This volume presents the ethical implications of risk information as related to genetics and other health data for policy decisions at clinical, research and societal levels.
This volume elucidates the pivotal ethical and legal issues arising from the use of brain organoids for research, therapeutic and enhancement purposes.
Mental health is the one area of health care where people are often treated against their will, with the justification that it is in their own interest.
This Element comprehensively analyses and discusses normative aspects of consciousness that have been neglected or only partly examined by philosophers and neuroscientists.
Health care professionals seeking to improve the quality of life for those living with serious illness and nearing the end of life will find exactly what their organization needs in the second edition of this acclaimed book by Dr.
Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement provides guidance to renal and palliative care professionals dealing with patients with advanced kidney disease, who are approaching end of life.
Mental health nurses need to work within the law to ensure good, legal care for their patients, while at the same time being guided by appropriate values.
The 2nd Edition of Who Owns You, David Koepsell s widely acclaimed exploration of the philosophical and legal problems of patenting human genes, is updated to reflect the most recent changes to the cultural and legal climate relating to the practice of gene patenting.
Every year in the United States, 12 per cent of all births are preterm births, 5 per cent of all babies need help to breathe at birth, and 3 per cent of neonates are born with at least one severe malformation.
What happens when two intelligent American college students with different attitudes about guns launch into a careful exploration of the ethics of gun policy?
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.
Das Metakonzept einer subjektiven Theorie visualisiert, dass Sterbende uber biografische, unangemessene zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen zu Gesundheitsakteuren berichten oder dass es ihnen nicht erlaubt ist, sich aktiv an Entscheidungsprozessen zu beteiligen.
After the young South African athlete Caster Semenya won the 800m title at the 2009 World Championships she was obliged to undergo gender testing and was temporarily withdrawn from international competition.
Based on over a decade of research, this book examines the social harms of Australian prescription and non-prescription medicine regulation and how these ultimately stem from neoliberalism and its reinforcement of state and corporate power.
The rapid expansion of the halal industry and its markets has occurred not only in the heavily Islamic regions of Southeast Asia and the Middle East, but also in more unexpected countries such as Turkey, Japan, and South Korea, plus many others around the world.
This book is intended for all those who not only have to give bad news but who are also keen to give as much help and support as possible to partners and families - both immediately and during remission relapse terminal illness dying or grieving.
El Atlas de gastroenterología es una obra original que incluye lesiones de todo el aparato digestivo -cavidad bucal, esófago, laringe, estómago, duodeno, intestino delgado, colon, región anorrectal, hígado, vesícula biliar, vías biliares y páncreas.
Fundamentals and Frontiers of Medical Education and Decision-Making brings together international experts to consider the theoretical, practical, and sociocultural foundations of health professions education.
On March 2, 1994, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (a division of the Public Health Service) made headlines by releasing new cancer pain management guidelines.
