Medical profession

Mental health professionals face many complex questions in the course of their work with clients and patients.

Based on a non-consequentialist ethical theory, this book critically examines the prevalent view that if a fetus has the moral standing of a person, it has a right to life and abortion is impermissible.

The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine today.

Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation.

This book explores the many prospects, challenges and ethical questions that surround the engineering of our reproductive cells.

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

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.

By 2030, the world will be short of approximately 15 million health workers - a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare systems going.

By 2030, the world will be short of approximately 15 million health workers - a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare systems going.

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.

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

What is it like to live with an illness?

What is it like to live with an illness?

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.

Building on Level One, this volume of Human Factors in Healthcare continues to enhance and develop the SHEEP model, delving deeper into the challenges of leadership, conflict resolution, and decision making that healthcare professionals currently face.

Building on Level One, this volume of Human Factors in Healthcare continues to enhance and develop the SHEEP model, delving deeper into the challenges of leadership, conflict resolution, and decision making that healthcare professionals currently face.

The majority of errors, litigation, and complaints in the health service are due to 'human factors', yet the term is still not widely understood and is sometimes used interchangeably to refer to team training or communication skills.

The majority of errors, litigation, and complaints in the health service are due to 'human factors', yet the term is still not widely understood and is sometimes used interchangeably to refer to team training or communication skills.

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

Improving patient experience is a global priority for health policy-makers and care providers.

Improving patient experience is a global priority for health policy-makers and care providers.

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.

Each year, thousands of junior doctors apply for highly competitive training jobs in a variety of specialties.

This invaluable guide to the GPVTS supports trainees from the process of application, through to qualification and beyond.

Each year, thousands of junior doctors apply for highly competitive training jobs in a variety of specialties.

This invaluable guide to the GPVTS supports trainees from the process of application, through to qualification and beyond.

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.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex condition relating to a hormone imbalance of the ovaries.

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.