Medical profession

The definitive book on ethics for chemical dependency treatment professionals.

Why is medical care in the United States so expensive?

Nearly 120,000 people are in need of healthy organs in the United States.

Between 1932 and 1972, approximately six hundred African American men in Alabama served as unwitting guinea pigs in what is now considered one of the worst examples of arrogance, racism, and duplicity in American medical research - the Tuskegee syphilis study.

Applied ethics is an essential part of practical knowledge in pluralistic and democratic societies.

The perceived value of philosophy to medical education is increasing.

Australia is increasingly recognised as a multicultural and diverse society.

Since public health seeks to protect the health of populations, it inevitably confronts a range of ethical challenges having to do primarily with the friction between individual freedoms and what might be perceived as governmental paternalism.

At present, the international community cannot be assured that the quality and, in particular the safety of tissues for transplants, is properly guaranteed in all countries and regions.

This innovative text presents a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical support for a wellness approach to counseling with current techniques for client assessment, case conceptualization, treatment planning, and intervention.

Proposes that the human embryo in vitro is in a unique ''legal stasis'' between potential person and useful research artefact.

Methodenvielfalt und Interdisziplinarität als Schlüssel zum ErfolgTherapeut*innen der Sprachtherapie-Logopädie und der Psychotherapie stellen in ihrer täglichen Arbeit fest, dass das Störungsbild des selektiven Mutismus immer noch zu wenig bekannt ist oder in seiner Bedeutung für Kinder und Eltern verkannt wird.

One of the founding fathers of bioethics describes the development of the field and his thinking on some of the crucial issues of our time.

Millions of people each year decide to participate in clinical trials--medical research studies involving an innovative treatment for a medical problem.

The "e;Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements: Development, Interpretation, and Application, 2nd Edition"e; is an essential resource for nursing classrooms, in-service training, workshops and conferences, self-study, and wherever nursing professionals use ANA's "e;Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements"e; in their daily practice.

Offering rhetorically informed strategic interventions, this innovative collection moves beyond critiques of mental health issues, problems, and care.

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?

The practice of intensive care medicine raises multiple legal and ethical issues on a daily basis, making it increasingly difficult to know who to admit and when, at what stage invasive management should be withdrawn, and who, importantly, should decide?

Struggling to understand ethics?

Success Is What You Leave Behind: Fostering Leadership and Innovation reveals the 16 proven practices that Dr.

Das deutsche Strafgesetzbuch kennt keinen Sondertatbestand der Suizidbeteiligung.

This is the first book to explore the epistemology and ethics of advanced imaging tests, in order to improve the critical understanding of the nature of knowledge they provide and the practical consequences of their utilization in healthcare.

Patientenverfügung und mutmaßlicher Wille sind zwei der wichtigsten Grundlagen für Behandlungsentscheidungen bei einwilligungsunfähigen Patienten.

'Searingly honest and important' RACHEL CLARKEHonest, intelligent and unsentimental, Patient 1 is a startling self-portrait written with wit and vulnerability, and a unique testament to the power of hope in the face of illness.

How liberal democracies in the late twentieth century have sought to resolve public concerns over charged issues in medicine and science.

According to popular belief, technical skill is far more important for surgeons than thoughtful deliberation.

Mediziner sehen sich tagtäglich mit Konflikten aus zwei Richtungen konfrontiert: zum einen dem Erwartungsdruck seitens der Patienten, die im Sinne einer "Wunschmedizin" Ärzte als Dienstleister verstehen, zum anderen dem sozialpolitisch motivierten Ökonomisierungsdruck.

Hark, Hark!

This thought-provoking book explores the connections between health, ethics, and soul.

Many books have been published about physician-assisted death.

Introduction and investigation of the concept – and utility – of legacy in the field of medical jurisprudence.

In this book, a global panel of experts considers the international implications of legalised euthanasia based on experiences from Belgium.

Joseph J.

No specialty faces more diverse and challenging ethical dilemmas than palliative medicine.

El paciente neurológico grave requiere para su manejo integral de un monitoreo estrecho y a profundidad que tiene como objetivo poder detectar de manera temprana y oportuna cualquier alteración fisiopatológica que comprometa aún más la función, la integridad y la estabilidad de un sistema nervioso central ya de por sí lesionado.

Dieses Buch ist für all diejenigen geeignet, die sich mit der zahnärztlichen Abrechnung befassen.

Childhood adversity that is severe enough to be harmful throughout life is one of the biggest public health issues of our time, yet health care systems struggle to even acknowledge the problem.

How work gets done in complex health care systems is ethically important.

This book presents ideas and guidance about human development to enhance medical education''s ability to form competent and responsible physicians.

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

The 2nd Edition of Who Owns You, David Koepsell s widely acclaimed exploration of the philosophical and legal problems of patenting human genes, is updated to reflect the most recent changes to the cultural and legal climate relating to the practice of gene patenting.

Genetics research with stored human tissues provides many benefits and holds much promise.

Disorders of Consciousness (DoCs) raise difficult and complex questions about the value of life for persons with impaired consciousness, the rights of persons unable to make medical decisions, and our social, medical, and ethical obligations to patients whose personhood has frequently been challenged and neglected.

A darkly powerful and blackly funny expos of the horrors of life as a junior doctor, from the BAFTA award-winning creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty and co-creator of the graphic novel Sleeper 'Funny, readable, galling, painful and terrifying in all the right places' GuardianInside every hospital exists a world no outsider is allowed to see: a storm of malpractice, corruption, sex, drink and drop-dead exhaustion.

It is often claimed that local churches provide a significant proportion of social care today.

There is an important gap in the philosophical literature concerning the concept of fear and its remedies, and this book has been designed to examine different concepts of fear that inform its therapy.

All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits.

This Element presents an original argument for regarding the prospect of ''love drugs'' with caution.