Medical profession

Bioethics emerged at a time when infectious diseases were not a major concern.

*Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*A near-death experience (NDE) is a phenomenon whereby powerful physical and emotional sensations and visions are experienced by someone who is either close to death or has been declared clinically dead.

Medicine has recently discovered spectacular tools for human enhancement.

This book presents an important reflection on the concept and limits of the Fundamental Right to Health as opposed to a supposed "e;Right to Hope"e; in the context of the treatment of patients with advanced cancer.

Through an exploration of the ethical nature of nursing, Caring Matters Most asserts that the act of nursing itself embodies goodness.

What does supportive oncology do that palliative care doesn't already do?

This book contains a foreword by Maurice Conlon, Associate Director, Appraisal and Revalidation Lead, NHS Clinical Governance Support Team.

This title was first published 2000: Ever since Michael Tooley published his article on "e;Abortion and Infanticide"e; in 1972, the abortion debate has revolved around questions such as: "e;What is a person?

La generación del conocimiento de manera universal ha sido desde la Edad Antigua Clásica una manifestación humana derivada de la necesidad de explicar el origen del ser humano, su objetivo y el propósito de su presencia en el universo.

Advances in medical treatment now enable physicians to prolong life to a previously unknown extent, however in many instances these new techniques mean not the saving of life but prolonging the act of dying.

Literature reviews are undertaken by students, researchers, clinicians and educationalists - that is, almost all nurses.

In these uncertain times, how much can you trust health news?

Conveys all the core topics emphasising the interplay between medical law and medical ethics in a unique chapter structure.

Ashkenazi Jews have the highest known population risk of carrying specific mutations in the high-risk breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2.

Public health activity, and the state's public health responsibilities to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy, can only be achieved through different means of social coordination.

Humans encounter and use animals in a stunning number of ways.

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International developments within the last twenty years have demonstrated controversial shifts in treatment for people with mental illnesses and the care of persons with intellectual disabilities.

Nurses are positioned on healthcare's front line, intimately connected to individuals, families, and communities.

This book expands, in a modest way, the discussion of hope and does so by focusing on a field where it is at the core of care-taking: medicine.

The use of narrative methods has a long history in palliative care, pioneered by Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement, Narrative and Stories in Health Care provides a vibrant, multidisciplinary examination of work with narrative and stories in contemporary health and social care, with a focus on the care of people who are ill and dying.

Health and social care decisions, and how they impact a family, are often viewed from the perspective of the individual family member making them--for example, the role of the parent in surrogacy questions, the care of the elderly, or decisionis that involve fetuses or organ donations.

When a military coup in Ghana leads to the abrupt closure of Lally Pia's medical school, she is left stranded there, thousands of miles away from her family in California, with no educational prospects or money.

This book provides the best information available on the ways priorities are currently set for health care around the world.

Cultivating Moral Character and Virtue in Professional Practice is a pioneering collection of essays focused on the place of character and virtue in professional practice.

This is an updated guide to the range of drugs commonly unused in the treatment of psychiatric disorders.

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

Can religious arguments provide a reasonable basis for restrictive public policies regarding politically controversial medical interventions?

This book will be of tremendous use to all healthcare professionals from physicians to nurses to social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and chaplains.

This is the first book to explore the epistemology and ethics of advanced imaging tests, in order to improve the critical understanding of the nature of knowledge they provide and the practical consequences of their utilization in healthcare.

Enhancing Human Capacities is the first to review the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement.

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) emerged in response to the longstanding tradition of "e;top-down"e; research-studies in which social scientists observe social phenomena and community problems as outsiders, separate from the participants' daily lives.

We have provided the reader with a resource for applied ethical decision-making for use in clinical, educational, and research settings.

Nursing Work has been transformed by political economy and women's struggle.

The perfect textbook for healthcare students who want a fresh, innovative way to understand how law and ethics relate to their studies, placements, and professional practice.

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

This book provides an up-to-date description of cross-cultural aspects of end-of-life decision-making.

Explores the multifaceted debate on the interconnection between conscientious objections, religious liberty, and the equality of women and sexual minorities.

Narrative medicine is a fresh discipline of health care that helps patients and health professionals to tell and listen to the complex and unique stories of illness.

Imagine going from neurologist to dermatologist, orthopaedic surgeon to obstetrician, assassin to saviour - all in one day.

This book examines the role of law and policy in addressing the public health crisis of COVID-19 and offers reforms that could improve pandemic preparedness for future outbreaks.

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

The book, intended for biomedical researchers, attempts to foster a comprehensive understanding of the elements that impact scientific research, such as clinical trial design, communication, and publication methods.

Eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality.

The pervasive influence of law on medical practice and clinical bioethics is often noted with a combination of exasperation and lamentation.

Medical Professionals: Conflicts and Quandaries in Medical Practice offers a fresh approach to understanding the role-related conflicts and quandaries that pervade contemporary medical practice.

What you don't know about the American healthcare system might kill you.