Medicolegal issues

Provides a self-teaching reference text for forensic chemistry laboratories and law enforcement agencies world-wide.

The United States is engaged in a critically important and contentious debate on how to overhaul the way it delivers and pays for long-term care.

Integrity and honesty are the hallmarks of science - and especially so in the case of forensic science - making the study and practice of ethics essential to the field.

When something health-related goes wrong, it typically impacts lives.

El ejercicio de la profesión médica lleva implícitas diversas consecuencias jurídicas, producidas porque incide directamente en la persona, cuyas características particulares hacen variar los resultados de un paciente a otro, incluso en padecimientos similares.

There are almost 86,000 people in the prison system in the United Kingdom, held in 118 prisons and nine immigration removal centres.

Integrity and honesty are the hallmarks of science - and especially so in the case of forensic science - making the study and practice of ethics essential to the field.

How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs?

Contagious Divides charts the dynamic transformation of representations of Chinese immigrants from medical menace in the nineteenth century to model citizen in the mid-twentieth century.

How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs?

Contagious Divides charts the dynamic transformation of representations of Chinese immigrants from medical menace in the nineteenth century to model citizen in the mid-twentieth century.

This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing international themes in mental health, disability and criminal law.

This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing international themes in mental health, disability and criminal law.

This book reviews the efficacy of Global Health Law, assessing why its legal framework based on the International Health Regulations did not represent a valid tool in the containment of modern global pandemics such as COVID-19.

This book reviews the efficacy of Global Health Law, assessing why its legal framework based on the International Health Regulations did not represent a valid tool in the containment of modern global pandemics such as COVID-19.

Addiction is now seen as an ordinary feature of human nature, an idea that introduces new doubts about the meaning of our desires.

The virus that changed how we think about cancer and its culprits-and the vaccine that changed how we talk about sex and its risks.

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.

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.

A Practitioner's Guide to Cybersecurity and Data Protection offers an accessible introduction and practical guidance on the crucial topic of cybersecurity for all those working with clients in the fields of psychology, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, and counselling.

A Practitioner's Guide to Cybersecurity and Data Protection offers an accessible introduction and practical guidance on the crucial topic of cybersecurity for all those working with clients in the fields of psychology, neuropsychology, psychotherapy, and counselling.

There are almost 86,000 people in the prison system in the United Kingdom, held in 118 prisons and nine immigration removal centres.

Clinical research ethics consultation has emerged in the last 15 years as a service to those involved in the conduct of clinical research who face challenging issues for which more than one course of action may be justified.

This book analyzes policy fights about what counts as good evidence of safety and effectiveness when it comes to new health care technologies in the United States and what political decisions mean for patients and doctors.

This book explores central aspects of genetic modification of animals for scientific purposes in the context technological possibilities, regulatory issues in different regions, animal welfare implications and wider ethical issues exemplified through current theories and frameworks.

A surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities.

The virus that changed how we think about cancer and its culprits-and the vaccine that changed how we talk about sex and its risks.

Mental health law is a rapidly evolving area of practice and research, with growing global dimensions.

Mental health law is a rapidly evolving area of practice and research, with growing global dimensions.

The first comprehensive, multi-specialty text on ultrasound guidance in interventional procedures, this book uses the authors' extensive clinical experience to provide a full overview of modern interventional ultrasound.

In ›Die Erfindung der Prä-Astronautik‹ nimmt der Autor den Leser mit auf eine fesselnde Reise durch die faszinierende Geschichte und Entwicklung einer der kontroversesten Ideen des 20.

This book explores central aspects of genetic modification of animals for scientific purposes in the context technological possibilities, regulatory issues in different regions, animal welfare implications and wider ethical issues exemplified through current theories and frameworks.

Public health law has been a subject of much controversy and contestation, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

This is an important addition to the sports medicine literature because it addresses issues that are critical for player health and safety and performance.

Public health law has been a subject of much controversy and contestation, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

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A half century ago, Congress listed cannabis as a highly controlled schedule I substance.

A provocative presentation of medicolegal controversies within the American court system from the late 19th through the late 20th century.

A thorough exploration of an individual's right to bodily autonomy versus the state's power to regulate and control the bodies of its citizens.

The healthcare delivery system in the United States is inundated with medical malpractice and liability issues, and there is no consensus about causes or solutions.

Das Alkoholentzugssyndrom ist eine ernsthafte Herausforderung, die sowohl körperliche als auch psychische Auswirkungen haben kann.

This accessibly written book explains universal healthcare; the many forms it can take; and the issues, debates, and historical context underpinning the continued struggle for its implementation in the United States.

Public silence in policymaking can be deafening.

In der Notaufnahme Tätige werden in ihrer Arbeit häufig mit juristischen Fragestellungen konfrontiert, auf die sie in aller Regel nicht gut vorbereitet sind.

Gesund mit Todesfolge»Ich sitze im Todestrakt.

Ein Arzt bekommt von einem Pharmariesen Geld für einen lobenden Artikel über ein neues Medikament und er braucht ihn nicht einmal selbst zu schreiben.

Kurz und knapp!