Medical ethics and professional conduct

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.

Mental health laws surrounding psychiatric treatment under coercion have remained largely unchanged since the eighteenth century.

Today s medicines are regulated for their efficacy and safety and, once approved, they can be marketed for certain uses as justified by the data.

The world's leading source of evidence-based guidance on caring for patients at the end of life.

Today more people travel to Hungary for dental care than to any other country in Europe.

Is it ethical for psychiatrists to call a president a narcissist?

The author of this book is a psychiatrist, and the survivor of sexual and emotional abuse by the psychiatrist who was her therapist.

Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values to the practice of clinical medicine and in scientific research.

Spiritual sickness troubles American medicine.

The quality of cancer and palliative care is going through unprecedented change and development as a result of policy initiatives.

Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People A crucially important text, which brings together many different philosophical aspects and ethical issues in children s nursing practice.

Prior to and during the Second World War, the Japanese Army established programs of biological warfare throughout China and elsewhere.

An intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of our lives.

Since the first "e;test tube baby"e; was born over 40 years ago, In Vitro Fertilization and other Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) have advanced in extraordinary ways, producing millions of babies.

An exploration of moral stress, distress, and injuries inherent in modern society through the maps that pervade academic and public communications worlds.

An argument against the “lifeboat ethic” of contemporary bioethics that views medicine as a commodity rather than a tradition of care and caring.

Prado addresses the question of whether it is rational to end one''s life in order to escape devastating terminal illness.

This book questions the notions of person, personality, dignity, and other connected notions such as (informed) consent, and discusses new perspectives on categories that allow ethical debates in medicine to overcome morals and ordinary religious schemes.

If you are looking for an accessible introduction to the essential concepts that define the field of professional ethics, then this is the book for you.

This is the only handbook for hospice and palliative care professionals looking to enhance their care delivery or their programs with LGBTQ-inclusive care.

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Presuming readers start with no background in philosophy, this enhanced introduction to bioethics first provides balanced, philosophically based coverage of moral reasoning, moral theories, and the law.

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue.

Environmental bioethics addresses the environmental impact of the health care industry and climate change health hazards as two ethical issues which impact each other.

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is one of the largest-scale research collaborations in global health, distilling a wide range of health information to provide estimates and projections for more than 350 diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 195 countries.

This volume reviews the state of the art in caring for patients dying in the ICU, focusing on both clinical aspects of managing pain and other symptoms, as well as ethical and societal issues that affect the standards of care received.

In this book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) textbook series, experts in the field of clinical ethics describe basic principles of clinical ethics and ethical reasoning, the fundamental pillars of intensive care medicine as well as the decision-making processes necessary to arrive at appropriate decisions for each individual patient.

Medical confidentiality has long been recognised as a core element of medical ethics, but its boundaries are under constant negotiation.

Are pregnant women entitled to the same rights of self-determination and bodily integrity as other adults?

The emergence of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) presents an object lesson in the dangers that lie at the intersection of science and criminal law.

How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands?

Originally published in 1979, The Care of the Sick is a detailed and comprehensive exploration of the emergence of modern nursing.

This book contrasts earlier textbooks on "e;evidence-based practices.

In "e;A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying"e; Jan Swanson and Alan Cooper, a physician and a clinical psychologist with many years of experience, offer insights to help medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, and others become more aware of the different stages in the dying process and learn how to communicate more effectively with patients and their families.

Thousands of people from more than eighty countries have traveled to China since 2001 to undergo fetal cell transplantation.

Palliative care is an essential element of our health care system and is becoming increasingly significant amidst an aging society and organizations struggling to provide both compassionate and cost-effective care.

This practical book is written specifically for junior doctors by a team of highly experienced authors, as an introductory guide to clinical research.

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Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

Autonomy is a fundamental though contested concept.

A portable and imaginative aid to moral decision-making for students in all disciplines from social sciences to engineering.

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

It seems like every day society faces a new ethical challenge raised by a scientific innovation.

What responsibilities, if any, do we have towards our genetic offspring, before or after birth and perhaps even before creation, merely by virtue of the genetic link?

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.

At the onset of Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity, Leon Kass gives us a status report on where we stand today: Human nature itself lies on the operating table, ready for alteration, for eugenic and psychic enhancement, for wholesale redesign.

A survey of the medical, ethical and legal issues that surround this controversial topic.

Clinically focused compilation of expert opinion and international perspectives from leaders in anesthesiology, building on real-life case-based problems.

This collection of cases and commentaries highlights ethical dilemmas arising during high-tech hospital care of seriously ill children.