Medical ethics and professional conduct

This book explains what inalienable rights are and how they restrict the behavior of their possessors.

Margaret Pabst Battin has established a reputation as one of the top philosophers working in bioethics today.

The concept of altruism, or disinterested concern for another's welfare, has been discussed by everyone from theologians to psychologists to biologists.

This is a comprehensive resource of original essays by leading thinkers exploring the newly emerging inter-disciplinary field of the philosophy of psychiatry.

When Ivan Illich published Medical Nemesis in 1975, he offered a withering critique of the medical profession and the medical model.

When Ivan Illich published Medical Nemesis in 1975, he offered a withering critique of the medical profession and the medical model.

Ethical issues inherent in psychiatric research and clinical practice are invariably complex and multi-faceted.

Ethical issues inherent in psychiatric research and clinical practice are invariably complex and multi-faceted.

This book explores the phenomenon of suicide tourism.

This book explores the phenomenon of suicide tourism.

Research participants who have cognitive disabilities and differences may be considered a vulnerable population.

Research participants who have cognitive disabilities and differences may be considered a vulnerable population.

This sixth edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine takes us now into the third decade for this definitive award-winning textbook.

This sixth edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine takes us now into the third decade for this definitive award-winning textbook.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries.

In this masterful book, Julian Hughes makes a convincing case that many acts in clinical and care practice are ethical matters.

Caring for terminally ill patients and their families is challenging.

Caring for terminally ill patients and their families is challenging.

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

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

With advances in personalised medicine, the field of medical law is being challenged and transformed.

With advances in personalised medicine, the field of medical law is being challenged and transformed.

It is only in the past 20 years that the concept of 'recovery' from mental health has been more widely considered and researched.

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Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, have more stamina, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives.

In ancient Rome parents would consult the priestess Carmentis shortly after birth to obtain prophecies of the future of their newborn infant.

Grief is a very individual experience and it can impact all aspects of a person's life.

Grief is a very individual experience and it can impact all aspects of a person's life.

Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement provides guidance to renal and palliative care professionals dealing with patients with advanced kidney disease, who are approaching end of life.

Unfit for the Future argues that the future of our species depends on our urgently finding ways to bring about radical enhancement of the moral aspects of our own human nature.

Autonomy is a fundamental though contested concept.

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

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

Ageing populations mean that palliative and end of life care for older people must assume greater priority.

Medical care and biomedical research are rapidly becoming global.

This is a new health economics textbook with a difference.

Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

What shapes our sexuality?

A book for nurses, doctors and all who provide end of life care, this essential volume guides readers through the ethical complexities of such care, including current policy initiatives, and encourages debate and discussion on their controversial aspects.

The Oxford Specialist Handbooks series provides readers with clear, concise information on all that is needed to successfully train in the medical sub-specialties.

Teamwork is a complex but essential component of palliative care.

Despite the fact that most palliative care educators are involved in teaching, there is little literature devoted to education specifically within palliative care.

Medical care and biomedical research are rapidly becoming global.

To what extent should we use technology to try to make better human beings?

The field of medical education and training has undergone dramatic changes within the past few years, and continues to evolve.

Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

What shapes our sexuality?

Progress in genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have.

In the last fifty years, average overall health status has increased more or less in parallel with a much celebrated decline in mortality, attributed mostly to poverty reduction, sanitation, nutrition, housing, immunization, and improved medical care.