Medical ethics and professional conduct

Nell M.

Behind heart disease and cancer, medical error is now listed as one of the leading causes of death.

Behind heart disease and cancer, medical error is now listed as one of the leading causes of death.

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.

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.

Most of us desire to be moral people, but too often we struggle to translate philosophical concepts about morality and ethics to everyday life.

Most of us desire to be moral people, but too often we struggle to translate philosophical concepts about morality and ethics to everyday life.

In the 21st century, people in the developed world are living longer.

In the 21st century, people in the developed world are living longer.

Part of the "e;What Do I Do Now?

Part of the "e;What Do I Do Now?

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

Diagnosis is a practically-oriented guide to the complex reasoning, observations, and judgment that health professionals draw on to make a clinical diagnosis.

Diagnosis is a practically-oriented guide to the complex reasoning, observations, and judgment that health professionals draw on to make a clinical diagnosis.

A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waitingThere are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as healthcare--and few issues more politically vexing.

A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waitingThere are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as healthcare--and few issues more politically vexing.

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.

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.

Numerous issues confront women's healthcare today, among them the medicalization of women's bodies, cosmetic genital surgery, violence against women, HIV, perinatal mental health disorders.

The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement provides readers with a philosophically rich and scientifically grounded analysis of human enhancement and its ethical implications.

The Rebirth of the Clinic begins with a bold assertion: the doctor-patient relationship is sick.

Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology.

The field of bioethics was deeply influenced by religious thinkers as it emerged in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 byChoice!

This edited volume aims to better understand the multifaceted phenomenon we call health.

Why health care reform must tackle the escalating cost of medical technologyTechnological innovation is deeply woven into the fabric of American culture, and is no less a basic feature of American health care.

Are you involved in caring for people at the end of their life?

The Science and Ethics of Antipsychotic Use in Children reviews the latest findings for the safety and efficacy of the rapidly rising incidence of antipsychotic use in children and examines tensions that are created by off-label use, both in clinical psychiatric practice and research.

How does a patient with sensory disability - such as a hearing or vision impairment, or both - get effective communication from a health care provider?

Once rarely discussed in medical circles, the relationship between spirituality and health has become an important topic in health care.

Health Care Ethics is a comprehensive study of significant issues affecting health care and the ethics of health care from the perspective of Catholic theology.

Born in Britain in 1960, James Orbinski's family moved to Canada when he was seven years old.

For more than twenty years Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics has offered scholars and students a highly accessible and teachable alternative to the dominant principle-based theories in the field.

Heated debates are not unusual when confronting tough medical issues where it seems that moral and religious perspectives often erupt in conflict with philosophical or political positions.

According to a recent Institute of Medicine report, as many as 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical errora figure higher than deaths from automobile accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS.

The field of bioethics was deeply influenced by religious thinkers as it emerged in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Modern psychological and political theory meet head-on in this powerful re-evaluation of America's contradictory and sometimes dangerous addiction to individualism.

As prenatal tests proliferate, the medical and broader communities perceive that such testing is a logical extension of good prenatal careit helps parents have healthy babies.

Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology.

Estos resúmenes de citas conforman un hermoso testimonio de los alumnos y las alumnas de primer año de Medicina, que refleja la visión que ellos tienen de su futura profesión, dan cuenta de una perspectiva humanista, integral, de análisis crítico de la situación actual de salud y de gran entusiasmo en contribuir a un sistema de salud más justo.

What happens when two intelligent American college students with different attitudes about guns launch into a careful exploration of the ethics of gun policy?

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This book exposes significant threats to research integrity and identifies policies and practices that can reverse these trends.

This book exposes significant threats to research integrity and identifies policies and practices that can reverse these trends.

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

The Nazi Viewpoint on the Position and Responsibilities of the Physician in the German National Socialist Society.

This textbook examines the ways in which arguments may be used and abused in medicine and health.

Explores the forces determining the trajectory of medical progress, bringing together scientific policy, economics, sociology and innovation.