Medical ethics and professional conduct

Now in its fourth edition, Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research boasts an impressive list of contributors from around the globe and introduces a new focus for the book, transforming it from a series of monographs into a publication that will quickly become an essential textbook on all areas of research fraud and misconduct.

Ethical dilemmas are more common in assisted reproduction than in any other area of medicine.

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One of the paradoxes about psychiatry is that we have never known more about and better treated mental disorders, yet there exists so much unease about the practice of mental healthcare.

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One of the paradoxes about psychiatry is that we have never known more about and better treated mental disorders, yet there exists so much unease about the practice of mental healthcare.

The Basics of Bioethics, Fourth Edition offers an easy-to-follow introduction to this dynamic field, intended for healthcare professionals, teachers, students, and anyone interested in bioethics.

The Basics of Bioethics, Fourth Edition offers an easy-to-follow introduction to this dynamic field, intended for healthcare professionals, teachers, students, and anyone interested in bioethics.

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

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

This book is for readers who wish to understand the ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic - holistically - on communities, politics, the economy, the environment, international relations, public health, and, most importantly, on their own lives and their own futures.

Mental health nurses need to work within the law to ensure good, legal care for their patients, while at the same time being guided by appropriate values.

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

The COVID-19 pandemic, whose consequences will be felt in the long term, can be interpreted as a signal that we have been living in a pandemic age.

In 1841 the American sailing ship William Brown struck an iceberg.

None of the literature in the field of terminal care provides a full treatment of the laws, documents, and policies relating to the difficult issues arising at the end of life.

The possibility of treating patients with organ replacement therapy has created a new frontier in medical care.

Students and professional nurses at any level of clinical practice will find this book to be a vital resource on the basic legal concepts and principles of malpractice, liability, and risk management, and their implications for the profession.

Today, most people use prescription medications.

From the medical use of marijuana to organ donations to animal testing, the medical profession is rife with controversial issues.

Que se cache-t-il reellement derriere les murs des EHPAD ?

As a critical examination of the pervasive tension existing between defensive medicine and good, ethical patient care, this book investigates the impact of legalities on medical treatment.

Noted economist Douglas Vickers reexamines the relationship between economics and moral philosophy.

Autonomy is a vital principle in medical law and ethics.

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?

Transnational surrogacy the creation of babies across borders has become big business.

Diane Blood first hit the headlines in 1996 when she went to court to fight for the right to use her late husband's sperm to try for the child they had planned together before his sudden death from meningitis.

In questions of psychiatric ethics, simple "e;yes"e; or "e;no"e; answers are rare, yet questions arise frequently in the clinical setting.

Here is the first practical guide for dealing with the moral issues that regularly confront clinicians in their work.

Professional negligence cases are a minefield and clinical negligence cases are no exception.

Professional negligence cases are a minefield and clinical negligence cases are no exception.

'I read the first chapters at such a pace that I almost had to remind myself to breathe.

In The HighPurpose Company, corporate strategist and researcher Christine Arena shows that some extraordinary companies are driven by purpose, whereas others simply pretend to be.

Natural Health Sciences: A Comprehensive Guide serves as a valuable resource for both healthcare practitioners and business professionals, supporting ongoing professional development by bridging the gap between proponents of traditional or natural health systems and those who follow scientific or medical perspectives.

When someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, he or she is taking the first step on a challenging and confusing journey.

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

For more than a century, the American medical profession insisted that doctors be rigorously trained in medical science and dedicated to professional ethics.

She is his doctor.

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Because medicine can preserve life, restore health and maintain the body's functions, it is widely acknowledged as a basic good that just societies should provide for their members.

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to definition of torture by bringing together behavioral science and international law perspectives on torture.

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to definition of torture by bringing together behavioral science and international law perspectives on torture.

Alzheimer's is swiftly on the rise: it is estimated that every 67 seconds, someone develops the disease.

Alzheimer's is swiftly on the rise: it is estimated that every 67 seconds, someone develops the disease.

Advances in medical treatment now enable physicians to prolong life to a previously unknown extent, however in many instances these new techniques mean not the saving of life but prolonging the act of dying.

When bioethicists debate the use of technologies like surgery and pharmacology to shape our selves, they are, ultimately, debating what it means for human beings to flourish.

When bioethicists debate the use of technologies like surgery and pharmacology to shape our selves, they are, ultimately, debating what it means for human beings to flourish.

More people than ever are using alternative medicine.