Medical profession

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.

What if the work of a nurse, physio, or homecare worker was designated an art, so that the qualities of the experiences they create became understood as aesthetic qualities?

The need to reduce disability and premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasingly engaging international organisations and national and sub-national governments.

This Festschrift is presented to Professor Hans Jonas on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, as affirmation of the contributors' respect and admiration.

An ethically-principled and pragmatic approach offering solutions to the problem of organ shortage, which remains pervasive in many countries.

This title was first published in 2003.

Education of healthcare professionals is the cornerstone of specialist palliative services.

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New technologies are transforming healthcare work and changing how patients interact with healthcare providers.

Infertility affects about five million individuals of childbearing age in the United States, yet infertility is a subject about which many people are reluctant to talk.

This book introduces bioengineers and students who must generate and/or report scientific data to the ethical challenges they will face in preserving the integrity of their data.

An interdisciplinary in-depth analysis of the ethical issues raised by using animals in research and the related regulatory issues.

The most common medical problem in America today, chronic pain is more prevalent than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined.

This textbook uses concepts and methods of the humanities to enhance understanding of medicine and health care.

This new edition provides the essential clinical guidance both for those embarking upon a career in palliative medicine and for those already established in the field.

Dieses Buch beleuchtet das Thema Achtsamkeit zum ersten Mal aus derPerspektive der Wirkfaktoren, sodass Psychotherapeuten aller Schulendavon profitieren können.

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Providing guidance and advice on the challenging art of listening, this book responds directly to the expressed learning needs of hospice and palliative care volunteers regarding their communication skills in end-of-life care.

Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights, which identifies the worth of human life with our autonomy, and a cult of life, which identifies human worth with the possession of a soul, and thereby, of human dignity.

This book provides the first comprehensive, historically based, philosophical interpretations of two texts of Thomas Percival's professional ethics in medicine set in the context of his intellectual biography.

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The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing remains the most comprehensive treatise on the art and science of palliative care nursing available.

In this book, we present a novel framework of high-tech modern medicine.

Hope is a central topic in spiritual care.

This book provides a detailed guide to the ethical considerations involved when making decisions in surgery.

This book combines empirical research with commentary on ethics, policy and legislation, raising provocative questions about reproductive donation and surrogacy.

Palliative care is rapidly evolving as a multidimensional therapeutic model devoted to improving the quality of life of all patientswith life-threatening illness.

First published in 1967, Human Guinea Pigs is a report by a consultant physician on the implications of medical research on both the medical profession and on the men, women and children who are the subjects of medical experiments.

This title was first published in 2001.

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.

Anne s contribution to our understanding of the needs of young people with cancer has been unparalleled and without her extraordinary insights our services would be that much poorer.

In this book, developed by a group of collaborating scholars in bioethics from different European countries, an overview is given of the most salient themes in present-day bioethics.

Throughout history, men have repeatedly made judgments regarding their own conduct and that of their fellow men.

Professional values in healthcare are in a state of constant and increasingly rapid change.

Clinical dilemmas in dementia contexts are often not because the clinical facts are in doubt, but because the ethical and legal underpinnings are uncertain - which can cause worry and confusion.

This established and well-regarded Guide describes the management of patients with advanced disease.

This established and well-regarded Guide describes the management of patients with advanced disease.

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Against the Current offers a personal account of the plight of European refugees and the importance of immigrants to Canada's post-war growth.

Band 2 der Enzyklopädieserie "Medizinischen Psychologie" stellt unter Anwendungsaspekten aktuelle Befunde aus der Psychologie, die in der Medizin und in der Gesundheitsversorgung von Relevanz sind, vor.

Con el desarrollo de la humanidad y los grandes avances en la tecnología ha mejorado la expectativa de vida del ser humano; en los mexicanos hemos observado la reducción de la mortalidad por enfermedades infectocontagiosas y la mortalidad maternoinfantil, que décadas atrás eran las causas más importantes de mortalidad en nuestro país.

Dosage: A Guiding Principle for Health Communicators uses "e;dosage"e; as a metaphor to help all healthcare professionals apply basic communication principles to their work.

This book brings together clinicians, ethicists and lawyers to put the practice of continuous sedation under a critical spotlight.

Global Research Ethics is a guide for students and their instructors as well as practitioners and researchers to understand topics linked to research ethics from a more global perspective.

A leading poet and a theologian reflect on the Old Testament story of Ruth, a tale that resonates deeply in today's world with its themes of migration, the stranger, mixed cultures and religions, law and leadership, women in public life, kindness, generosity and fear.