Patientinnen und Patienten im stationären und ambulanten Gesundheitswesen erwarten eine interprofessionell organisierte Versorgung in Diagnostik, Therapie und Pflege, die sich am aktuellen Stand von Wissenschaft und Forschung orientiert.
As the field of bioethics has matured, increasing attention is being paid to how bioethical issues are treated in different moral and religious traditions and in different regions of the world.
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative neurological disease characterized primarily by cognitive deficiencies and problems with muscle movements and tremors; more than a half a million Americans have the disease and the current numbers are expected to increase over the next few years.
Massage, aromatherapy, reflexology and a variety of relaxation techniques are frequently used in hospices, supportive care settings and some hospitals.
Ärzte und andere Fachpersonen müssen im klinischen Alltag mit Angehörigen oft Gespräche führen über lebensbedrohliche Verletzungen, Prognose von Krankheiten oder die Mitteilung über den Tod eines Familienmitgliedes meist ohne darauf vorbereitet worden zu sein.
A series of recent high-profile court cases has demonstrated the inadequacy of current laws in addressing issues relating to medical treatment decisions involving seriously ill children.
Valores, profesionalismo y bioética aplicada es un trabajo que traslada al lector, la que fuera su tesis para alcanzar la titulación de Experto en bioética aplicada al ámbito clinico y experimentación por la Universidad Europea del Atlántico, España.
El fenómeno trombótico constituye el resultado de un sinnúmero de desencadenantes comunes en la actualidad, los que, sumados a padecimientos quizá aún desconocidos por la ciencia, colocan a la enfermedad trombótica como una de las principales causas de muerte en nuestros días tanto en México como en el resto del mundo, sin respetar diferencias en desarrollo, económicas ni políticas.
This volume contributes to the growing debate surrounding the impact that the rising powers may or may not be having on contemporary global political and economic governance.
Justice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field.
Questions concerning the notion of quality of life, its definition, and its ap- plications for purposes of assessment and measurement in social and medical contexts, have been widely discussed in Scandinavia during the last ten years.
Between 1932 and 1972, approximately six hundred African American men in Alabama served as unwitting guinea pigs in what is now considered one of the worst examples of arrogance, racism, and duplicity in American medical research - the Tuskegee syphilis study.
This concise and challenging examination of medical education aims to discuss curriculum design and evaluation in medical schools and to take a fresh look at current trends in patient care and continuing education teaching methods.
The lack of trust in our healthcare system brings ominous results, from decreasing health outcomes to increasing costs, from organization inefficiencies to a pervasive pattern of litigation.
La Dirección de Educación y Capacitación en Salud del Hospital General de México tiene el agrado de presentar el libro Diagnóstico y terapéutica a través de mapas conceptuales del Dr.
In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight - she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type.
Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience relates the intensifying effort of bioentrepreneurs to apply genetic engineering technologies to the human species and to extend the commercial reach of synthetic biology or "e;extreme genetic engineering.
Genetics and Gene Therapy shows the wide range of the debate and the very real significance that genetics and its associated developments have for human beings, individually and collectively.
Human genetics has blossomed from an obscure biological science and explanation for rare disorders to a field that is profoundly altering health care for everyone.
Der vorliegende Band enthält eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen zum Thema Leihmutterschaft aus Blickrichtungen verschiedener Disziplinen, die allesamt jeweils an den aktuellen Forschungsstand anknüpfen.
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.
The Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe: PRIVIREAL series focuses on the 'Privacy in Research Ethics and Law' EC-funded project examining the implementation of Directive 95/46/EC on data protection in relation to medical research and the role of ethics committees in European countries.
The Psychology of Eating is the essential multidisciplinary introduction to the psychology of eating, looking at the biological, genetic, developmental, and social determinants of how humans find and assimilate food.
Put relationship-centered communication at the forefront of careToday, physicians face a hypercompetitive marketplace in which they must meet unique and complex patient needs as efficiently as possible.
This comprehensive resource book, the key text for the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Programme, supports and enables all primary health professionals, and all those involved in palliative care, to make improvements in care provided for their patients, as recommended in the NICE guidance on Supportive and Palliative Care.
