Medical ethics & professional conduct books

This topical and scholarly book focuses on prenatal screening to explore how the key concepts of gender and the...  Read More >>

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A focused introduction to, and exploration of, ethical issues in health promotion. It aims to provide a rationale...  Read More >>

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When 18-year-old Jesse Gelsinger died in a gene transfer study at the University of Pennsylvania, the national spotlight...  Read More >>

Whether it's the loss of a job, a marriage, or a life, in today's 24/7 world we're increasingly faced with uncomfortable...  Read More >>

This text examines the many ways that narrative methods of analysis and interpretation are transforming the work...  Read More >>

In 2002, nurses face new challenges as they are increasingly being given the opportunity to lead and to influence...  Read More >>

Considerable effort has been devoted to the task of defining research misconduct and elaborating methods and for...  Read More >>

This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific...  Read More >>

This is a new health economics textbook with a difference. It is based firmly in the discipline of economics and,...  Read More >>

How far should society go in permitting people to buy and sell goods and services? Radin addresses this controversial...  Read More >>

After exploring several theories of health care distribution, Sara E. Austin argues that all of them are problematic...  Read More >>

Every day we hear news about medical or scientific breakthroughs and the complex ethical issues they raise. Feats...  Read More >>

Offers discussion of supreme court rulings that have had an impact on contemporary debate in the United States and...  Read More >>

This text explores the field of medical ethics and health care decision-making through hypothetical case studies....  Read More >>

Measurement Instruments in Clinical Ethics presents an overview of studies of ethical concepts in clinical and research...  Read More >>

This book presents studies of ethical concepts in clinical and research activities. It explores the use of interview...  Read More >>

This new book provides a clear and accessible analysis of the various ways in which human reproduction is regulated....  Read More >>

Examines the complexities involved in developing an ethics for community-based long-term care. Chapters address...  Read More >>

This new book provides a clear and accessible analysis of the various ways in which human reproduction is regulated....  Read More >>

For those who undergo it, infertility treatment is costly, time-consuming, invasive, and emotionally and physically...  Read More >>

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Developments in biotechnology, such as cloning and the decoding of the human genome, are generating questions and...  Read More >>