Medical profession

This innovative and engaging book argues that because our genetic information is directly linked to the genetic information of others, it is impossible to assert a 'right to privacy' in the same way that we can in other areas of life.

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.

This illuminating study explores the role of professionals, patients, regulation and law in improving patient safety.

Breakthroughs in biomedicine often lead to new life-giving treatments but may also raise troubling, even life-and-death, quandaries.

Human genetic engineering may soon be possible.

A history and analysis of the tragic 1955 American pharmaceutical disaster involving one company's polio vaccine.

Originally published by Oxford in 1998, Psycho-Oncology was the first comprehensive text in the field and remains the gold standard today.

The Globalization of Health Care is the first book to offer a comprehensive legal and ethical analysis of the most interesting and broadest reaching development in health care of the last twenty years: its globalization.

This book explores patient safety themes in developed, developing and transitioning countries.

Esta unidad didáctica, más que libro de texto, tiene como objetivo mostrar aspectos formativos en el diagnóstico oportuno de enfermedades de la infancia y adolescencia que eventualmente requerirán una intervención quirúrgica.

Written by a naturopathic physician specializing in complementary cancer care, Breast Cancer: Thriving Through Treatment to Recovery provides solutions for maintaining health and improving quality of life during conventional cancer treatment.

Edited by four leading members of the new generation of medical and healthcare ethicists working in the UK, respected worldwide for their work in medical ethics, Principles of Health Care Ethics, Second Edition is a standard resource for students, professionals, and academics wishing to understand current and future issues in healthcare ethics.

Though algorithms are chosen to eliminate bias in the Learning Health Systems (LHS) that support medical decision making, we are left with unconscious bias present in data due to lack of representation for marginalized populations, particularly in palliative care.

The ultimate survival guide for medical students, interns, residents, and fellows, Staying Human during Residency Training provides time-tested advice and the latest information on every aspect of a resident's life - from choosing a residency program to coping with stress, enhancing self-care, and protecting personal and professional relationships.

Das Buch stellt den neuen Ansatz AgileTrio vor, der agile Methoden nahtlos mit ein regulatorische Framework kombiniert.

Die Caritas Socialis ist seit den Anfängen der österreichischen Hospizbewegung im Bereich Hospizarbeit tätig.

in the culture of medicine, and they saw their mission as a generation of profit for stockholders, not necessarily medical care for clients.

This work explores the interplay of complexity and values in nurse education from a variety of vantages.

As most Americans know, conflicts of interest riddle the US health care system.

This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible look at organ donation and transplantation, including coverage of scientific, medical, social, legal, and ethical issues.

Living Normally with Dementia tells the successful story of Dagmarsminde, a small innovative nursing home in Denmark with a remarkable and life-affirming approach to dementia care.

This book provides a systematic and interdisciplinary study of occupational mental health legislation in seven countries.

Nearly 120,000 people are in need of healthy organs in the United States.

This volume presents an innovative look at early modern medicine and natural philosophy as historically interrelated developments.

Mental health professionals, more than any other clinicians, encounter legal issues on a regular basis.

The USA Today–bestselling biography of a man who lost his sight as an adult and regained it twenty years later without any medical intervention.

The essence of nursing care continually exposes nurses to suffering.

The Professional Guinea Pig documents the emergence of the professional research subject in Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development.

The medical profession is rich in those who have made names for themselves outside of medicine.

This title was first published in 2003.

Jungian Psychotherapy with Medical Professionals guides therapists, clinicians, and healthcare workers through the transformative healing process of Jungian psychology, demonstrating how the new spirit of medicine will originate from the relationship between the healer and the healed.

Religious beliefs and attitudes have long been recognized as playing an important role in sexual functioning, but the relationship between religion and sexual behavior has rarely been studied in a comprehensive way.

Every day, thousands of people receive a diagnosis of serious, life-threatening illness, and their families and friends suddenly become caregivers.

When the children of Christian Scientists die from a treatable illness, are their parents guilty of murder for withholding that treatment?

This title was first published 2000: Ever since Michael Tooley published his article on "e;Abortion and Infanticide"e; in 1972, the abortion debate has revolved around questions such as: "e;What is a person?

Death Talk asks why, when our society has rejected euthanasia for over two thousand years, are we now considering legalizing it?

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.

The place of religion in public life continues to be a much-debated topic in Western nations.

How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands?

The Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision provides a global 'state of the art' overview of clinical supervision, presenting and examining the most comprehensive, robust empirical evidence upon which to base practice.

This title was first published in 2002: This book is an analysis of the ways in which mental states ground attributions of responsibility to persons.

While medical schools usually emphasize the teaching of advanced scientific fundamentals through a carefully planned, formal curriculum, few focus on the equally crucial "e;hidden curriculum"e; of professional attitudes, skills, and behaviors.