Medical profession Books

The complexities of healthcare situations often include the religious commitments of patients. They should include those of healthcare professionals as well. In this fresh approach to problems in medical ethics, contributors provide case studies,...

Genetic Databases offers a timely analysis of the underlying tensions, contradictions and limitations of the current regulatory frameworks for, and policy debates about, genetic databases. Drawing on original empirical research and theoretical debates in...

The first set of case studies on animal use, this volume offers a thorough, up-to-date exploration of the moral issues related to animal welfare. Its main purpose is to examine how far it is ethically justifiable to harm animals in order to benefit...

In recent years, virtue theories have enjoyed a renaissance of interest among general and medical ethicists. This book offers a virtue-based ethic for medicine, the health professions, and health care. Beginning with a historical account of the concept...

We are all patients at some time. Is the medical industry giving us the best treatment possible, at the best price? We all know that it isn't. This new book shows what goes on behind the scenes of the current medical care and how it impacts the...

We all rely on doctors and they go through one of the most vigorous training regimes on the planet, but it wasn't always this way.The tremendous scale of medical ethics which now exists has benefited doctors and wider society, but few know how these...

The best way to survive cancer is to get the disease detected and treated as early as possible when it has not yet spread throughout the body. Most aggressive cancers, when they are diagnosed after they have already metastasized (grade 4), respond poorly...

A fearless investigation of mainstream medicine's most revered dogma, Bridge Across the Abyss is solidly based on trusted medical literature. Find out why advice from authorities on screening tests, blood transfusions, pain and anti-reflux medicines,...

This book provides a solid foundation for medical professionals to develop an ethical framework for their practice. Jukes de Styrap lays out a clear and thoughtful set of guidelines for navigating ethical dilemmas in the medical field. A must-read for...

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 unique Fast Fact serves as a quick resource for foundational, relevant data, knowledge, and vital information, not only about the nature of medical errors, but why they occur. More importantly, Hunt shows us how to comprehensively address problems:...

Why write another book on ethics? As practitioners we are involved both in the design and delivery of services to people with mental health problems. In common with all other professionals, our work has led to the experience of...

Counselling is a practical activity. The aim of this book is to offer a practical framework to enable those who work in the health profes­ sions to develop a range of counselling skills. It will also offer a theoretical...

Choosing Your Practice is a practical guide for physicians who are making the transition from training to private practice or from one practice to another. The author, a clinician as well as a manager of medical services,...

In few places in American society are adults so dependent on others as in nursing homes. Minimizing this dependency and promoting autonomy has become a major focus of policy and ethics in gerontology. Yet most of these discussions are divorced from the...

Identity, Potential and Design addresses the metaphysics of personal identity and the question of the moral permissibility of abortion. This book begins by discussing personal identity, arguing that a generally-Thomistic hylomorphic approach is most...

Mes réflexions sur la formation des médecins, sur la place du médicament, sur l'assurance maladie et les mutuelles, et surtout sur le rôle essentiel du dossier médical, évoquent comment doit se réformer notre système de soins.La nécessité de posséder un...

Written by a physician who witnessed first-hand the crash of a failing and politicized system into a pandemic, First Do No Harm is a must-read for those who care about their health and that of their loved ones.The truth is that even before COVID-19, the...

This book explores the new ways in which biology is becoming technology. The revolutionary iPS cell technology has made it possible to turn human skin and blood cells into pluripotent stem cells, thus providing an unprecedented opportunity to study the...

From diagnosis through progression of breast cancer, patients have confided to their oncologist their fears, their hopes, the personal problems created by their illness, their way of coping or their inability to cope with the disease and its treatment...

In this volume the authors examine some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die. Important topics covered include attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; hospice...

The motivation and inspiration for this book come directly from expe- ences with clients during the years that I practiced HIV-related law at the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. The issues discussed in this work reflect...

Millions of children suffer from diseases and illnesses that do not have adequate treatment, and many other children are harmed by medicines intended to help them. In order to protect and help these children, society must conduct pediatric research to...

Is the constant battle with bureaucracies and the suffocating grip of third-party interference leaving you drained and unable to deliver the exceptional care your patients deserve?It's time to break those chains and reclaim your professional autonomy as...

The Vivisection Problem: A Controversy Between Charles S. Myers And Albert Leffingwell (1907) is a book that delves into the debate surrounding vivisection, the practice of performing surgery on live animals for scientific research. The book features a...

This volume brings together a selection of testimonies from the Royal Commission on Vivisection, a British inquiry into the use of animals in scientific research in the late 19th century. Frances Power Cobbe provides an introduction and commentary,...

Foreword; L.B. McCullough. Introduction; B.P. Minogue, et al. 1. Everything Includes Itself in Power: Power and Coherence in Engelhardt's Foundations of Bioethics; J.L. Nelson. 2. Not All Peace is Peace: Why Christians Cannot Make Peace With...

Questions concerning the notion of quality of life, its definition, and its ap­ plications for purposes of assessment and measurement in social and medical contexts, have been widely discussed in Scandinavia during the last ten...

Religious beliefs and attitudes have long been recognized as playing an important role in sexual functioning, but the relationship between religion and sexual behavior has rarely been studied in a comprehensive way. The...

Ethical Problems in Dialysis and Transplantation presents an overview of issues with which nephrologists and decision makers are confronted in their daily practice. The search for a universal system of ethics and theories of...

Medical or hio- ethics has in recent years been a growth industry. Journals, Centers and Associations devoted to the subject proliferate. Medical schools seem increasingly to be filling rare positions in the humanities and...

In the midst of a national nursing shortage, many nurses who can and want to work are being denied the opportunity. They are being pushed out of jobs and turned away from unfilled positions, all because they have disabilities.Eleven nurses who defied...

Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethical, and legal implications of research and its applications. The mapping of the human genome, advances in cloning techniques, the harvesting of embryonic stem...

The advancement of the life sciences and the technosciences has enhanced the longevity of citizens in the Western world, and half of the generation born in the first decade of the new millennium is now expected to live to the age of one hundred years. In...

Since the revival of maggot therapy in Western wound care approximately thirty years ago, there has been no comprehensive synthesis of what is known about its clinical practice, supply chain management, and social dimensions. This edited volume fills the...

This book provides extensive and critical engagement with some of the most recent and compelling arguments favoring abortion choice. It features original essays from leading and emerging philosophers, bioethicists and medical professionals that present...

In contemporary ethical discussion widespread concern about the potential risks of genetic engineering is raising new and fundamental questions about our responsibilities towards unborn generations. Newly acquired knowledge...