La nefrologia constituye una parte importante del quehacer del internista, quien suele participar en el estudio y el manejo de las enfermedades del rinon, organo que ademas de presentar enfermedades propias suele ser blanco de la historia natural de enfermedades cronicas que lo danan, provocan perdida de las nefronas y deterioro de la funcion renal.
La segunda edición de Anestesia en el cardiópata se escribió para actualizar y mejorar el cuidado perioperatorio de los pacientes con patología cardiaca que son sometidos a cirugía no cardiaca.
This comprehensive and much-needed resource helps health care ethicists to meet the demand of challenges such as managed care, medical technology, and patient activism.
In DOCTOR, DOCTOR, Dr Rosemary writes with warmth, humour and honesty as she recalls the stories of 20 of her most memorable patients from her 25 years working as a GP in south London.
Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention.
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.
El médico intensivista siempre ha tenido la preocupación de tratar de actuar de la mejor manera para con su paciente, ya sea en el aspecto técnico médico o en lo referente a los aspectos éticos y morales de la atención médica del enfermo grave; sin embargo, ante la avalancha de avances tecnológicos y de información médica, que se han acompañado de mayor sofisticación en la atención médica, también ha venido de la mano la despersonalización de la atención, en ocasiones brindando una atención médica un tanto deshumanizada y también carente de los valores éticos que debe tener el médico, por lo que en este milenio se ha recobrado con gran fuerza el intento de atender estos aspectos de la medicina que se han perdido por la sofisticación de la medicina aunada a una pobre formación ética durante la carrera de medicina y durante la especialización.
With implications that go to the core of what it means to be human, the issues raised by genetic manipulation-especially cloning-have sparked a passionate debate among governmental, religious, and scientific quarters, as well as the media and the general public.
A practical, insightful guide to the moral and ethical standards of healthcare Succeeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription.
A practical, insightful guide to the moral and ethical standards of healthcare Succeeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription.
A Companion to Genethics is the first substantial study of the multifaceted dimensions of the genetic revolution and its philosophical, ethical, social and political significance.
The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics is a guide to the complex literature written on the increasingly dense topic of ethics in relation to the new technologies of medicine.
EDUCATING PHYSICIANS The current blueprint for medical education in North America was drawn up in 1910 by Abraham Flexner in his report Medical Education in the United States and Canada.
EDUCATING PHYSICIANS The current blueprint for medical education in North America was drawn up in 1910 by Abraham Flexner in his report Medical Education in the United States and Canada.
As part of a continuing effort to tackle issues of major social concern, this 280th conference of internationally recognized experts from the fields of molecular biology, medicine, philosophy, theology, and the law looks into the scientific, legal, ethical, social, and economic issues confronting man and his ability to map and sequence the human genome.
Now fully revised and in a second edition, The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals suggests solutions to the simple and complex ethical questions mental health professionals must deal with on a daily basis.
With contributions from: Eric Blyth, Ken Daniels, Julia Feast, Robert Lee, Nina Martin, Alexina McWhinnie, Derek Morgan, Clare Murray, Sharon Pettle, Claire Potter, Jim Richards and Francoise Shenfield The separation of procreation from conception has broadened notions of parenthood and created novel dilemmas.
'One of the most impressive accounts of madness to be found in literature' ANITA BROOKNER'Lyrical, touching and deeply entertaining' JOHN MORTIMER, OBSERVER'Any one of her books could be published today and it would be ground-breaking' ELEANOR CATTON'I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors and barred windows from the people who called themselves sane.
Diane Blood first hit the headlines in 1996 when she went to court to fight for the right to use her late husband's sperm to try for the child they had planned together before his sudden death from meningitis.
Ride in the back of the ambulance with Sherry Jones Mayo Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor.
