Medical profession

First published in 2000, Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychopathy was highly topical in tackling the interface of applied philosophy and psychiatry at a time when government and clinicians were giving careful consideration to new forms of treatment for people with psychopathic disorder.

Janet Dunphy leitet in ihrem Praxisleitfaden auf sachliche und empathische Art dazu an, mit Menschen in palliativen Lebenssituationen zu kommunizieren.

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This book reveals how economic restrictions and limited healthcare resources, combined with growing care demands due to advanced technology and more care options, have to a great extent contributed to increased workloads for healthcare professionals and put them under pressure to prioritize their work.

A practical, protocol-oriented guide to the practice of neurology in the hospital settingA Doody's Core Title for 2019!

In comparison to medicine, the professional field of public health is far less familiar.

Public Health Policy and Ethics brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced.

Das Kurzlehrbuch zur End-of-Life Care spannt einen breiten Schirm über die letzte Lebensphase und beleuchtet ethische, philosophische, psychologische, spirituelle und rechtliche Aspekte des Sterbens.

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

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

"e;Children's palliative care is an evolving specialty and as such our knowledge base cannot remain static.

Nach der Erststudie "Coolout in der Pflege" (ISBN: 978-3-940529-99-2) präsentiert dieser Band neue Studien zur beruflichen Situation der PflegepädagogInnen und PraxisanleiterInnen.

What will become of our earthly remains?

Interesting and important ethical questions confront researchers, regulators, institutional review boards, support personnel, and research participants committed to the ethical conduct of human subjects research at all stages of research.

Suffering is an unavoidable reality in health care.

In this book, public health ethicist Daniel S.

This is the first book to argue in favor of paying people for their blood plasma.

A critical evaluation of the law''s engagement with the process of healthcare decision-making, and how the relationship might be enhanced.

Blogs and Tweets, Texting and Friending: Social Media and Online Professionalism in Health Care summarizes the most common mistakes - and their legal and ethical ramifications -made in social media by busy health care professionals.

Haben wir eine moralische Pflicht, unsere Organe postmortal zu spenden?

'Some people improve mentally with age - here's how you can be one of them.

On January 22, 1979, an eleven-year-old Native girl died of a ruptured appendix in an Alert Bay, B.

Person-centred health care is increasingly endorsed as a key element of high-quality care, yet, in practice, it often means patient-centred health care.

This book is about the author's life motivated by two pursuits: medicine, his profession and flyfishing, his favourite recreation.

Ethics in Speech and Language Therapy is a key text for students, practitioners and managers alike.

This book examines the regulatory framework for untested and unapproved uses (off-label uses) of medicines in the EU, UK, and USA.

How do people face life-limiting illness and death?

There is growing acceptance that the progress delivered under the Millennium Development Goal target for drinking water and sanitation has been inequitable.

An extensive introduction to patient-centeredness in critical care through case-based examples of shared decision making.

Wie gehen Menschen mit Demenz selbst mit ihrer Situation um?

Commodification of the human body is gaining ground, strengthened by powerful interests.

Prado addresses the question of whether it is rational to end one''s life in order to escape devastating terminal illness.

What does it mean to be a "e;just"e; and "e;caring"e; society when we have only limited resources to meet unlimited health care needs?

Health promotion is an increasingly important part of the work of most health professionals.

A one-stop reference for all medical professionals who encounter ethicolegal problems during their management of patients.

Since the 1970s health care costs in the United States have doubled, insurance premiums have far outpaced inflation, and the numbers of the uninsured and underinsured are increasing at an alarming rate.

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

In the ER, the OR, and in the waiting room where the doctors deliver heart stopping news to the families of their patients, a neurosurgeon's apprenticeship is arduous.

Margaret Pabst Battin has established a reputation as one of the top philosophers working in bioethics today.

Why is death bad for us, even on the assumption that it involves the absence of experience?

Die Auseinandersetzung mit HIV und Aids berührt nicht nur medizinische Themen, sondern wirft grundlegende ethische Fragen auf.

This is the only handbook for hospice and palliative care professionals looking to enhance their care delivery or their programs with LGBTQ-inclusive care.

This book proposes ways to use the notion of solidarity fruitfully so as to inform policy and practice in biomedicine.

There are vast ethical, legal, and social differences between natural death and euthanasia.

Reprogenetic technologies, which combine the power of reproductive techniques with the tools of genetic science and technology, promise prospective parents a remarkable degree of control to pick and choose the likely characteristics of their offspring.

This guide introduces applied antiracist developmental science and developmental frameworks that have been comprehensively integrated with antiracist principles.

This title was first published in 2003.

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

This book looks at the integration of blockchain technology in healthcare settings, focusing on its potential to address security and privacy concerns of medical applications.