Medical ethics & professional conduct books

Few diseases have made more difference to our understanding of illness, the relation of the patient to the physician...  Read More >>

Since the 90’s, issues of scarcity, priority setting, and rationing lie at the centre of most current debates on...  Read More >>

GENERAL The term ""diagnostics"" refers to the general theory of diagnosis, not to the study of specific diagnoses...  Read More >>

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With the support of the Na­ tional Science Foundation's program on Ethics and Values in Science and Technology,...  Read More >>

""An in-depth exploration of the way the pharmaceutical industry is manipulating us and our world""--Provided by...  Read More >>

Is it right to use biomedical technologies to make us better than well or even perhaps better than human? Should...  Read More >>

Policy in Bioethics develops when people can reach agreement. We make progress when we listen to each other. About...  Read More >>

Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult...  Read More >>

This work challenges the sufficiency of secular bioethics. While acknowledging the importance of procedural considerations...  Read More >>

My 'discovery' of the Polish School of philosophy of medicine stemmed from my studies in the genesis of Ludwik Fleck's...  Read More >>

This book examines ethical and social issues that arise in the conduct of genetic research, from the discovery phase,...  Read More >>

An annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing, this is a showcase for...  Read More >>

In 1987, a conference on this theme was held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on the occasion of the founding of...  Read More >>

This book elucidates and advances the thesis that clinical medicine is practiced morality, and clinical research...  Read More >>

This is a vivid, thought-provoking and fascinating text on some contentious issues in contemporary medical ethics....  Read More >>

Clinicians spend their working lives making decisions. In recent years there has been increasing interest in how...  Read More >>

From the tone of the report by the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical...  Read More >>

Who is to count as a person? What exactly is ""personhood""? Is a ""person"" the same as a ""human being""? These...  Read More >>

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This work offers a comprehensive understanding rooted in Catholic anthropology and moral theory of the meaning and...  Read More >>

Medical or health-oriented screening programs are amongst the most debated aspects of health care and public health...  Read More >>

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No one really wants to die, or do they? From classical times to our post-modern era of medical high tech, societies...  Read More >>