Medical profession

Interest in environmental health research conducted with community participation has increased dramatically in recent years.

Leaders from academia and industry offer guidance for professionals and general readers on ethical questions posed by modern technology.

Ashkenazi Jews have the highest known population risk of carrying specific mutations in the high-risk breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2.

This volume brings together a set of critical essays on the thought of Professor Doctor H.

A thoroughly researched, empirically-based explanation of the failures of end-of-life communication & decision-making in the United States.

Medical Professionals: Conflicts and Quandaries in Medical Practice offers a fresh approach to understanding the role-related conflicts and quandaries that pervade contemporary medical practice.

INTRODUCCIÓNLuego de casi dos décadas dedicadas a la docencia y de ver pasar por nuestras manos generaciones de residentes, observar sus diferencias, habilidades, destrezas, gustos y dudas, hemos confirmado siempre que lo importante es dejar conceptos prácticos que puedan ser aplicados a diario.

In a world where incredible medical technologies are possible does ';can do' mean ';should do'?

Science, Technology, and the Art of Medicine contains papers by eminent scholars who discuss issues and concepts regarding the character of medicine.

Crossing Over provides a unique view of patients, families, and their caregivers striving together to maintain comfort and hope in the face of incurable illness.

Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers uses insights from the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein to rethink bioethics.

This work maps the criminal process''s impact on several key issues in medicine and its arbitration of bioethics.

Justice is foundational to discussion, debate, and policy making surrounding biomedical research.

28 detailed cases explore the ethical reasoning, professional issues, and the emotional aspects of difficult consultations.

Austerity has reconfigured and scaled back the governance and delivery of public services and negatively affected society's most vulnerable groups.

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

This book is about trust and its implications for a medical theological ethics.

While it may seem that debates over euthanasia began with Jack Kervorkian, the practice of mercy killing extends back to Ancient Greece and beyond.

Research physicians face intractable dilemmas when they consider introducing new medical procedures.

This book explores the experiences and emotional expression of 30 people Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) using qualitative research methods such as "e;illness narratives,"e; and analyzes the dilemmas of "e;sicknesses of the society"e; including "e;Acquired Needs Deficiency"e; Syndrome, "e;Acquired Expectation Insufficiency"e; Syndrome, and "e;Acquired Punishment"e; Syndrome at the micro, meso and macro levels, so as to investigate higher-intensity negative emotions.

This book arms both students and professionals with the knowledge to tackle situations of moral uncertainty in clinical practice.

Simple and practical steps for health care professionals who want to start measuring the health outcomes that matter most.

What will become of our earthly remains?

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.

Providing a bridge between research in healthcare and spirituality and practitioner perspectives, these essays on chaplaincy in healthcare continue dialogue around constructing, negotiating and researching spiritual care and discuss the critical issues in chaplaincy work, including assisted suicide and care in children's hospices.

Im Gegensatz zum Idealbild des "mündigen Patienten" zeichnen sich viele Patienten gerade dadurch aus, dass sie die Fähigkeit zur Autonomieausübung vorübergehend oder dauerhaft verloren oder aber gar nicht erst erworben haben.

Religionen geben Antworten auf den Tod.

This book explores how the continental philosophical tradition in the 20th century attempted to understand madness as madness.

A bioethic of obligations and responsibilities, based on the Jewish traditionThe Jewish tradition has important perspectives, history, and wisdom that can contribute significantly to crucial contemporary healthcare deliberations.

Alltägliches Handeln ermöglichen: die Leitlinien der Ergotherapie als Instrumente für Praxis, Lehre und Wissenschaft Praxis verbessern, Versorgungsqualität steigern, Kosten sparen und Zufriedenheit der Klienten erhöhen: Die Anforderungen an die therapeutischen Gesundheitsfachberufe sind hoch.

Pediatric Psycho-Oncology is a comprehensive handbook that provides best practice models for the management of psychological, cognitive, and social outcomes of adolescents living with cancer and their families.

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

This book is for readers who wish to understand the ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic - holistically - on communities, politics, the economy, the environment, international relations, public health, and, most importantly, on their own lives and their own futures.

In the last two decades, more thanever before dentists must determine how toproperly maintaintheir focus on ethics and professionalism in the face of powerfulcommercial pressures.

This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries.

This volume addresses gaps in the existing literature of global mental health by focusing on the ethical considerations that are implicit in discussions of health policy.

Clinical dilemmas in dementia contexts are often not because the clinical facts are in doubt, but because the ethical and legal underpinnings are uncertain - which can cause worry and confusion.

Quick and easy to reference, this short, clinically focused guide is ideal for use on placements or for revision.

The culture of contemporary medicine is the object of investigation in this book; the meanings and values implicit in biomedical knowledge and practice and the social processes through which they are produced are examined through the use of specific case studies.

This volume brings together a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on a topic of central importance, but which has otherwise tended to be approached from within just one or another disciplinary framework.

There are vast ethical, legal, and social differences between natural death and euthanasia.

Healthcare simulation is the modern way to educate healthcare providers to achieve high performance and to improve patient safety.

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Experts from different disciplines offer novel ideas for improving research oversight and protection of human subjects.

Why are rainfall, carcinogens, and primary care physicians distributed unevenly over space?

In this age of increasing headlines about drug addiction and prescription drug abuse, this book is a timely revelation of how the nursing profession is also impacted by substance abuse.

Health systems need to set priorities fairly.

Concussion has become one of the most significant issues in contemporary sport.

Effective communication between doctors and patients is essential to good health care, yet patients increasingly complain of impersonal, overly technical medical treatment.