Medical Ethics & Professional Conduct

Reflecting both enduring professional considerations and the most pressing contemporary issues facing the nursing profession, Professional Issues i...

BOOK OF THE YEAR IN SPECTATOR AND TIMES'Fascinating.... Deeply disturbing... Brilliant' Sunday Times'Powerful and moving.' Louis TherouxMeet Adam. ...

For a human being to exist, does it require an immaterial mind, a physical body, a functioning brain, a soul? Is there a shared nature common to al...

Since its inception, the U.S. human spaceflight program has grown from launching a single man into orbit to an ongoing space presence involving num...

Informed consent - the process of communication between a patient or research subject and a physician or researcher that results in the explicit ag...

This book will offer a practical guide for the  surgical management of oncologic emergencies, that  pose great challenges to both surgeons and onco...

In the first work of investigative journalism in decades to give a comprehensive view into contemporary psychiatric incarceration and forced interv...

Gratitude is a natural part of life, especially when appreciating what another has done. We have all felt and perceived gratitude at times, even in...

Aimed at supporting their emancipatory project, this book explores strategies for resisting dominance and enhancing agency within the caring profes...

A timely look at the ethical, legal, and policy issues surrounding brain injury and collision sports.American tackle football is an industry like a...

The modern world faces religious, spiritual and existential quandaries, as new technologies redefine the beginnings and ends of life. Excruciating ...

This book provides an exploration of the ethics of cardiology practice. It provides a variety of frameworks for analyzing ethical issues that arise...

The topic of this book is invasive procedures used in Russia without sufficient indications. Related issues are discussed in separate chapters: med...

Human population genetic research (HPGR) seeks to identify the diversity and variation of the human genome and how human group and individual genet...

Smarter Healthcare with AI by Dr. Hassan A. Tetteh offers a comprehensive look at the transformative power of artificial intelligence in healthcare...

Das Buch bietet den ersten deutschsprachigen Überblick über die Hirntoddebatte. Dabei geht es um die Frage, ob Patienten, bei denen der vollständig...

This work informs about major changes in health care systems at present and to come, and the ethical consequences. Rapid technological developments...

How work gets done in complex health care systems is ethically important. When health care professionals and other staff are pressured to improvise...

Die Entwicklung von Ethikkomitees und Ethikberatung ist derzeit ein sehr dynamischer Prozess, wodurch sich ein immer dichter werdendes Netz an Grem...

This innovative workbook enables students and those working in health and social care to deepen their understanding of the values that underpin the...

Shim and Baek examine the evolving existential meanings of gift-making by interviewing donors of convalescent blood plasma during the Covid-19 pand...

The practice of intensive care medicine raises multiple legal and ethical issues on a daily basis, making it increasingly difficult to know who to ...

This comprehensive yet accessible resource provides readers with everything they need to know about intersex - people who are born with any range o...

A timely, practical, and concise resource for advanced practice registered nursing (APRN) students, faculty, and providers, Telehealth Essentials f...

Edmund D. Pellegrino has played a central role in shaping the fields of bioethics and the philosophy of medicine. His writings encompass original e...