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Neuroética: una guía multifacética, enfoca su atención en el uso de las neurociencias, neuroinformación, neurotecnologías, y neurotécnicas novedosas (neuroCITT), cuyos fines han sobrepasado su relac……続きを見る

Bioética en Pediatría provee información básica para los médicos, ya que abarca temas de interés e importancia para todos en la profesión médica al otorgarnos información para tratar y sobrellevar c……続きを見る

This Second Edition of Forensic Psychiatry covers the clinical, legal, and ethical issues for the treatment of mentally disordered offenders for all of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland jur……続きを見る

Bioethicist Mark Navin and policy scholar Katie Attwell explore the evolution of American childhood vaccination policy through the prism of political history, contemporary parenthood, and diverse go……続きを見る

This third edition of a popular text introduces healthcare students and professionals to a wide range of health beliefs and practices in world religions. Chapters on various religions are written to……続きを見る

This is the first volume to comprehensively discuss the ethical, regulatory, and social aspects of xenotransplantation research. Organized into four parts, Xenotransplantation begins by examining et……続きを見る

Health is weird. Health is weird in a way that resists simple explanations or elegant theorizing. This book is a philosophical explanation of that weirdness, and an argument that grappling with the ……続きを見る

Why trust science? Why should science have more authority than "other ways of knowing?" Is science merely a social construct? Or even worse: a tool of oppression? This book boldly takes on these and……続きを見る

The shocking true story of the infected blood scandal: the worst treatment disaster in NHS history, which saw people infected with HIV by a revolutionary medical treatment and a cover-up from govern……続きを見る

This book is for readers who wish to understand the ethical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic ー holistically ー on communities, politics, the economy, the environment, international relations, ……続きを見る

Intended for students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia covers the history of human medical experimentation, for better and worse, from the time of Hippocrates to the present. Thanks to m……続きを見る

In these uncertain times, how much can you trust health news? Is the research behind breaking headlines reliable? This book is an indispensable resource for students and general readers, helping the……続きを見る

Why immunization must be made mandatory in times of vaccine hesitancy, and how we can design and implement immunization policies in a practical, trustworthy, and democratic way. We live in perilous ……続きを見る

The Abortion Debate: An Unbiased, Step-by-Step Guide to the USA's Most Divisive Topic Why is abortion, a core issue of rights, so passionately disputed in America? It's undeniably the most divisive ……続きを見る

Kommunikation im Kontext der Organspende gehört zu den sensibelsten und herausforderndsten Aufgaben im Klinikalltag. Angehörige und medizinisches Fachpersonal begegnen sich in einer äußerst belasten……続きを見る

Responding to public health challenges at the global and local levels can give rise to an array of tensions. To assure sustainable public health, these tensions need to be meaningfully balanced. Usi……続きを見る

Infertility affects about five million individuals of childbearing age in the United States, yet infertility is a subject about which many people are reluctant to talk. This book discusses extensive……続きを見る

This timely volume illustrates how and why the fight against quackery in modern America has largely failed, laying the blame on an unlikely confluence of scientific advances, regulatory reforms, cha……続きを見る

The perceived value of philosophy to medical education is increasing. But beyond the occasional application of philosophical concepts, what does it mean to be philosophical about medical education a……続きを見る

Pandemics such as Covid-19, Ebola, SARS, and influenza, as well as the necessary measures for their research, prevention, and treatment, raise a number of ethical issues that confront science, the m……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2003. The fulfilment of health care rights in a world where resources are scarce is a prominent issue. In this volume, Frances H. Miller introduces studies on a wid……続きを見る

“A fascinating exploration of the mysteries ignited by DNA genealogy testingーfrom the intensely personal and concrete to the existential and unsolvable.” ーTana French, New York Times–bestselling a……続きを見る

This bioethics anthology exploring the questions and controversies surrounding the innovations of 21st century genetics. When the Human Genome Project completed its work in the early 2000s, it was h……続きを見る

A practical guide to documenting your decisions and preferences in case of incapacitating illness. It won’t happen to me. I’m too busy to worry about a living will. My family will know what to do. N……続きを見る

The renowned medical historian examines the current tensions in American healthcare in this “cogently written and well documented” book (Choice). In Our Present Complaint, Charles E. Rosenberg exami……続きを見る

A collection of essays that offers “a significant contribution to our understanding of the role of the state in human subjects research” (Journal of the History of Biology). Though notoriously assoc……続きを見る

A look at the historical development of the lethal disease and its relationship with humanity. A disease of soil, animals, and people, anthrax has threatened lives for at least two thousand years. F……続きを見る

“[A] useful, well-edited anthology of important texts in the history of the intersection of religion and medicine.” ーWarren Kinghorn, MD, ThD, Duke University Medical Center and Duke Divinity Schoo……続きを見る

A philosopher offers a framework for the treatment of intersex children, and a moral argument for responsibility to them and their families. Putting the ethical tools of philosophy to work, Ellen K.……続きを見る

Nine essays examining the ethical, cultural, legal, and biological underpinnings of behavioral genetics. Scientists conducting human genome research are identifying genetic disorders and traits at a……続きを見る