Medical profession

Law, Palliative Care and Dying critically examines the role of the legal framework in shaping the boundaries of palliative care practice.

Celia Deane-Drummond examines ethical issues in genetics from a Christian virtue ethics perspective.

Die Knappheit an Spenderorganen ist ein großes Problem.

This title was first published in 2001.

This collection of essays examines the way psychoactive substances are described and discussed within late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literary and cultural texts.

This book examines the regulatory framework for untested and unapproved uses (off-label uses) of medicines in the EU, UK, and USA.

The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Deeply insightful.

Der neue Bestseller der beiden Erfolgsautoren Gerald Hauser und Hannes Strasser!

This thoroughly updated third edition lays a solid foundation for understanding the intersection of law, ethics and the rights of the patient in the context of everyday nursing and health care practice.

The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine today.

This book provides a robust analysis of the history of clinical ethics, the philosophical theories that support its practice, and the practical institutional criteria needed to become a practicing clinical ethicist.

Collaborative Practice in Palliative Care explores how different professions work collaboratively across professional, institutional, social, and cultural boundaries to enhance palliative care.

This book describes a novel health interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) program established at King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Die Zahl der Migranten, die als Patienten psychosoziale Einrichtungen aufsuchen, nimmt ?

The phenomenon of pain presents problems and puzzles for philosophers who want to understand its nature.

For many health care professionals and social service providers, the hardest part of the job is breaking bad news.

Text, Cases and Materials on Medical Law and Ethics presents a valuable collection of materials relating to often controversial areas of the law.

La hipertensión arterial es la principal causa de muerte en el mundo; a diferencia de otros factores de riesgo, su poder patogénico se mantiene con la edad y se potencia al coexistir otros factores de riesgo.

Proponents of the concept of ecological integrity argue that it is a necessary component of global governance on which the sustainable future of the planet and its inhabitants depends.

Pharmacists constantly face ethical choices -- sometimes dramatic matters of life-and-death decisions, but more often subtle, less conspicuous choices that are nonetheless important.

Der Seelsorger und der leitende Palliativarzt der Augsburger Hospiz- und Palliativversorgung stellen hier erstmalig ein Praxisbuch zur ambulanten Seelsorge und Spiritual Care in der spezialisierten ambulanten Palliativversorgung (SAPV) vor.

Cancer has become the scourge of the twentieth century.

A philosopher argues there is an ethical imperative to provide psychotherapy to depressed patients because the insights gained from it promote autonomy.

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.

From the tone of the report by the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Re- search, one might conclude that the whole-brain-oriented definition of death is now firmly established as an enduring element of public policy.

Mason explores aspects of pregnancy which involve medico-legal intervention, including unwanted or undesired pregnancies.

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In a rapidly-changing healthcare industry, the American College of Physician Executives affirms: "e;These days, it isn't enough to be a good doctor.

This book presents principal controversies over the determination of death by neurologic criteria ("e;brain death"e;).

Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-FictionThe shocking, never-before-told story of America's thalidomide victimsIn Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears.

Bodies and body parts of the dead have long been considered valuable material for use in medical science.

«Wie die bisherige leidvolle geschichtliche Erfahrung zeigt, können humanes Entscheiden und Handeln nur im Horizont der Menschenwürde und der Menschenrechte erreicht werden.

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

This handbook provides an up-to-date reference point for ethnography in healthcare research.

The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of "e;meaning"e; in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antidepressant treatment in this population.

Life Before Birth provides a coherent framework for addressing bioethical issues in which the moral status of embryos and fetuses is relevant.

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Discover the profound significance of storytelling and narrative in the medical field with, "e;Every Story Counts: Exploring Contemporary Practice Through Narrative Medicine,"e; by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA, CPE.

This is a lucid, readable discussion of ethical questions in health care as they arise on the business or organizational level: an effort to spell out an ethical perspective for healthcare organizations.

Currently, humans lack the cognitive and moral capacities to prevent the widespread suffering associated with collective risks, like pandemics, climate change, or even asteroids.

The landscape of the religion and health literature is littered with a plethora of models so large and so unwieldy that they are impossible to estimate empirically.

The meaning and application of the principle of beneficence to issues in health care is rarely clear or certain.

This book looks at the integration of blockchain technology in healthcare settings, focusing on its potential to address security and privacy concerns of medical applications.

We think we know what healers do: they build on patients irrational beliefs and treat them in a symbolic way.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic relationship between digital technology and healthcare delivery, emphasising sustainable innovation in health services.

Increasingly digital technologies are used in healthcare.