Medical ethics and professional conduct

Increasingly, legislators at the state and federal levels of government are forced to evaluate and act upon the unique problems presented by an aging American public.

Understand the complex ethical, legal, medical, and psychological issues of the most common form of elder abuse!

Understand the complex ethical, legal, medical, and psychological issues of the most common form of elder abuse!

The death of a patient is every therapist's worst nightmare.

The death of a patient is every therapist's worst nightmare.

Stay up-to-date on the ethical and legal issues that affect your clinical and professional decisions!

Stay up-to-date on the ethical and legal issues that affect your clinical and professional decisions!

This definitive handbook assembles the most recent advances in knowledge about dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities.

This definitive handbook assembles the most recent advances in knowledge about dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities.

This book reflects on the many contributions made in and to European bioethics to date, in various locations, and from various disciplinary perspectives.

This book reflects on the many contributions made in and to European bioethics to date, in various locations, and from various disciplinary perspectives.

Tod Chambers suggests that literary theory is a crucial component in the complete understanding of bioethics.

Tod Chambers suggests that literary theory is a crucial component in the complete understanding of bioethics.

Physician Assisted Suicide is a cross-disciplinary collection of essays from philosophers, physicians, theologians, social scientists, lawyers and economists.

Physician Assisted Suicide is a cross-disciplinary collection of essays from philosophers, physicians, theologians, social scientists, lawyers and economists.

A passionate, proactive stance on the present state of psychotherapy, The Vulnerable Therapist: Practicing Psychotherapy in an Age of Anxiety picks the brains of contemporary mental health professionals and finds a common symptom--fear.

A passionate, proactive stance on the present state of psychotherapy, The Vulnerable Therapist: Practicing Psychotherapy in an Age of Anxiety picks the brains of contemporary mental health professionals and finds a common symptom--fear.

Ethics in Hospice Care: Challenges to Hospice Values in a Changing Health Care Environment explores the pressures and challenges facing hospice and aims to produce new studies and educational materials on hospice ethics to help professionals in the field.

Ethics in Hospice Care: Challenges to Hospice Values in a Changing Health Care Environment explores the pressures and challenges facing hospice and aims to produce new studies and educational materials on hospice ethics to help professionals in the field.

Here is an excellent "e;how-to"e; guide for initiating pet-facilitated therapy programs with the elderly.

Here is an excellent "e;how-to"e; guide for initiating pet-facilitated therapy programs with the elderly.

Explains how to start a hospice, discusses issues concerning their Administration, And Considers Staff Stress, Emotional Support For mourners, ethical problems, and legal concerns.

Explains how to start a hospice, discusses issues concerning their Administration, And Considers Staff Stress, Emotional Support For mourners, ethical problems, and legal concerns.

Enter the world of organ transplantation and develop a new understanding of processes and techniques for working effectively with patients in this increasing medical population.

Enter the world of organ transplantation and develop a new understanding of processes and techniques for working effectively with patients in this increasing medical population.

Betrayal in all its forms has been and is an ever present reality in every area of life--politics, business, and human relationships to name a few.

Betrayal in all its forms has been and is an ever present reality in every area of life--politics, business, and human relationships to name a few.

Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge.

Care-giving in dementia is a new speciality with its own rapidly growing body of knowledge.

This thoughtful new book presents strategies for helping end-stage renal disease patients and their families deal with the psychosocial aspects of the chronic long-term illness.

This thoughtful new book presents strategies for helping end-stage renal disease patients and their families deal with the psychosocial aspects of the chronic long-term illness.

The idea that suicide may be an acceptable, rational option is rarely presented in professional literature.

The idea that suicide may be an acceptable, rational option is rarely presented in professional literature.

First published in 1994.

First published in 1994.

In this book, public health ethicist Daniel S.

In this book, public health ethicist Daniel S.

Questions of the social implications of biotechnology and biological exchange (the extraction of human tissues such as blood, skin and organs for testing, storage and/or distribution for therapeutic or research purposes) have recently been brought strongly to the analytical fore across the social sciences.

Questions of the social implications of biotechnology and biological exchange (the extraction of human tissues such as blood, skin and organs for testing, storage and/or distribution for therapeutic or research purposes) have recently been brought strongly to the analytical fore across the social sciences.

Unlocking Medical Law and Ethics will help you grasp the main concepts of Medical Law with ease.

Unlocking Medical Law and Ethics will help you grasp the main concepts of Medical Law with ease.

Promoting Youth Sexual Health, written for preventionists and interventionists who work with children and adolescents across home, school, or community settings, offers guidance on how to promote sexual health among youth.

Promoting Youth Sexual Health, written for preventionists and interventionists who work with children and adolescents across home, school, or community settings, offers guidance on how to promote sexual health among youth.

Posthumous reproduction refers to the procedure that enables a child to be conceived using the gametes of a dead person.

Despite sustained debate and progress the evolving thing that is evidence based nursing or practice (EBP) continues to dangle a variety of conceptual and practical loose threads.

Despite sustained debate and progress the evolving thing that is evidence based nursing or practice (EBP) continues to dangle a variety of conceptual and practical loose threads.

Recent studies into the experiences and failures of health care services, along with the rapid development of patient advocacy, consumerism and pressure groups have led historians and social scientists to engage with the issue of the medical complaint.

Recent studies into the experiences and failures of health care services, along with the rapid development of patient advocacy, consumerism and pressure groups have led historians and social scientists to engage with the issue of the medical complaint.

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