Medical profession

First published in 1997, this title is a sequel to Dr Noel Curran's first book The Logical Universe: The Real Universe (published by Ashgate under the Avebury imprint, 1994).

Asks whether personalised medicine is superior to ''one-size-fits-all'' treatment.

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This book explores the Care Trust concept promoted by central government for improving partnership working between health and social care.

Intended for students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia covers the history of human medical experimentation, for better and worse, from the time of Hippocrates to the present.

Dying and Death in Canada provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying, death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective.

The #1 guide to behavioral issues in medicineThorough, practical discussion of the full scope of the physician-patient relationshipThe goal of Behavioral Medicine is to help practitioners and students understand the interplay between psychological, physical, social and cultural issues of patients.

This book is an essential text for practitioners of clinical forensic medicine and for those who take them through judicial proceedings.

Patients today are more empowered and knowledgeable than they have ever been.

Originally published in 1979, The Care of the Sick is a detailed and comprehensive exploration of the emergence of modern nursing.

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

The 14 chapters in Ethics at the End of Life: New Issues and Arguments, all published here for the first time, focus on recent thinking in this important area, helping initiate issues and lines of argument that have not been explored previously.

Over the past decades, reflection has taken centre stage in nursing education but it is easy to get stuck in a superficial cycle of storytelling and self-examination, without getting any further insights into your own practice and abilities.

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

Torture doctors invent and oversee techniques to inflict pain and suffering without leaving scars.

Justice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field.

Pandemic Voices sheds light on previously unheard or overlooked international perspectives of patients and health care and community services workers through unprecedented access to some of the most challenging moments of the COVID-19 pandemic: the innovations, the stories of lives saved, those of lives lost, and the prices paid.

The book is written for use by health care workers involved in the primary eye care of leprosy patients, particularly in leprosy endemic areas.

In 2004, the Assisted Human Reproduction Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada.

In Let Me Heal, prize-winning author Kenneth M.

This book analyses and discusses from a philosophical perspective the concepts of health, well-being and quality of life in contemporary biomedical research.

The growing geriatric population in the United States has created an increasing need for palliative medicine services across the range of medical and surgical specialties.

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

La endoscopia, definida con los criterios actuales, se inicia en 1865 con la publicación del trabajo de Antonín J.

Teamwork is a complex but essential component of palliative care.

Drawing on his own experience, and on literature, philosophy, and medicine, Daniel Callahan offers great insight into how to deal with the rewards of modern medicine without upsetting our perception of death.

Theologians and theologically educated participants in discussions of bioethics have been placed on the defensive during recent years.

This comprehensive book brings together reflections, lessons and insights relating to the post Covid-19 era in Zimbabwe.

A call to reform Catholic health care ethics, inspired by the teachings of Pope FrancisSince its first edition in 1948, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERD) has guided Catholic institutions in the provision of health care that reflects both the healing ministry of Jesus and the Churchs understanding of human dignity.

On the part of the patient, healthcare demands unconditional trust in the professional.

'Has the power to change the way you look at the world' Steven Bartlett'The heir to Oliver Sacks' David BaddielA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2024AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTHGluttony.

Fredrik Svenaeus' book is a delight to read.

Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility explores the role of democratically oriented argument in promoting public understanding and discussion of the benefits and burdens of biotechnological progress.

Pain research is still dominated by biomedical perspectives and the need to articulate pain in ways other than those offered by evidence based medical models is pressing.

Effective Supervisory Relationships: Best Evidence and Practice is the first book to explore in detail the Supervisory Relationship, which research has consistently found to be the most critical component of any supervisory process.

Bringing together an international range of case studies and interviews with individuals who have had genital re/construction, Body, Migration, Re/constructive Surgeries explores the socio-cultural meanings of clitoral re/construction following female genital cutting (FGC), hymen reconstruction, trans and intersex bodily interventions; and cosmetic surgery.

Students and professional nurses at any level of clinical practice will find this book to be a vital resource on the basic legal concepts and principles of malpractice, liability, and risk management, and their implications for the profession.

This book proposes ways to use the notion of solidarity fruitfully so as to inform policy and practice in biomedicine.

Advances in genetics and related biotechnologies are having a profound effect on sport, raising important ethical questions about the limits and possibilities of the human body.

Regulating the End of Life: Death Rights is a collection of cutting-edge chapters on assisted dying and euthanasia, written by leading authors in the field.

Este manual ofrece una introducción a la ética en la práctica profesional de la psicología que sirva de base para los estudiantes, aunque también para el público general interesado.

Knowledge of the genetic basis of human diseases is growing rapidly, with important implications for pre-conceptional, prenatal, and predictive testing.

Can the ethical mission of health care survive among organizations competing for survival in the marketplace?

Für die Bereiche Kommunikation (mit Patienten, Angehörigen, Kollegen oder in interprofessionellen Settings), Ethik, Psychologie sowie für das Training von körperlichen Untersuchungen sind professionelle Simulationspatienten für die Lehre und für das Assessment bzw.

The Textbook of Palliative Care Communication is the authoritative text on communication in palliative care, providing a compilation of international and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Privacy is an unwieldy concept that has eluded an essentialised definition despite its centrality and importance in the body of bioethics.