The United States is facing a worsening epidemic of physician burnout with unprecedented numbers of them leaving the workforce and practice of clinical medicine across all career stages.
This text critically examines, argues, and demonstrates how the sex-positive movement is complicit in the perpetuation of White Supremacy and anti-black bias in the field of human sexualities, offering white sexuality professionals embodied ethical antiracist strategies for sexual inclusion and transformational change.
This new book, drawing on the author's distinguished career in front-line psychiatric practice, describes how to bring patient and prescriber together in an active partnership whereby there is better understanding of the positive and negative elements of drug prescription.
In this book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) textbook series, experts in the field of clinical ethics describe basic principles of clinical ethics and ethical reasoning, the fundamental pillars of intensive care medicine as well as the decision-making processes necessary to arrive at appropriate decisions for each individual patient.
The issue of medical ethics, from thorny moral questions such as euthanasia and the morality of killing to political questions such as the fair distribution of health care resources, is rarely out of today's media.
Over 20 million people in the United States have diabetes, a metabolic disorder characterized by the body's lack of production or ineffective use of insulin, and the rate is on the rise.
This collection of stories from two practising GPs describes the reality of working within a failing and highly bureaucratic system, where there is a balancing act: regulation versus relationships; autonomy versus standard practice; algorithm versus individual attention.
This book investigates the politicization process of social dispute resolution and its unintended consequences, under the context of over 70 percent of China's public hospitals have experienced hospital violence, with patients acting violently toward medical workers to express anger, protect their rights, or monetary reasons.
Interpretando a diferentes autores y enfocándolos en el concepto de medicina asertiva — propuesta que se hace para combatir la medicina defensiva— en un esfuerzo de síntesis, se trata de mantener ante los pacientes un comportamiento asertivo, considerando que el mensaje básico de la aserción es: "esto es lo que yo pienso; esto es lo que yo siento; así es como yo veo la situación", sin afectar o degradar la otredad, en actitud siempre conciliadora y abierta a la negociación.
El ser humano en general, y el médico en particular, tratan inconscientemente de ocultar sus errores o los fracasos que tienen en la vida profesional, de tal forma que el tema sobre los eventos adversos en medicina pareciera no ser muy bien visto y en ocasiones hasta se trata de evitarlo.
Clinical research ethics consultation has emerged in the last 15 years as a service to those involved in the conduct of clinical research who face challenging issues for which more than one course of action may be justified.
Ahistory of aging in the United Statesand an innovative blueprint for revolutionizingcare for older adultsfrom Northwell Health, New York's largest health care system.
This second edition of a very successful text reflects the tremendous pace of human genetics research and the demands that it places on society to understand and absorb its basic implications.
Environmental bioethics addresses the environmental impact of the health care industry and climate change health hazards as two ethical issues which impact each other.
This ground-breaking book sets out a fresh vision for a future medical education by providing a radical reconceptualisation of the purposes of medical humanities through a lens of critical health psychology and liberatory pedagogy.
This ground-breaking book sets out a fresh vision for a future medical education by providing a radical reconceptualisation of the purposes of medical humanities through a lens of critical health psychology and liberatory pedagogy.
Elements of Moral Experience in Clinical Ethics Training and Practice: Sharing Stories with Strangers is a philosophical and professional memoir of the education, training, and professional development of becoming a clinical ethics consultant.
Medical Affairs is one of the three strategic pillars of the pharmaceutical and MedTech industries, but while clear career paths exist for Commercial and Research and Development, there is no formal training structure for Medical Affairs professionals.
This book is a reassuring guide both for novice therapists and those further along in their journey, normalizing, validating, and empathizing with the human aspects of the profession and supporting readers to feel empowered and confident managing real-life situations with real-life clients.
As one of the most massive and successful business sectors, the pharmaceutical industry is a potent force for good in the community, yet its behaviour is frequently questioned: could it serve society at large better than it has done in the recent past?
This book introduces the core knowledge and skills for comprehensive risk assessment and management in healthcare settings and applies relevant ethical and legal principles.
The increasing prominence of generative AI across various industries presents an abundance of opportunities for integration within the healthcare sector.
This book explores, through case studies, the interplay between religion, culture, government, and politics in diverse societies on questions arising in the domain of bioethics.
Put relationship-centered communication at the forefront of careToday, physicians face a hypercompetitive marketplace in which they must meet unique and complex patient needs as efficiently as possible.
