Medical profession Books

With the advent of the Human Genome Project, the new genetics has moved to the cutting edge of science and medicine. The development and use of such genetics will have a profound impact on our understanding of disease and behaviour. This volume presents...

A Companion to Genethics is the first substantial study of the multifaceted dimensions of the genetic revolution and its philosophical, ethical, social and political significance. Brings together the best and most influential writing about the ethics...

This volume provides a critical introduction to contemporary attempts to base nursing ethics on a feminine 'ethics of care'.

This work charts the progress of changing values in medical and healthcare decision-making, particularly as a result of economic pressures, and the role of clinical ethics in determining what courses of action and treatment medical and healthcare...

This book explores the ethical challenges posed at the cutting edge of biomedical science and health care. Art Caplan, one of the nation's leading theorists, clearly outlines the newest technologies and developments in medical research, then thoughtfully...

This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics. ...

Life Beyond PainReaders of books like Mind Over Mood, Pain Free, and 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life will find answers, companionship and more in Taming Chronic Pain.A Well-Rounded Approach: Living with pain offers more than just physical challenges. For...

Each year, almost twenty million people worldwide receive the grim diagnosis of cancer, yet few are prepared for the difficult emotional journey ahead.Shortly after Dr. Charles Hayter graduated as a cancer specialist, his father was diagnosed with...

When his teenage son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 105-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy's life was effectively...

At the core of this book are three central contentions: That medical welfare became the totemic function of the Old Poor Law in its last few decades; that the poor themselves were able to negotiate this medical welfare rather than simply being subject to...

Never before have the scope and limits of scientific freedom been more important or more under attack. New science, from artificial intelligence to gene editing, creates unique opportunities for making the world a better place. It also presents...

The ultimate survival guide for medical students, interns, residents, and fellows, Staying Human during Residency Training provides time-tested advice and the latest information on every aspect of a resident's life - from choosing a residency program, to...

An introduction to the ethical and legal dilemmas in nursing practice, this text is designed to provoke the nurse to reflect on the nature of his or her professional obligations and future practice. The authors firstly familiarise the reader with the...

This book is a powerful addition to a developing literature informed by arts and humanities research carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Investigating the impacts of crisis governance and decision-making on people and populations, the book brings...

Four decades afterAnd the Band Played Oncreated an image of the AIDS epidemic that has survived in the public consciousness to this very day, mathematician Rebecca Culshaw is sounding the alarm that everything that iconic book told us about AIDS is...

The inspiring story of a young Mexican immigrant who became a renowned neurosurgeon.Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was...

For those captive to the broken world of late modernity, wherein ageing and dying persons become vulnerable to despair, this book offers a diagnostic of such despair. It also resources the practices of a realistic, humanising hope that might enable a...

Exploring key aspects in the history of law's engagement with healthcare in England, this book unearths fascinating stories of the fractious relationship between the two highlighting lessons for medical law and bioethics that a focus on their history can...

One of America's top doctors rips the Band-Aid off to expose the American health care systemLegislation written by drug and insurance companies, malpractice by corrupt and incompetent doctors, misguided and dishonest medical policy-the reality may be...

Undercover Epicenter Nurse blows the lid off the COVID-19 pandemicWhat would you do if you discovered that the media and the government were lying to us all? And that millions of people were dying because of it?Combat veteran and nurse Erin Olszewski's...

Enter the trenches of the bloodiest battles you've never heard of: the Vaccine Wars.Professor Christopher A Shaw discovered, after a deep-diveliterature search on aluminum impacts on humans and animals, that aluminum hydroxide, an adjuvant in the anthrax...

Dying and Death in Canada provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying, death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective. The fourth edition covers current issues and recent developments in the field, such as the implementation of Medical...