Medical Law & Legislation 24

The issue of justice in the field of health care is becoming more central with concerns over access, cost and provision. Obamacare in the United States and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 in the……続きを見る

Whether there is a public health need for the containment and response to swine flu, or an individual need to access health care across the border for a hip operation to alleviate pain, the EU has a……続きを見る

Problems regarding the nature of consent are at the heart of many of today's most pressing issues. For example, the #MeToo movement has underscored the need to move beyond viewing consent as a simpl……続きを見る

Based on the IOM's estimate of 44,000 deaths annually, medical errors rank as the eighth leading cause of death in the U.S. Clearly medical errors are an epidemic that needs to be contained. Despite……続きを見る

An analysis of the cultural and economic drivers of the growing phenomenon of FGCS, written by cross-disciplinary experts, this book challenges the concept of individual consumer choice in FGCS: a d……続きを見る

‘Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of com……続きを見る

Eating disorders (EDs) have become a social epidemic in the developed world. This book addresses the close links between EDs and exercise, helping us to understand why people with EDs often exercise……続きを見る

Ante os avanços do atual estado da técnica, da evolução dos procedimentos de diagnóstico e da moderna orientação jurisprudencial, esta edição inclui novidades. Além de dividir seu conteúdo de acordo……続きを見る

This is the third volume in the three volume collection Children and the Law. Volume three, Child v.s. State, explores the rights of children against the state. Areas treated in this volume include ……続きを見る

Now in full colour, this new and revised edition of The Hospital Autopsy presents a clear and systematic approach to safe and effective modern autopsy practice for pathologists. It begins by discuss……続きを見る

While the investigations and reports which have followed recent health care scandals in the UK have highlighted the very important issue of addressing organizational culture and the need for more ef……続きを見る

Das Buch betrachtet den Einsatz der Robotik in Gesundheit, Wirtschafts- und Arbeitswelt aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive. Immer eigenständigere Roboter halten Einzug in unseren Alltag. Bereits h……続きを見る

Have you ever -Wondered how to deal with a family that repeatedly fails to keep clinic appointments? -Disagreed with colleagues over a proposed course of treatment for a child? -Considered ways to '……続きを見る

In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. Since then, 30 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Nine of those states,……続きを見る

The Forensic Aspects of Hypoglycaemia succinctly covers the medicolegal considerations of hypoglycaemia in a variety of scenarios including driving fatalities, petty crime, homicide and suicide. Cov……続きを見る

How do you prevent a critical care nurse from accidentally delivering a morphine overdose to an ill patient? Or ensure that people don't insert their arm into a hydraulic mulcher? And what about ena……続きを見る

Los medicamentos y productos sanitarios como productos de consumo están sujetos a normas de mercado como la publicidad, el precio, el acceso a ellos por nuevas vías como Internet. Sin embargo hay qu……続きを見る

Now in its fourth edition, Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research boasts an impressive list of contributors from around the globe and introduces a new focus for the book, transforming it from a……続きを見る

Al di là delle sue dimensioni commerciali globali, secondo stime recenti ormai prossime ai mille miliardi di euro l’anno e in crescita costante, l’industria farmaceutica si trova al centro di un com……続きを見る

Algernon Blackwood was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic……続きを見る

In the warped world of prescription drug pricing, generic drugs can cost more than branded ones, old drugs can be relaunched at astronomical prices, and low-cost options are shut out of the market. ……続きを見る

Is it lawful for a doctor to give a patient life-shortening pain relief? Can treatment be lawfully provided to a child under 16 on the basis of her consent alone? Is it lawful to remove food and wat……続きを見る

The Social Security and Medicare Handbook includes the provisions of the Social Security Act, regulations issued under the Act, and recent case decisions (rulings). It is a readable, easy to underst……続きを見る

How earnest hippies, frightened parents, suffering patients, and other ordinary Americans went to war over marijuana In the last five years, eight states have legalized recreational marijuana. To ma……続きを見る

The concept of deviance is complex, given that norms vary considerably across groups, times, and places. Society tends to primarily recognize traditional portraits of deviants such as street-offende……続きを見る

Seven in ten Americans over the age of age of sixty who require medical decisions in the final days of their life lack the capacity to make them. For many of us, our biggest, life-and-death decision……続きを見る

A major target of Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 is the elimination of ‘the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical disease……続きを見る

Each year, more than one million people and their loved-ones arrive at a decision to cease attempts at curative medical treatments and shift to hospice care, while one-in-five Americans now live in ……続きを見る

This book was originally published in 1999. When one or more essential organs failed, the consequence used to be death. However, conventional medicine has developed artificial means of extending lif……続きを見る

First published in 1998, this unique, timely book applies sociological concepts and analysis to the study of organ transplantation and related medical phenomena. It provides comparisons between diff……続きを見る