Medical Ethics & Professional Conduct

Text, Cases and Materials on Medical Law and Ethics presents a valuable collection of materials relating to often controversial areas of the law. C...

The Routledge Handbook of Neuroethics offers the reader an informed view of how the brain sciences are being used to approach, understand, and rein...

This book presents an up to date ethical framework for radiological protection in medicine. It is consistent with the requirements of the system of...

Concepts and Cases in Nursing Ethics is an introduction to contemporary ethical issues in health care, designed especially for Canadian audiences. ...

If a competent adult refuses medical treatment, physicians and public officials must respect her decision. Coercive medical paternalism is a clear ...

In 1976, five years after his death, serious charges were leveled against the distinguished British scientist Sir Cyril Burt. His research on the n...

Respect for patient autonomy and data privacy are generally accepted as foundational western bioethical values. Nonetheless, as our society embrace...

In this masterful book, Julian Hughes makes a convincing case that many acts in clinical and care practice are ethical matters. Hughes takes us gen...

This Second Edition of Forensic Psychiatry covers the clinical, legal, and ethical issues for the treatment of mentally disordered offenders for al...

This book addresses selected violations of professional nursing conduct and practices that take place in shadows or on the margins of clinical p...

This volume proposes a move away from the universalized and general modern ethical method, as it is currently practiced in biomedical ethics, while...

How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands?What is it like to cut into someone else's body? What is it like to stand by, powerless, whi...

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for inte...

At the turn of the twentieth century, medicine's imperative to cure disease increasingly took priority over the demand to relieve pain and sufferin...

Exploring the interconnectedness of human health, biodiversity, and bioethics.We all depend on environmental biodiversity for clean air, safe water...

Alzheimer disease afflicts more than twelve million people worldwide, and its incidence is increasing at a staggering rate. People with the disorde...

Development of professional skills is central to good medical practice and is recognized as a priority by the NHS, the Academy of Royal Colleges, a...

In this book, Susanne Lundin explores the murky world of organ trade. She tracks exploited farm workers in Moldova, prosecutors in Israel and surge...

When the new HIPAA privacy rules regarding the release of health information took effect, medical historians suddenly faced a raft of new ethical a...

Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for aging and dying well, this is no longer the case. Today, aging is...

Medicine and Shariah brings together experts from various fields, including clinicians, Islamic studies experts, and Muslim theologians, to analyze...

As the demand for organs continues to outstrip availability and waiting lists surge, the pressure to make morally questionable, unethical decisions...

This new edition of the Code of Medical Ethics is the culmination of an eight-year project to modernize the Codes ethical guidance for relevance, c...

The application of Lean tools appears relatively simple, but the change in culture required to turn Lean into a lasting success requires strong lea...

Reproductive donation is the most contentious area of assisted reproduction. Even within Europe there are wide variations in what is permitted in e...

The literature on informed consent and its ethico-legal significance in clinical practice has grown rapidly in recent years. This unique book offer...

The doctor-patient relationship is fraught with risk. Patients may be at risk from a doctor who misuses their position of authority, or is unclear ...

THE TRUE CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR AND SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'One of the most fascinating books I have read in a long time. Engrossing, a ha...

Reproductive science continues to revolutionise reproduction and propel us further into uncharted territories. The revolution signalled by the birt...

Addressing global health is one of the largest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, however, this task is becoming even more formidable ...