Medical profession

After reviewing related theories on stigmatisation of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), this book applies social exclusion theory, actor theory and stigma theory to the study of social mechanisms of stigmatisation of PLWHA in China to show the influence and mechanism of stigmatisation on them, and tries to construct the policy framework to tackle stigmatisation from the perspective of welfare pluralism.

This book contains the most recent papers problematizing the notions of health, vulnerability, and well-being for individuals and their environment.

A portable and imaginative aid to moral decision-making for students in all disciplines from social sciences to engineering.

La materia médica homeopática es extensa y prolija en detalles.

This book presents original, critical and diverse perspectives on topics spanning the breadth of this emerging new field.

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

First published in 1998, Reproducing Narrative sets out to interrogate a number of medico-legal reproductive discourses.

Este libro reúne los principales temas de la gastroenterología pediátrica a los que se enfrentará el médico de primer contacto, ya sea pediatra o médico general, e incluso el gastroenterólogo pediatra, en la evaluación de niños con alguna patología digestiva.

This textbook explores public health and individual health care through the prism of global human rights and ethical decision-making.

Bodies and body parts of the dead have long been considered valuable material for use in medical science.

Applied ethics is an essential part of practical knowledge in pluralistic and democratic societies.

Examines trust, its definition, value, and decline from the perspective of a physician and a medical ethicist.

The three essays reprinted in this book were first published in 1963 as individual chapters of a psychiatric treatise entitled Psychiatrie der Gegen- wart (Psychiatry of the Present Day).

For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine.

El ABC de la cirugía plástica 2019.

Der mittelalterliche Roman de Silence erzählt die Geschichte eines Mädchens, das fernab höfischer Zivilisation als Junge erzogen wird und eine Reihe von Männerrollen übernimmt: Sie wird Spielmann, Krieger und Ritter, womit sie sogar das Begehren der Königin auf sich zieht.

Selbsttötungsgedanken sind häufige Begleitphänomene schwerer, unheilbarer körperlicher und psychischer Erkrankungen.

Ein Intensiv-Mediziner erlebt, was es bedeutet, Krebs zu haben: Professor Dr.

Patients who are facing illness and uncertainty often find themselves reflecting on the bigger questions in life, and the core beliefs or principles they live by.

THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH DR ANTHONY FAUCI, DAME SALLY DAVIES AND DR JIM DOWNFor every doctor there is that one patient, whose story touches them in a way they didn't expect, changing their entire outlook on life.

This book is intended for all those who not only have to give bad news but who are also keen to give as much help and support as possible to partners and families - both immediately and during remission relapse terminal illness dying or grieving.

The timeless human desire to be more beautiful, intelligent, healthy, athletic, or young has given rise in our time to technologies of human enhancement.

Unmasks the role of psychological essentialism in cloning bans, explaining how intuitions cause individuals to act against their own values.

A collection of life experiences, anecdotes and suggestions from an experienced GP and GP trainer focusing on the emotional intelligence required to be a great GP.

While the American legal system has played an important role in shaping the field of bioethics, Law and Bioethics is the first book on the subject designed to be accessible to readers with little or no legal background.

Organ transplantation is one of the most dramatic interventions in modern medicine.

This volume is a contribution to the continuing interaction between law and medicine.

We will all be patients sooner or later.

Dying and Death in Canada provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying, death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective.

The encounter between patient and physician may be characterized as the focus of medicine.

Kollegiale Beratung ist ein systematisches Gespräch, in dem KollegInnen sich nach einer vorgegebenen Gesprächsstruktur wechselseitig zu beruflichen Fragen und Schlüsselthemen beraten und gemeinsam Lösungen entwickeln.

Empathisch und zugleich selbst gesund bleiben, das ist das Ziel des empCARE-Trainings.

The viva (oral examination) is part of postgraduate examinations in surgery.

The health humanities are widely understood as a way to cultivate perspective, compassion, empathy, professional identity, and self-reflection among health professional students.

Advances in medical science and technology are saving the lives of more children worldwide than ever.

In this book, the author argues that no current philosophical theory of evidence in clinical medical science is adequate.

Wie werden Arzneimittel im Korper verteilt?

Law, Palliative Care and Dying critically examines the role of the legal framework in shaping the boundaries of palliative care practice.

Das Buch arbeitet die zentralen Kriterien des Krankheitsbegriffs im Recht heraus.

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.

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue.