Medical ethics and professional conduct

In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight - she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type.

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

Being a patient is a unique interpersonal experience but it is also a universal human experience.

Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience relates the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species and to extend the commercial reach of synthetic biology or "e;extreme genetic engineering.

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

Genetics and Gene Therapy shows the wide range of the debate and the very real significance that genetics and its associated developments have for human beings, individually and collectively.

Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure biological science and explanation for rare disorders to a field that is profoundly altering health care for everyone.

Der vorliegende Band enthält eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen zum Thema Leihmutterschaft aus Blickrichtungen verschiedener Disziplinen, die allesamt jeweils an den aktuellen Forschungsstand anknüpfen.

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.

This book provides an up-to-date description of cross-cultural aspects of end-of-life decision-making.

The Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe: PRIVIREAL series focuses on the 'Privacy in Research Ethics and Law' EC-funded project examining the implementation of Directive 95/46/EC on data protection in relation to medical research and the role of ethics committees in European countries.

While it may seem that debates over euthanasia began with Jack Kervorkian, the practice of mercy killing extends back to Ancient Greece and beyond.

The Psychology of Eating is the essential multidisciplinary introduction to the psychology of eating, looking at the biological, genetic, developmental, and social determinants of how humans find and assimilate food.

This comprehensive resource book, the key text for the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Programme, supports and enables all primary health professionals, and all those involved in palliative care, to make improvements in care provided for their patients, as recommended in the NICE guidance on Supportive and Palliative Care.

Health and social care decisions, and how they impact a family, are often viewed from the perspective of the individual family member making them--for example, the role of the parent in surrogacy questions, the care of the elderly, or decisionis that involve fetuses or organ donations.

Religious institutions shaped the ways individuals, communities and societies responded to HIV and AIDS since the 1980s.

Robert Veatch is one of the founding fathers of contemporary bioethics.

Many spiritual caregivers, including chaplains, spiritual directors and clergy, are unaware of how they can support people with chronic health conditions.

This book explores how person-centred health care could be refined to help persons alleviate pain-related distress and construct pain as a potentially positive experience.

We face an emerging range of technologies that can be applied to our human natures with the goal of enhancing us.

Is the legal protection that is given to the expression of Abrahamic religious belief adequate or appropriate in the context of English medical law?

Published in 1998, this book addresses the moral, social and political problems emerging from the practice of healing and caring, biomedical research and the provision of health care services.

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

Concussion has become one of the most significant issues in contemporary sport.

Clinicians spend their working lives making decisions.

The study of medical history is interesting in itself and may help to modify the view sometimes expressed that medical students and doctors are lacking in culture of any sort.

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

The ethics of creating -- or declining to create -- human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on "e;self-creation"e;; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations.

Now more than ever, doctors are being targeted by government prosecutors and whistleblowers challenging the legality of their relationships with drug and device companies.

Healthcare chaplains working as part of interdisciplinary teams are frequently involved in contributing to discussions on all aspects of patients' wellbeing.

One of the most widespread words in medicine is placebo and placebo effect, although it is not always clear what it means exactly.

Big Pharma and health agencies cry, ';Don't take ivermectin!

As one of the 'learned' professions requiring advanced learning and high principles, law enjoys a special standing in society.

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

This Element is a foundational survey of the field of pathographies of mental illness, exploring classic texts in the field.

"e;Carefully reasoned, clearly articulated, and pulls no punches.

This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries.

This accessible co-produced textbook presents essential knowledge, skills, and values relevant to all undergraduate student nurses up to Master's level.

Au quotidien, les professionnels de la santé ont à convaincre différentes personnes ou communautés – qu’il s’agisse de patients, de collègues, de supérieurs ou de partenaires – de la pertinence de leurs points de vue.

Person-centred health care is increasingly endorsed as a key element of high-quality care, yet, in practice, it often means patient-centred health care.

This book analyses the concept of disease, as defined in the context of evolutionary medicine.

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

In the immediate aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, the local parish church became a focal point of the relief effort, and a gathering place for a traumatised community.

Holistic models of cancer and palliative care frequently refer to spirituality as an important element.

Series Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman As the population in western cultures ages, more people suffer chronic, ultimately life-limiting diseases and medical professionals need to be equipped to cope with the ever growing pressure of palliative care.

In 12 Rules for Christian Activists, Ellen Louden and a host of contributors present 12 accessible and practical principles to encourage a new generation to create a movement for positive social change.

Food products with genetically modified (GM) ingredients are common, yet many consumers are unaware of this.

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

Speaking for the Dead is an incisive examination of the highly topical and often controversial issues surrounding the use of human cadavers in scientific research.