Biosecurity Dilemmas examines conflicting values and interests in the practice of biosecurity, the safeguarding of populations against infectious diseases through security policies.
This book draws a connection between ethics and research across social sciences, philosophy, medical sciences and legal sciences, and demonstrates that any research activity needs to be conducted by means of rules deriving from the field of ethics.
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.
While the American legal system has played an important role in shaping the field of bioethics, Law and Bioethics is the first book on the subject designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal background.
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.
This book provides novel perspectives on ethical justifiability of assisted dying in the revised edition of New Directions in the Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.
For more than twenty years Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics has offered scholars and students a highly accessible and teachable alternative to the dominant principle-based theories in the field.
La desnutrición es un problema de salud frecuente en los pacientes hospitalizados, con una prevalencia de alrededor de 50% en diversos hospitales del mundo, tanto de países industrializados como de países en desarrollo.
El internista es un profesional de la medicina capacitado para la atención de los adultos, con un conocimiento de tal manera equilibrado en profundidad y extensión que puede proporcionar una atención integral, resolver problemas que afecten a varios aparatos o sistemas, determinar la necesidad de la participación de otros especialistas y coordinar un equipo de salud.
La medicina interna es una especialidad médica que se dedica a la atención integral del adulto enfermo, sobre todo a los problemas clínicos de la mayoría de los pacientes que se encuentran ingresados en un hospital.
Nuestra salud en sus manos nació de la necesidad que todas las personas tenemos de contar tanto con un conocimiento básico de nuestro propio cuerpo como con una guía general que nos oriente a actuar ante la inevitable enfermedad a la que todos los seres humanos tarde o temprano nos enfrentamos.
La práctica de la proctología es vieja y hasta plena de anécdotas; sus orígenes son tan humildes que entre ellos se cuenta que los primeros proctólogos eran llamados "lavativeros", como si se tratara desde esa época de una actividad desdeñada donde pocas personas y con escasa capacidad intelectual la llevaban a cabo.
Desde finales del siglo pasado el tema de la sexualidad ha sido abordado con gran frecuencia, diversos estilos y variados propósitos en los medios de comunicación; no obstante, la gente le guarda cierto respeto porque lo mantiene encriptado o lo disfraza por medio del chiste.
El fenómeno trombótico constituye el resultado de un sinnúmero de desencadenantes comunes en la actualidad, los que, sumados a padecimientos quizá aún desconocidos por la ciencia, colocan a la enfermedad trombótica como una de las principales causas de muerte en nuestros días tanto en México como en el resto del mundo, sin respetar diferencias en desarrollo, económicas ni políticas.
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.
Health and healthcare are vitally important to all of us, and academic interest in the law regulating health has, over the last 50 years, become an important field of academic study.
Health and healthcare are vitally important to all of us, and academic interest in the law regulating health has, over the last 50 years, become an important field of academic study.
Develop a practical and comprehensive view of professional ethics In the newly updated Second Edition of Positive Ethics for Mental Health Professionals: A Proactive Approach, distinguished psychologists Drs.
Although the history of organ transplant has its roots in ancient Christian mythology, it is only in the past fifty years that body parts from a dead person have successfully been procured and transplanted into a living person.
Internationally, marginalized populations, including indigenous people, refugees fleeing both war and the effects of climate change and people-of-color, have borne a disproportionate share of serious COVID 19 illnesses and deaths.
*Highly Commended in the Popular Medicine category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*The simple sensation of touching someone's hand can have a powerful therapeutic effect.
iThis book is a treasure trove of practical suggestions for promoting reflections and feedback that is based upon sound educational theory and research.
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.
The Science and Ethics of Antipsychotic Use in Children reviews the latest findings for the safety and efficacy of the rapidly rising incidence of antipsychotic use in children and examines tensions that are created by off-label use, both in clinical psychiatric practice and research.
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.
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.
The most trusted and reader-friendly guide on how to make the right decisions when facing ethical issues in clinical practiceA Doody s Core Title for 2019!
Medical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy.
Millions of children have been born in the United States with the help of cutting-edge reproductive technologies, much to the delight of their parents.
Practical, concise, and easy to read, Medicine Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls covers essential material you'll find on USMLE and shelf exams and sharpens your clinical decision-making skills.
