Medical and healthcare law Books

RARE-9 Mentor-Mentee Workbook: Premier Mentor/Mentee Program Empowering Young Black Males Through Mentorship and Education The RARE-9 Mentor-Mentee Workbook is a transformative tool designed to empower young black males from 3rd grade through 12th...

Die ärztliche Therapiefreiheit unterliegt heute zunehmend rechtlichen, wirtschaftlichen und strukturellen Restriktionen. Politik und Gesellschaft in Deutschland stehen vor der Entscheidung, ob sie die Krankenversorgung...

For more than thirty years, Lisa Nasseff has faced the scourge of anorexia. She began dieting at age 9. By age 12 she was using laxatives to purge herself. By age 15 she made more than a dozen trips to the emergency room. At 16 she was committed by court...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE?I grew up fairly simply during the 1970s and there have been many changes around me, since then-it can be overwhelming at times, but I kept up!This book is primarily, for the person who grew...

Patient safety is an issue which in recent years has grown to prominence in a number of countries' political and health service agendas. The World Health Organisation has launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety. Millions of patients, according to...

The need to reduce disability and premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasingly engaging international organisations and national and sub-national governments. In this book, experts from a range of backgrounds provide insights...

Etwa 90% der Bev|lkerung werden vom Sozialversicherungssystem der BRD erfa~tund sind somit Mitglied der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung. Die ambulante medizinische Versorung obliegt den Kassen{rzten, die damit in das...

Based on the author's more than 35 years of experience as a successful expert witness, this revised and expanded edition of Expert Witnessing and Scientific Testimony: A Guidebook demonstrates how to properly present scientific, criminal, and forensic...

AIDS and the Sexuality of Law investigates the role that HIV/AIDS has played in the legal construction of sexuality. AIDS and its metaphors have been judicially enlisted to patrol the boundaries of heterosexuality, producing flawed understandings of...

The book is an ideal textbook for students of medicine and medical philosophy. It will also interest to bioethicists, medical sociologists and to practicing clinicians in medicine and the allied health professions seeking to improve their understanding...

Across the world, developing countries are attempting to balance the international standards of intellectual property concerning pharmaceutical patents against the urgent need for accessible and affordable medicines. In this timely and necessary book,...

Written from the viewpoint of the practicing clinician, this text is an indispensable addition to the library of anyone who is in the practice of medicine, osteopathy, or chiropractic, as well as for the judge, lawyer, or social worker who may interact...

This volume examines everyday ethical issues that clinicians encounter as they go about their work caring for people who have severe and persistent mental disorders. It prompts and provokes readers to recognize, to analyze, to...

It is difficult to think of an example of an advancement in the biological sciences that has had an impact on society similar to that of the new genetics. Recent developments in biotechnology have occasioned much discussion...

""Die Domanial-Verwaltung des W�����rttembergischen Staats"" ist ein Buch von Carl Heinrich Ludwig Hoffmann aus dem Jahr 1842. Es beschreibt die Verwaltung des Staatsguts (Domanium) in W�����rttemberg. Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden �����berblick...

There has been much debate about mental health law reform and mental capacity legislation in recent years with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also having a major impact on thinking about the issue. This edited volume...

Autonomy is often said to be the dominant ethical principle in modern bioethics, and it is also important in law. Respect for autonomy is said to underpin the law of consent, which is theoretically designed to protect the right of patients to make...

This book considers how largely accepted 'legal truths' about drugs and addiction are made and sustained through practices of lawyering.Lawyers play a vital and largely underappreciated role in constituting legal certainties about substances and...

The Terri Schiavo case was a key battle in a larger political struggle over abortion, stem-cell research, physician-assisted suicide, gay rights, and the appointment of federal judges. The religious Right chose to make it a national spectacle because...

"Tangled Insights: Defying Hair Fall" is a convincing story that unpredictably winds around together the individual odyssey of a singular wrestling with the complex difficulties of hair fall. This strong investigation adventures past the shallow parts of...

Intellectual Property and Health TechnologiesBalancing Innovation and the Public's Health Joanna T. Brougher, Esq., MPH At first glance, ownership of intellectual property seems straightforward: the control over an invention or idea. But with the recent...

Focusing on a matter of continuing contemporary significance, this book is the first work to offer an in-depth exploration of exploitation in the doctor-patient relationship. It provides a theoretical analysis of the concept of exploitation, setting out...

The Behavioral Science of Firearms focuses on applying behavioral science principles and knowledge to inform and improve firearm-related policy, practice, and research. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of relevant case law and legal statutes,...

The history of patent harmonization is a story of dynamic actors, whose interactions with established structures shaped the patent regime. From the inception of the trade regime to include intellectual property (IP) rights to the present, this book...

This book draws a subtle balance between bioethics and financial regulation. While the legal topic of human preservation or cryo-conservation may be regarded as belonging to the realm of medical law, the findings presented here suggest that its potential...

The integration of robotic systems and artificial intelligence into healthcare settings is accelerating. As these technological developments interact socially with children, the elderly, or the disabled, they may raise concerns besides mere physical...

The Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe: PRIVIREAL series represents the results of this 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 this admirably objective and lucid exposition, the author examines from a medico-legal standpoint the comparative position in various countries, particularly in the UK and the USA, of currently controversial medical procedures: voluntary...

Liberty is under assault. All over the world, in response to the hyped-up COVID-19 pandemic, authoritarian measures were imposed by power-hungry statists and faceless bureaucrats. As this book shows, these measures have little to do with protecting...

Mastery of quality health care and patient safety begins as soon as we open the hospital doors for the first time and start acquiring practical experience. The acquisition of such experience includes much more than the development of sensorimotor skills...

Le livre ""Cartulaire Municipal De La Ville De Montelimar: Drome (1871)"" par Chevalier, C.-U.-J., est un recueil de documents historiques relatifs ������ la ville de Mont�����limar dans le d�����partement de la Dr�����me en France. Ce livre contient des...

St. Alban's Raid is a historical book that features the speech of Bernard Devlin, the counsel for the United States, in support of their demand for the extradition of Bennett H. Young and his accomplices. The book was published in 1865 and is a record of...

Die Entwicklung des ärztlichen Werberechts geht weiter: Nachdem das Bundsverfassungsgericht auch in den Jahren 2001 und 2002 maßgebliche Entscheidungen gefällt hat, zog der Deutsche Ärztetag jetzt endgültig nach. Viele...

The aim of this book is not to encourage defensive medical practice, but to help provide better, optimum care to patients and to be forth right and honest to our dear customers about our inevitable mistakes.This book will focus on clinical issues facing...

The testimony of an expert witness can lead to success or failure in cases that hinge on the presentation's impact on a jury. Effective Expert Witnessing, Fifth Edition: Practices for the 21st Century explores the fundamentals of litigation, trial...

This book examines the often tough questions raised by infectious diseases through essays that explore a host of legal and ethical issues. The authors also offer potential solutions in order to ensure that past errors are not repeated in response to...

This book gathers scientific contributions on comprehensive approaches to personalized medicine. In a systematic and clear manner, it provides extensive information on the methodological, technological, and clinical aspects of high-throughput analytics,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This book celebrates Professor Margaret Brazier's outstanding contribution to the field of healthcare law and bioethics. It examines key aspects developed in Professor Brazier's agenda-setting body of work, with contributions being provided by leading...

This accessible handbook focuses on the importance of neuropsychological evidence and the role of the neuropsychologist as expert witness in brain injury litigation. This thorough, evidence-based resource fosters discussion between the legal profession...

This concise, introductory handbook discusses the basic principles of medical ethics, and includes practical, realistic guidance on how to evaluate and manage common ethical problems, focusing on the care of elderly patients Typical scenarios faced in...

Americans seem to be increasingly concerned with decisions about death and dying. Why is a subject once thought taboo now so frequently aired by the popular media, debated in academic forums and professional societies, and litigated in well-publicized...