging subjectivities.

Following the boom in population databases in recent years there has been sustained and intense international debate about political processes and legal and ethical issues surrounding the protection and use of genetic data.

Following the boom in population databases in recent years there has been sustained and intense international debate about political processes and legal and ethical issues surrounding the protection and use of genetic data.

Recent social developments, such as demographic change, skill shortages and new medical technologies, have necessitated a transition in the traditional roles of health-care professions.

Recent social developments, such as demographic change, skill shortages and new medical technologies, have necessitated a transition in the traditional roles of health-care professions.

Issues of faith and spirituality have been resurgent in the UK since the opening of the twenty-first century.

Issues of faith and spirituality have been resurgent in the UK since the opening of the twenty-first century.

Intellectual Property, Medicine and Health examines critical issues and debates, including access to knowledge and medicinal products, human rights and development, innovations in life technologies and the possibility for ethical frameworks for intellectual property law and its application in public health.

Intellectual Property, Medicine and Health examines critical issues and debates, including access to knowledge and medicinal products, human rights and development, innovations in life technologies and the possibility for ethical frameworks for intellectual property law and its application in public health.

Over the past 20 years, cognitive neuroscience has revolutionized our ability to understand the nature of human thought.

Over the past 20 years, cognitive neuroscience has revolutionized our ability to understand the nature of human thought.

As asymmetric 'wars among the people' replace state-on-state wars in modern armed conflict, the growing role of military medicine and medical technology in contemporary war fighting has brought an urgent need to critically reassess the theory and practice of military medical ethics.

As asymmetric 'wars among the people' replace state-on-state wars in modern armed conflict, the growing role of military medicine and medical technology in contemporary war fighting has brought an urgent need to critically reassess the theory and practice of military medical ethics.

Clinical trials used to be conducted overwhelmingly in the US and Europe but for a range of economic, technical and ethical reasons, the number of multicentre studies recruiting subjects in different regions of the World has grown exponentially.

Clinical trials used to be conducted overwhelmingly in the US and Europe but for a range of economic, technical and ethical reasons, the number of multicentre studies recruiting subjects in different regions of the World has grown exponentially.

Many professionals confront ethical issues concerning their proper roles and the manner in which they should carry out those roles.

Reconstructing Medical Practice examines how doctors see health care and their place in it, why they remain in medicine and why they are limited in their ability to lead change in the current system.

Reconstructing Medical Practice examines how doctors see health care and their place in it, why they remain in medicine and why they are limited in their ability to lead change in the current system.

Many professionals confront ethical issues concerning their proper roles and the manner in which they should carry out those roles.