Medical ethics and professional conduct

Examines the ethical, legal, and regulatory challenges presented as genomics become commonplace, easily available consumer products.

Addresses the vexed question of how and why reform of end-of-life law occurs, drawing on ten international case studies.

A thoroughly researched, empirically-based explanation of the failures of end-of-life communication & decision-making in the United States.

A thoroughly researched, empirically-based explanation of the failures of end-of-life communication & decision-making in the United States.

Addresses the vexed question of how and why reform of end-of-life law occurs, drawing on ten international case studies.

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

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

A comprehensive, practical guide to professional ethics in obstetrics and gynecology for those with or without training in medical ethics.

Examines trust, its definition, value, and decline from the perspective of a physician and a medical ethicist.

Examines trust, its definition, value, and decline from the perspective of a physician and a medical ethicist.

An extensive introduction to patient-centeredness in critical care through case-based examples of shared decision making.

Examines the pharmaceutical industry to expose how higher-priced drugs receive favorable treatment and patients are channeled toward the most expensive medicines.

Biography of the Abortion Act, exploring how it was shaped by and shaped a changing UK.

A unique, documented case against the legalisation of ''assisted dying'', based mainly on empirical and logical ''slippery slope'' concerns.

Explains the ethical imperative to take seriously the potential impacts on our identities of encountering bioinformation about ourselves.

Asks whether personalised medicine is superior to ''one-size-fits-all'' treatment.

This book provides a clear pathway through the common yet complex legal dilemmas frequently encountered in emergency medical practice.

Examines emerging assisted reproductive technologies that will revolutionise the future of human reproduction and their regulation.

Examines how the framing of disability has serious implications for legal, medical, and policy treatments of disability.

Examines the pharmaceutical industry to expose how higher-priced drugs receive favorable treatment and patients are channeled toward the most expensive medicines.

The definitive reference guide to designing scientifically sound and ethically robust medical research, considering legal, ethical and practical issues.

A comprehensive introduction and practical framework to bioethics, for all who are involved in the management of neurosurgical patients.

Rewriting Nature is a cogent, riveting interdisciplinary exploration of the law, science, and policy of emerging genome-editing technology.

Provides a thematically integrated analysis and discussion of neuroethical questions about memory capacity, content, and interventions.

Provides a thematically integrated analysis and discussion of neuroethical questions about memory capacity, content, and interventions.

Offers theoretical and practical guidance for addressing global health, and a deeper understanding of the challenges humanity faces.

Presents the first comprehensive study of Indigenous perspectives on genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and access and benefit sharing in Canada.

This updated paperback edition contains all the very latest on the dramatic story of Crispr and the potential impact of this gene-editing technology.

A practical guide to reform of the regulatory environment for access to government held data for research.

Rewriting Nature is a cogent, riveting interdisciplinary exploration of the law, science, and policy of emerging genome-editing technology.

Analyses the limitations of respect for autonomy and consent in human research ethics and explores alternative ethical approaches.

Analyses the limitations of respect for autonomy and consent in human research ethics and explores alternative ethical approaches.

This book provides a clear pathway through the common yet complex legal dilemmas frequently encountered in emergency medical practice.

Explains the ethical imperative to take seriously the potential impacts on our identities of encountering bioinformation about ourselves.

Examines the impact of increased transparency on the legal, medical, and business structures of the American health care system.

An extensive introduction to patient-centeredness in critical care through case-based examples of shared decision making.

Asks whether personalised medicine is superior to ''one-size-fits-all'' treatment.

A unique, documented case against the legalisation of ''assisted dying'', based mainly on empirical and logical ''slippery slope'' concerns.

The definitive reference guide to designing scientifically sound and ethically robust medical research, considering legal, ethical and practical issues.

Examines the impact of increased transparency on the legal, medical, and business structures of the American health care system.

Leaders from academia and industry offer guidance for professionals and general readers on ethical questions posed by modern technology.

How should the law deal with the challenges of advancing biotechnology?

Presents the first comprehensive study of Indigenous perspectives on genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and access and benefit sharing in Canada.

A collection of studies in bioethics and society that goes beyond conventional medical ethics and suggests political, socio-legal, and empirical analysis.

This book presents a new view on the concept of solidarity and explains how it complements justice in health and social care.

This book presents a new view on the concept of solidarity and explains how it complements justice in health and social care.

An interdisciplinary in-depth analysis of the ethical issues raised by using animals in research and the related regulatory issues.

An interdisciplinary in-depth analysis of the ethical issues raised by using animals in research and the related regulatory issues.

Duties to Care is the first empirically grounded, conceptually nuanced, socio-legal examination of caring for a person with dementia.

Duties to Care is the first empirically grounded, conceptually nuanced, socio-legal examination of caring for a person with dementia.