Medical and healthcare law Books

Psychische Erkrankungen sind eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Herausforderung mit vielen Facetten und müssen als solche auch interdisziplinär betrachtet werden. Der vorliegende Sammelband setzt genau hier an und hat das Ziel, ein differenziertes...

Das Werk kommentiert die Musterberufsordnung, also das Berufsrecht der Ärztinnen und Ärzte in Deutschland. Die Neuauflage arbeitet die Änderungen, die der 125. Deutsche Ärztetag beschlossen hat, ein.Die Berufsordnung für Ärztinnen und Ärzte bleibt auch...

Dieses Buch enthält interdisziplinäre Beiträge zum Thema Geschlecht und widmet sich schwerpunktmäßig dem aktuellen Thema der Trans- und Intergeschlechtlichkeit. Nach einem einführenden rechtshistorischen Beitrag wird die Geschlechterfrage aus...

Pandemien wie Covid-19, Ebola, SARS und Influenza sowie die notwendigen Maßnahmen zu ihrer Erforschung, Prävention und Behandlung werfen eine Reihe von ethischen Fragestellungen auf, mit denen Wissenschaft, Ärzteschaft und Gesundheitspolitik konfrontiert...

Dieses Buch befasst sich in 24 Beiträgen mit aktuellen Fragen des Medizin- und Haftungsrechts. Der Gesundheitssektor ist geprägt von mitunter gegenläufigen Tendenzen eines schnellen wissenschaftlichen Fortschritts, einer strengen Bedarfsplanung und...

This volume presents to the international world of learning the first fruits of a project launched by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in 1977. Tribute should be paid to the late Professor Aleck Chloros, Judge in the Court...

Organ transplantation is a much-discussed subject, and the importance of living organ donation is increasing significantly. Yet despite all efforts, too few donor organs are available to help all patients in need. This book analyses whether the national...

Whereas the past few years have repeatedly been referred to as the "era of biotechnology", most recently the impression has emerged that at least the same degree of attention is being paid to the latest developments in the field of neurosciences. It has...

The book pays interest to a small and almost untouched topic: a health practitioner' s duty to inform about alternatives. It covers both orthodox medicine practitioners and CAM practitioners. The topic is explored in a co mparative way, examining the...

Der Kommentar befindet sich nunmehr auf dem (fragilen) Stand der AMG-Novelle 2009. Außer dieser Novelle sind seit der Vorauflage zahlreiche weitere Gesetzesänderungen hinzugekommen. Sie mussten eingearbeitet und in der...

Changing Global Water Management Landscape.- More Urban and More Aged: Demographic Pressures to Global Water Resources by 2050.- Water and the Next Generation - Towards a More Consistent Approach.- Adaptive Water Management: Strengthening Laws and...

Chemical Modification of Viruses and Virus-Like Particles.- Structure-Based Engineering of an Icosahedral Virus for Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology.- Hybrid Assembly of CPMV Viruses and Surface Characteristics of Different Mutants.- A Library of Protein...

Die Deklaration von Helsinki des Weltärztebundes gilt als wichtigstes Dokument ärztlicher Standesauffassung zur medizinischen Forschung am Menschen. Ihr Einfluß auf die ärztliche Ethik und auf nationale Regelungen zur ...

Sektion A.- 1 Qualitätssicherung und Risikomanagement.- Qualitätsmanagement.- „Risikomanagement".- Verhalten bei und nach Zwischenfällen.- Resümee.- 2 Risikovermeidung - Simulatoren in der Anästhesie.- Training am Simulator.- Konzepte des...

Das urologische Gutachten - für jeden Urologen, der Begutachtungen vornimmt, ein Muss! Dieses Buch ist Einführung und Nachschlagewerk in einem.  -Juristische Grundlagen der verschiedenen Gutachtenbereiche,...

Mit den Medizinischen Versorgungszentren hat der Gesetzgeber eine Versorgungsform geschaffen, die mehr Kooperation, aber auch Wettbewerb eröffnen soll. Nicht wenige der neuen Regelungen sind jedoch mit anderen Vorgaben des...

Das Buch beinhaltet eine am Aufbau des Medizinproduktegesetzes orientierte systematische Analyse des Rechts der Medizinprodukte aus europäischer und nationaler Sicht. Am Beispiel des Medizinproduktegesetzes wird der zunehmende...

This book offers comprehensive coverage of the various aspects of personalized medicine as an original approach to classifying, understanding, treating and preventing disease based on individual biological differences. In the introductory section, it...

This book discusses and provides insight on the legal and ethical dilemmas of managing those with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This book provides a clear perspective for those clinicians and legal professionals who are working with those with...

Vaccine Law and Policy is the first book on vaccine law and policy written specifically for the general public or an educated lay audience without legal background. It offers comprehensive but accessible coverage of key aspects of vaccine law and policy,...

This book brings together leading authorities from the fields of international human rights law, criminology, legal medicine, and political science with international human rights judges and UN experts to analyze the current situation of detainees in...

This book draws a unique perspective on the regulation of access to clinical trial data as a case on research and knowledge externalities. Notwithstanding numerous potential benefits for medical research and public health, many jurisdictions have...

In this interdisciplinary book, experts from philosophy, medicine, law, psychology, economics, and social sciences address questions and develop solutions for a well-designed society of long life. Young as well as old people have to actively shape more...

This book provides the first comprehensive, historically based, philosophical interpretations of two texts of Thomas Percival's professional ethics in medicine set in the context of his intellectual biography. Preceded by his privately published and...

This book configures a consistent epistemology of biolaw that distinguishes itself from bioethics and from a mere set of international instruments on the regulation of biomedical practices.  Such orthodox intellection has prevented biolaw from being...

This book examines the relationship between law and scientific advancement, with a particular focus on the theory of evolution and medical innovation. Historically, the law has struggled to keep pace with modern medical advances. The authors demonstrate...

This book offers a first rate selection of academic articles on Latin American bioethics. It covers different issues, such as vulnerability, abortion, biomedical research with human subjects, environment, exploitation, commodification, reproductive...

Medical Law and Moral Rights discusses live issues arising in modern medical practice. Do patients undergoing intolerable irremediable suffering have a moral right to physician-assisted suicide? Ought they to have a comparable...

Religion is a dominant force in the lives of many Americans. It animates, challenges, directs and shapes, as well, the legal, political, and scientific agendas of the new Age of Biotechnology. In a very real way, religion,...

This book explores the best interests principle, and alternatives offered in the academic literature, to consider why the principle remains contentious despite its prevalence for addressing medical decisions for seriously ill children. It provides...

Intelligent technologies have vastly improved the efficiency of healthcare industries and intersections of law and governance. Computational intelligence provides effective tools for data management, contract analysis, legal research, and algorithm...

This book provides insight into some of the problems and pitfalls encountered in current medical practice. It helps lawyers to commission an expert witness to write a medical report and to interpret it, using their greater knowledge and a better...

Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born. How does selection impact on the identity of the child who is born? Are...

This book will focus upon decisions to withhold or withdraw life-supporting treatment from incompetent patients. The book offers a critical examination of the latest developments with a view to developing a new framework for resolving disputes in the...

Analyzing the concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this timely new book explores a broad selection of disciplines, including criminal and medical law, medical ethics, philosophy and social policy and suggests an alternative solution to the...

The move to manage medicine from a financial perspective, i.e. managed care, has added huge layers of bureaucratic and administrative functions to healthcare. The need to have the ability to track patient medical records, mandated by government...

This comprehensive volume collects the findings of researchers who did a deep dive into the medical science of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. These experts in medicine, vaccines, chemistry and public policy present a cogent case against the corruption...

The Mental Capacity Act (2005) provides health and legal professionals with an academic framework to assess and evaluate an individual’s ability to make a decision, but in practice, mental capacity assessments are often misunderstood and poorly...

Mental Health Stigma: Breaking the Silence is an eye-opening exploration of the historical, social, and institutional factors that perpetuate mental health stigma, as well as its devastating effects on individuals and society.The book provides strategies...

In this wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide, historian Richard Weikart takes us from the ancient Jews, Greeks, and Romans to the contemporary scene-where the urge to help people kill themselves has intensified, even to the point of...

This book offers an examination of physician-assisted death, but it also extends the discussion to a broader range of end-of-life decisions including suicide, palliative care and sedation until death.

Psychology and Criminal Justice covers the ways that psychology intersects with the criminal justice system, from explaining criminal behavior to helping improve the three criminal justice pillars of policing, courts, and corrections.

Hopes are high that stem cell (SC) research will lead to treatments and cures for some of the most serious diseases affecting humankind today The book considers the regulatory governance of stem cell research, setting out a readily understandable account...

Navigate the maze of paid medical leave and disability income with this accessible guide."This is a book with a real mission and valuable information. Andy Chu is an expert in the field of paid medical leave and disability income. Anyone considering...