Medical Ethics & Professional Conduct

Coercion is one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in psychiatry. It is a highly sensitive, and hotly debated topic in which clinic...

While the health of the body can be defined by its functioning parts and systems, the health of the person is more complex. To flourish, we need to...

Care ethics first emerged as an attempt to decenter ethics; feminist scholars like Carol Gilligan argued that womens moral experiences were not ref...

Care ethics first emerged as an attempt to decenter ethics; feminist scholars like Carol Gilligan argued that womens moral experiences were not ref...

Marking its 25th anniversary, this fascinating collection examines the pioneering work of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NI...

Looking at the current turmoil facing contemporary healthcare systems worldwide, resulting from relentless imposition of financially-based performa...

This open access book is an integrated historical and philosophical investigation of several problematic situations that emerge from diverse areas ...

When his teenage son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 105-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell...

Taking a unique approach that emphasizes careful reasoning, this cutting-edge reader is structured around twenty-seven landmark arguments that have...

Thousands of people from more than eighty countries have traveled to China since 2001 to undergo fetal cell transplantation. Galvanized by the pote...

A critical investigation into the use of psychotropic drugs to pacify and control inmates and other captives in the vast U.S. prison, military, and...

A critical investigation into the use of psychotropic drugs to pacify and control inmates and other captives in the vast U.S. prison, military, and...

Acupuncture is a nuanced vocation that requires practitioners to manage complex ethical scenarios. This much-needed international textbook is the f...