Medical profession Books

This book examines the phenomenon of physician-authors. Focusing on the books that contemporary doctors write--the stories that they tell--with contributors critically engaging their work. A selection of original chapters from leading scholars in medical...

This book proposes an innovative new model for transforming racial and cultural lines in health and social care through communication processes, and introduces listening partnerships as a cost-effective, sustainable intervention to improve communication...

Physicians and patients face important ethical conundrums in their joint pursuit of health. When there is no more medical evidence to gather, a physician's decision is more ethical than medical. How best to attain health is the result of an often complex...

Bernhard Schreiber was born in 1942 in Stuttgart after his father died in action as an officer of the Luftwaffe. His investigations into the Holocaust led him to discover that many of the guiding principles of the Nazis had global appeal, both before and...

It's become increasingly clear that healthcare workplaces are filled with non-inclusive behavior. People who are underrepresented because of their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and identity, disabilities, and other factors regularly face...

The Machinations Of The American Medical Association: An Exposure And A Warning is a book written by Henry Rowland Strong and published in 1909. The book is a scathing critique of the American Medical Association (AMA) and its practices. Strong accuses...

This book provides an exploration of the ethics of cardiology practice. It provides a variety of frameworks for analyzing ethical issues that arise in cardiovascular medicine.Cardiovascular medicine-the diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired...

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...

Listening to Life Stories: A New Approach to Stress Management in Health Care is about a simple storytelling process, the Life Narrative Interview (LNI), that research shows can help medical patients have a better experience during a hospital...

There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered morally wrong by a large proportion of the public. Such things...

Having children is probably as old as the first successful organism. It is often done thoughtlessly. This book is an argument for giving procreating some serious thought, and a theory of how, when, and why procreation may be permissible.Rivka Weinberg...

Definition of Medical EthicsMedical ethics is a branch of ethics that examines the moral principles and values that guide healthcare professionals in making decisions and providing care to patients. It encompasses a set of principles and guidelines that...

""Del Procurato Aborto"" ����� un libro del 1894 scritto da Costanzo Calogero. Questo testo affronta il tema dell'aborto, in particolare dell'aborto procurato, analizzandone le cause, le conseguenze e le possibili soluzioni. L'autore si concentra sulla...

""Del Segreto Del Medico Circa I Vizi Redibitorii Del Matrimonio"" ����� un saggio scritto da Giovanni De Gioannis Gianquinto nel 1871. Il libro si concentra sugli aspetti medici e legali del matrimonio, esplorando i vizi redibitori che possono...

Addressing the changing world of professionalism, this text combines theory, research and practice to investigate the process of becoming professional. Mapping the journey from allied or associate practitioner positions through qualifying and into...

The concept of a "good death" has been hotly debated in medical circles for decades. This volume delves into the possibility and desirability of a "good death" by presenting the psychosocial measures of care as a crucial component, such as religion,...

Drawing together interview material, medical publications, and first-hand accounts, this book shows that what is being remade in the burgeoning medical field of face transplantation is not only the lives of patients, but also the very ways that state...

VIEW FROM THE BED:VIEW FROM THE BEDSIDE A Wising Up Anthology Editors: Heather Tosteson, Ph.D., Phyllis A. Langton, R.N., Ph.D., Charles D. Brockett, Ph.D.Who is the doctor or nurse who for better, or worse, you can't forget? The patient who changed...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Nationalsozialismus, II. Weltkrieg, Note: 1,7, Universität zu Köln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Hauptaufgabe des Arztes besteht in seiner Berufung des Heilens. Doch im...

This comprehensive book covers the research, theory, policy and practice context of unusual reproduction using third parties. Olga Van den Akker details the psychological adaptation required to continuing changes in public opinion, advances in...

This thought-provoking treatise argues that current human fertility rates are fueling a public health crisis that is at once local and global. Its analysis and data summarize the ecological costs of having children, presenting ethical dilemmas for...

This readable overview offers a public health framework for integrating medical and alternative care to improve health outcomes in patients with chronic illnesses. It details the promise, potential, and challenges of holistic services as patients seek...

Die Medizin hat innerhalb der letzten Jahre ungeahnte Fortschritte auf fast allen Gebieten zu verzeichnen. Diese Entwicklung ist vor allem durch die zunehmende Technisierung und Spezialisierung möglich. "Können" und ...

This volume addresses gaps in the existing literature of global mental health by focusing on the ethical considerations that are implicit in discussions of health policy. In line with trends in clinical education around the world today, this text is...

We will all die, but few of us discuss it with those who are important to us. Many will also be confronted by disability, illness, grief and loss. How we respond to suffering says much about empathy, love and who we are. There is no doubt many people...

First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name-along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary...

In 1973, as the Watergate scandal was becoming public knowledge, CIA Director Richard Helms ordered that major documents relating to President Nixon's 'War on Cancer' be collected and destroyed. There was something in these documents dealing with the...

At all times physicians were bound to pursue not only medical tasks, but to reflect also on the many anthropological and metaphysical aspects of their discipline, such as on the nature of life and death, of health and sickness,...

This volume employs philosophical and historical perspectives to shed light on classic social, ethical, and philosophical issues raised with renewed urgency against the backdrop of the mapping of the human genome. Philosophers...

The contributions to this volume grew out of papers presented at an international conference Individual, Community & Society: Bioethics in the Third Millennium, held in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People's...

If you have been tapped on the shoulder to take on a formal or informal physician, medical, healthcare or technical field leadership role, and are wondering "How do I do this?", this book is here to help.In a creative yet straightforward fashion, Dr...

When a loved one shows signs of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, you will face challenges for which you feel ill-equiped. Dozens of decisions will need to be made:*  Can Mom live by herself safely? If not, what if she refuses to leave her home?*...

Written by an MD/JD, this book offers a unique perspective on medical-legal issues surrounding daily clinical practice. It covers all the essentials and tells the inside secrets of how to avoid cases that cost the medical...

Mainstream philosophical discussions of ethics usually involve either a search for a problem-solving theory (such as utilitarianism), or an exploration of ontological status (of things like obligations or reasons). This book will argue that such efforts...

Designing and conducting experiments involving human participants requires a skillset different from that needed for statistically analyzing the resulting data. The Design and Conduct of Meaningful Experiments Involving Human Participants combines an...

Akutmedicin er det seneste lægelige speciale i Danmark. Det blev godkendt i 2017. Akutmedicin blev oprettet i forlængelse af etableringen af de fælles akutmodtagelser, der var beskrevet i den nationale akutplan fra 2007.Specialet akutmedicin blev skabt i...

"This is a poignant and moving narrative collection from women who each in theirown way were pioneers in their field of surgery. The story of the courage, physicalstrength, stamina and, most of all, the mental fortitude required to complete...

We are excited to provide a book that increases advanced practice registered nurses' knowledge and agility in resolving ethical dilemmas encountered in the clinical setting, healthcare organizations, and academic institutions. Goals for this book...

In today's world of growing demands and shrinking resources, academic clinicians often find themselves lost amidst the chaos of academic health centers and medical school programs, trying to make the best decisions for their career growth while...