The growth of knowledge and its effects on the practice of medicine have been issues of philosophical and ethical interest for several decades and will remain so for many years to come.
In this book, an international group of philosophers, economists and theologians focus on the relationship between justice, luck and responsibility in health care.
In only four decades, bioethics has transformed from a fledgling field into a complex, rapidly expanding, multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice.
This volume brings together a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on a topic of central importance, but which has otherwise tended to be approached from within just one or another disciplinary framework.
In this Brief, Daniel Sokol interprets 'doing medical ethics' broadly to capture the application of ethical knowledge to a concrete situation, rather than just resolving a moral dilemma contained within a case.
Although modern medicine enjoys unprecedented success in providing excellent technical care, many patients are dissatisfied with the poor quality of care or the unprofessional manner in which physicians sometimes deliver it.
Medical or health-oriented screening programs are amongst the most debated aspects of health care and public health practices in health care and public health ethics, as well as health policy discussions.
It is well over a decade since John Fischer and Mark Ravizza - and before them, Jay Wallace and Daniel Dennett - defended responsibility from the threat of determinism.
Ce volume propose une étude articulée de Husserl et de Merleau-Ponty qui prend comme perspective la dimension épistémologique de leur philosophie relativement à la biologie.
A fascinating account of the evolution of surgery - from the 16th century to the present day - in 60 stories across 5 specializationsErich M he, the first surgeon to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy or gall bladder removal surgery.
This book adopts an approach based on relational psychoanalysis, developed in the USA in and since the 1990s and guided by the self-psychology championed by Kohut and the Post-Kohutians.
This book discusses Asian medicine, which puts enormous emphasis on prevention and preservation of health, and examines how, in recent decades, medical schools in Asia have been increasingly shifting toward a curative approach.
Many debates about the moral status of things-for example, debates about the natural rights of human fetuses or nonhuman animals-eventually migrate towards a discussion of the capacities of the things in question-for example, their capacities to feel pain, think, or love.
The study of medical history is interesting in itself and may help to modify the view sometimes expressed that medical students and doctors are lacking in culture of any sort.
Just as the health costs of aging threaten to bankrupt developed countries, this book makes the scientific case that a biological "e;bailout"e; could be on the way, and that human aging can be different in the future than it is today.
L’obesità è una patologia che comporta gravi rischi per la salute ed è in continuo aumento, ma in realtà soltanto il 10% delle persone obese o soprappeso sono a dieta, mentre invece è a dieta quasi il 20% di coloroche non ne hanno bisogno.
Pedro Caba es un médico proselitista, que tiene todavía la consulta abierta y desarrolla su trabajo a pie de obra de cada enfermo, pero hubiera sido un excelente catedrático de medicina, puesto que posee un talento extraordinario para analizar, sintetizar, desmitificar, explicar cada enfermedad y su remedio, en medio de la maraña de intereses que se mueve en torno al dolor y la muerte de las personas.
La medicina asistencial contemporánea en los países tecnológicamente desarrollados abunda en situaciones delicadas y al límite de las posibilidades de la praxis clínica e incluso de la ética, que están propiciando un encarecimiento de la asistencia, el desengaño y desgaste profesional y variados esoterismos alternativos.
Los sistemas sanitarios son un complejo entramado en el que se relacionan diversos agentes con distintos niveles de interacción pensados para ofrecer unos servicios eficientes.
Este libro está escrito principalmente para médicos y sanitarios en general, así como para todas aquellas personas que hayan sufrido o estén padeciendo una larga enfermedad; naturalmente, se incluyen los familiares que los acompañan en el dolor.
El doctor Miquel Vilardell repasa en esta obra, con sencillez y claridad, su dilatada trayectoria profesional y nos brinda sus reflexiones más personales, fruto de toda una vida dedicada a la medicina.
This transdisciplinary volume outlines the development of public health paradigms across the ages in a global context and argues that public health has seemingly lost its raison d'etre, that is, a population perspective.
Los trastornos de la motilidad gastrointestinal han cobrado gran importancia debido a un mayor conocimiento de los mismos y a las nuevas clasificaciones que estableció la reunión de consenso de Roma llevada a cabo en 1999, conocida como Criterios de Roma.
Acercamiento al tema de la eutanasia desde todas sus aristas: Libertad, autodeterminación, dignidad, respeto, responsabilidad, vida y muerte son términos con los que la autora teje reflexiones largamente maduradas sobre el derecho que asiste a quien decide apresurar el paso de la propia muerte.
