Medical Ethics & Professional Conduct

How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicineThe U.S. medical system is touted as the most adva...

According to popular belief, technical skill is far more important for surgeons than thoughtful deliberation. Nothing could be further from the tru...

This is the story of my life as a doctor and a scientist. Despite a youthful ambition to become a jazz musician, I eventually studied medicine and ...

As the first of its kind, this handbook presents state-of-the-art information and analysis concerning the state of affairs in bioethics in around 4...

While neuroscience has provided insights into the structure and function of nervous systems, hard questions remain about the nature of consciousnes...

Ethical issues facing anesthesiologists are more far-reaching than those involving virtually any other medical specialty. In this clinical ethics t...

In 2004, the Assisted Human Reproduction Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada. Fully in force by 2007, the act was intended to safeguard and ...

The emergency department is a place of challenging ethical dilemmas and little time and resources to solve them. Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medi...

La crise des refugies. L''accueil de l''etranger. Le don de temps et de soi dans une economie marchande. Le travail de soin dit invisibilise . L...

The issue of medical ethics, from thorny moral questions such as euthanasia and the morality of killing to political questions such as the fair dis...

She is his doctor. He will be her downfall. The bestselling phenomenon returns ...

She is his doctor. He will be her downfall. The bestselling phenomenon returns... ...

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is one of the largest-scale research collaborations in global health, distilling a wide range of health in...

Ever since the rise of Adolf Hitler, mental health professionals have sought to use their knowledge of human psychology to understand - and interve...

Healthcare chaplains working as part of interdisciplinary teams are frequently involved in contributing to discussions on all aspects of patients' ...

Everyone gets to be a patient sooner or later. Almost everyone has some experience of being misunderstood by doctors; encounters with difficult doc...

The fifth edition of Nursing Ethics: Across the Curriculum and Into Practice has been revised to reflect the most current issues in healthcare ethi...

Colin Farrelly contemplates the various ethical and social quandaries raised by the genetic revolution. Recent biomedical advances such as genetic ...

Colin Farrelly contemplates the various ethical and social quandaries raised by the genetic revolution. Recent biomedical advances such as genetic ...

Fundamental questions about the morality of pediatric medical research persist despite years of debate and the establishment of strict codes of eth...

An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective. The rate at wh...

A Medic's Guide to Essential Legal Matters offers practitioners highly practical advice on the legal principles which they need to apply to everyda...

For decades, the field of bioethics has shaped the way we think about ethical problems in science, technology, and medicine. But its traditional em...

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to definition of torture by bringing together behavioral science and international law perspective...

The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense publi...

Decisions about life-sustaining treatment are often ethically challenging for patients, surrogate decision-makers, and health care professionals. P...

Psychiatry and religion/spirituality (R/S) share an interest in human flourishing, a concern with beliefs and values, and an appreciation for commu...

Now in its third edition, updated and expanded, Ethics in Healthcare approaches the topic of ethics from the perspective of the nurse and offers a ...

The past two decades have seen unparalleled developments in our knowledge of the brain and mind. However, these advances have forced us to confront...

Moyer and Crews move beyond simply presenting and explaining the ethical code. In this book, they challenge counselors-in-training to grapple with ...

Guidance for addiction counselors in understanding and applying ethical standards Filled with proven strategies to help you examine your current p...

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the need for a fresh look at health and health care. This book offers a philosophical critique of medicine as appli...

Post-war Japan has seen profound and rapid social change and transformation. One of the most visible areas of change in Japan has been medicine, an...

Since the first fertilization of a human egg in the laboratory in 1968, scientific and technological breakthroughs have raised ethical dilemmas and...

Many of the significant developments of our era have resulted from advances in technology, including the design of large-scale systems; advances in...