This is the first volume in which an account of personal autonomy is developed that both captures the contours of this concept as it is used in social philosophy and bioethics, and is theoretically ……続きを見る
Embryo adoptions, stem cells capable of transforming into any cell in the human body, intra- and inter-species organ transplantationーthese and other biomedical advances have unsettled ideas of what……続きを見る
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2004年12月01日
The Human Genome Project, discoveries in molecular biology, and new reproductive technologies have advanced our understanding of how genetic science may be used to treat persons with genetic disorde……続きを見る
The history of contemporary genetic counseling, including its medical, personal, and ethical dimensions.
Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL
For sixty years genetic co……続きを見る
Medical evidence plays a vital part in many criminal prosecutions, most notably when serious injury or physical abuse is part of the prosecution's case. Now in its third edition, this book is an ess……続きを見る
著者:John Coggon
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
John Coggon argues that the important question for analysts in the fields of public health law and ethics is 'what makes health public?' He offers a conceptual and analytic scrutiny of the salient i……続きを見る
Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die. She has far too much to live for. But when the time comes, and the pain is so unbearable that she cannot go on, she wants her husband to be by her side, holding her……続きを見る
Le Guide d’éthique de la santé : rappelle l’engagement fondamental de la tradition catholique envers le ministère des soins auprès des personnes malades et souffrantes; énonce les valeurs et princip……続きを見る
著者:Adriana Petryna
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2009年04月27日
The phenomenal growth of global pharmaceutical sales and the quest for innovation are driving an unprecedented search for human test subjects, particularly in middle- and low-income countries. Our h……続きを見る
Human gene transfer is widely regarded as one of the most promising technologies for the treatment of a variety of disorders, but it presents practitioners with a variety of difficult ethical questi……続きを見る
Who should define what constitutes ethical and lawful medical practice? Judges? Doctors? Scientists? Or someone else entirely? This volume analyses how effectively criminal law operates as a forum f……続きを見る
著者:Donald Evans
出版社: Taylor and Francis
発売日: 2007年12月12日
Written by a leading proponent of the philosophy and ethics of healthcare, this volume is filled with thought-provoking and frequently controversial ideas and arguments. Accessibly written, it provi……続きを見る
How engineers and clinicians developed the ultrasound diagnostic scanner and how its use in obstetrics became controversial.
To its proponents, the ultrasound scanner is a safe, reliable, and indisp……続きを見る
This practical book is written specifically for junior doctors by a team of highly experienced authors, as an introductory guide to clinical research. It covers all areas that a junior doctor needs ……続きを見る
Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born. How does selection imp……続きを見る
著者:Julie M. Hauer, MD
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2013年08月01日
An expert physician empowers parents to make informed decisions about their child’s care.
Global impairment of the central nervous system, whether stable or progressive, is often called severe neuro……続きを見る
This book is designed to consolidate the relevant literature as well as the thoughts of professionals currently working in the field into a practical and accessible reference for the emergency medic……続きを見る
A pioneering local textbook covering curriculum requirements for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) students. Legal, ethical, and professional practice issues are essential curriculum com……続きを見る
Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements, and scientific reports that promise genetic medicine will make us live longer, enable doctors to identify and treat diseases before they start, and……続きを見る
Talking openly with sick and dying children about their illness is always difficult and often agonizing. It is honesty, however, that these children deserve and need. Dietrich Niethammer, a prominen……続きを見る
The Australian Medico-Legal Handbook will be provided with PDA software and aims to give JMOs immediate, clear and concise answers to the most frequently asked legal questions arising during hospita……続きを見る
著者:D. Micah Hester
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
Every one of us will die, and the processes we go through will be our own - unique to our own experiences and life stories. End-of-Life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making provides a pragmatic philos……続きを見る
著者:Lisa A. Eckenwiler
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2012年06月04日
Long-term care can be vexing on a personal as well as social level, and it will only grow more so as individuals continue to live longer and the population of aged persons increases in the United St……続きを見る
The manner in which genetic research associated with addiction is conducted, interpreted and translated into clinical practice and policy initiatives raises important social, ethical and legal issue……続きを見る
Everyone seeks to avoid getting into a lawsuit, but what do you do if this does happen?
Getting sued for medical malpractice is one of the most traumatic events of a physician's career.
This text wi……続きを見る
"Gamino and Ritter do an excellent job of providing cogent advice and helpful suggestions for how professionals can manage ethical dilemmas that arise from the practice of grief counseling."
-J. Wil……続きを見る
著者:Kallia Gavela
出版社: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
発売日: 2016年03月08日
Das deutsche Strafgesetzbuch kennt keinen Sondertatbestand der Suizidbeteiligung. Rechtliche Konstruktionen und Wertungen insbesondere höchstrichterlicher Herkunft füllen diese Lücke. Die sich darau……続きを見る
As DNA forensic profiling and databasing become established as key technologies in the toolbox of the forensic sciences, their expanding use raises important issues that promise to touch everyone's ……続きを見る
Written with poignancy and compassion, Do We Still Need Doctors? is a personal account from the front lines of the moral and political battles that are reshaping America's health care system.
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Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers uses insights from the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein to rethink bioethics. Although Wittgenstein produced little formal writing on ethics, this volume shows that,……続きを見る