Medical ethics and professional conduct Books

William James and John Dewey insisted that pragmatic philosophy finds meaning in its struggle to deal with emergent social problems. Ironically, few have attempted to use pragmatism to articulate methods for ameliorating social difficulties. This...

This is the first annual report of the National League for Medical Freedom, an American organization established in 1906 to promote medical freedom and oppose mandatory vaccination laws. The report provides an overview of the activities and...

In this groundbreaking work, William Munk delves into the contentious topic of euthanasia and medical treatment and explores the ethical and moral implications of each. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of...

Perinatal hospice is a novel form of care for an unborn child who has been diagnosed with a significantly life-limiting condition. In this book, Aaron D. Cobb develops a virtue-based defense of the value of perinatal hospice. He characterizes its...

1. The controlled clinical trial - a model for the intricate relationships between clinical medicine and drug research.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. The evolution of the controlled clinical trial (CCT).- 1.3 The implementation of the controlled clinical...

In an effort to create the Master Race, Nazi physicians and bioscientists, using American legislative models, money, and moral support, sterilized 400,000 and euthanized 200,000 German citizens while developing the gas chambers and crematoria used to...

This book explores the concept of life assemblages, drawing attention to the diverging ways in which societies share questions of what is a life worth living. In accordance with the urgency, gist and expression of such questions, societies deal with the...

David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the practice of medicine in the United States underwent a most remarkable--and thoroughly controversial--transformation. The discretion that...

A System of Medical Nosology is a book written by John Macbraire and published in 1830. The book is a comprehensive guide to the classification and diagnosis of diseases. It aims to provide a systematic approach to medical nosology, which is the study of...

Bringing together the crucially important topics of cultural competence and compassion for the first time, this book explores how to practise 'culturally competent compassion' in healthcare settings - that is, understanding the suffering of others and...

Originally published in 1914, this groundbreaking book exposes the many dangers and ethical lapses of the medical profession at the turn of the 20th century. Drawing on extensive research and first-hand accounts, Bevan argues that doctors must be held to...

In this important speech, delivered at a medical convention in 1867, Stephen J. Colahan argues for greater regulation of medical practice and the dispensing of drugs. He makes a compelling case for the importance of ethics and professional standards in...

This book contains the code of medical ethics adopted by the American Medical Association in 1847, which laid the foundation for ethical standards in the medical profession in the United States. It is an important historical document and an essential...

A clear and concise guide to the ethical principles and governing laws of the Canadian Medical Association.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...

En este libro, el autor denuncia las prácticas charlatanas de algunos médicos y cirujanos que engañan a sus pacientes. Con gran rigor y erudición, Argüello analiza las diferentes prácticas fraudulentas y ofrece consejos para evitar ser engañado. Se trata...

In this thought-provoking book, Edward Berdoe, Stephen Coleridge, and Stephen Paget engage in a debate over the ethics of animal experimentation. Their arguments and counterarguments provide readers with a deeper understanding of this controversial topic...

A comprehensive guide to medical ethics, providing physicians and surgeons with a code of professional conduct. This treatise offers practical guidance on how to navigate the complex moral and ethical issues that arise in the practice of medicine.This...

In this book, William May considers the images that shape the convictions and daily practice of the physician--images that can order experience and present the practitioner with imperatives by which to live. This updated edition will once again challenge...

This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. It brings together leading scholars from cultural anthropology, sociology, history, and science studies to conduct a critical dialogue on the culture(s)...

Being served with a lawsuit wouldn't just ruin your day. It could ruin a clinician's professional and personal life. Written for physicians by physicians, this important book concisely and pragmatically answers many of the...

Features students and researchers in medical sociology, medicine and genetics, general politics of health, and comparative medical sociology.