Medical profession

Addresses the vexed question of how and why reform of end-of-life law occurs, drawing on ten international case studies.

In this book the author explores the shifting philosophical boundaries of modern medical knowledge and practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanistic adjustments to the biomedical model.

A gripping portrait of trauma surgeons and their place in the controlled chaos of a trauma center, as told by a 40-year veteran of trauma care.

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is one of the largest-scale research collaborations in global health, distilling a wide range of health information to provide estimates and projections for more than 350 diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 195 countries.

Lainie Ross presents a rigorous critical investigation of the development of policy governing the involvement of children in medical research.

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

Anyone who has spent time in a hospital as a patient or family member of a patient hopes that those who attend to us or our loved ones are at their professional best and that they care for us in ways that console us and preserve our dignity.

Mit der steigenden Komplexität unserer Lebenswelt und den damit verbundenen Problemen wachsen die Anforderungen an moralisch vertretbare Lösungen.

A theoretical account of moral revolutions, illustrated by historical cases that include the criminalization and decriminalization of abortion and the patient rebellion against medical paternalism.

This book proposes an innovative new model for transforming racial and cultural lines in health and social care through communication processes, and introduces listening partnerships as a cost-effective, sustainable intervention to improve communication skills.

The book engages healthcare trainees in a comprehensive and probing discussion of the communication demands that confront today''s healthcare teams.

Legal, regulatory, and ethical perspectives on balancing social benefit and human autonomy in research using human biospecimens.

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Activating the Art Museum: Designing Experiences for the Health Professions, the first book on this subject, offers an argument for collaboration between educators in art museums and healthcare professionals.

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This book is an ethnographic work that uses a critical medical anthropology approach to examine the concept of fever care in the context of southern India.

Effective Supervisory Relationships: Best Evidence and Practice is the first book to explore in detail the Supervisory Relationship, which research has consistently found to be the most critical component of any supervisory process.

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On the part of the patient, healthcare demands unconditional trust in the professional.

When bioethicists debate the use of technologies like surgery and pharmacology to shape our selves, they are, ultimately, debating what it means for human beings to flourish.

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Though the current political climate might lead one to suspect that religion and medicine make for uncomfortable bedfellows, the two institutions have a long history of alliance.

This is a revised and expanded edtion of a classic in palliative medicine, originally published in 1991.

Viele Menschen wunschen am Ende ihres Lebens, zuhause sterben zu konnen.

Die angelaufene Energiewende ist mit vielschichtigen sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Konflikten verbunden.

As the state of the natural world declines, environmentally related health problems will increasingly shape the landscape of human health and disease.

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.

One of the most challenging roles of the psycho-oncologist is to help guide terminally-ill patients through the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the dying process.

This book addresses the fundamental conflict of interest that physicians face in their daily work lives between the ethics of proper medical care versus the demands of standard business practices.

What is it like to live with an illness?

Developed collaboratively by a doctor and nurse team, this is the first text to deal specifically with nursing difficult patients.

This book offers a multidisciplinary look at the much-debated concept of "e;personalized medicine"e;.

This is an original contribution to the much debated area of the value that we should place on human life.

 Prólogo Espero que este libro sirva como fuente de inspiración a todos los que trabajamos en medicina crítica.

Wie erleben junge Menschen die Begegnung mit sterbenden Menschen?

From the tone of the report by the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Re- search, one might conclude that the whole-brain-oriented definition of death is now firmly established as an enduring element of public policy.

No one misses the onslaught of claims about reforming modern medical care.

El internista es un profesional de la medicina capacitado para la atención de los adultos, con un conocimiento de tal manera equilibrado en profundidad y extensión que puede proporcionar una atención integral, resolver problemas que afecten a varios aparatos o sistemas, determinar la necesidad de la participación de otros especialistas y coordinar un equipo de salud.

In By the Bedside of the Patient, Nortin Hadler places current efforts to reform medical education - from the undergraduate level through residency programs and on to continuing medical education - in historical context.

This book is about the interaction between biomedical engineering and ethics during emergencies, such as low-resource settings and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colin Farrelly contemplates the various ethical and social quandaries raised by the genetic revolution.

Die in diesem Buch präsentierte Studie befasst sich mit der Frage, welcher Zusammenhang zwischen der Bereitschaft besteht, in der COVID‐19‐Pandemie anderen Menschen in deren Lebensvollzug zu helfen und der Furcht vor dem Tod durch COVID‐19.

This book introduces the core knowledge and skills for comprehensive risk assessment and management in healthcare settings and applies relevant ethical and legal principles.

For many doctors, their role as powerful healer precludes thoughts of ever getting sick themselves.

Since its first publication in 1933, Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health (under its different names) has provided a definitive guide for the environmental health practitioner (EHP), and an essential reference for the consultant and student.