Medical Ethics & Professional Conduct

We cannot be happy without insight into the limits of what is feasible. Modern medicine suggests omnipotence and an image of life as something that...

A case-based approach that provides the advice and skills medical practitioners need to help patients and overcome ethical challenges Now in its f...

The factions debating health care reform in the United States have gravitated toward one of two positions: that just health care is an individual r...

Several presidents have created bioethics councils to advise their administrations on the importance, meaning and possible implementation or regula...

Why do American Black people generally have worse health than American White people? To answer this question, Black Health dispels any notion that ...

Why do American Black people generally have worse health than American White people? To answer this question, Black Health dispels any notion that ...

Health is weird. Health is weird in a way that resists simple explanations or elegant theorizing. This book is a philosophical explanation of that ...

Imagine: You are a hospital Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, medical or nursing director, patient safety specialist, quality impro...

Responding to the increased public interest in the moral aspects of medical practice, this collection of essays focuses on questions of justice and...

Originally published in 1999, this classic textbook includes twenty-six cases with commentary and bibliographic resources designed especially for m...

Originally published in 1999, this classic textbook includes twenty-six cases with commentary and bibliographic resources designed especially for m...

In the last two decades, more than ever before dentists must determine how to properly maintain their focus on ethics and professionalism in the fa...

Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, hist...

Contemporary Catholic Health Care Ethics, Second Edition, integrates theology, methodology, and practical application into a detailed and practical...

Although the history of organ transplant has its roots in ancient Christian mythology, it is only in the past fifty years that body parts from a de...

David M. Craig traveled across the United States to assess health care access, delivery and finance in this country. He interviewed religious hospi...

David M. Craig traveled across the United States to assess health care access, delivery and finance in this country. He interviewed religious hospi...

A bioethic of obligations and responsibilities, based on the Jewish tradition The Jewish tradition has important perspectives, history, and wisdom...