Medical ethics & professional conduct books

Religious beliefs and attitudes have long been recognized as playing an important role in sexual functioning, but...  Read More >>

Part Three lays out societal choices regarding the allocation of resources for treatment, care, and research on...  Read More >>

This book provides both a biblical approach for addressing any bioethical question and an application of that approach...  Read More >>

As the American population ages, health care for the elderly grows in importance. Each citation is accompanied by...  Read More >>

In this time of bestselling suicide manuals, distinguished doctor Charles Radey urges readers to reflect on life...  Read More >>

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A fresh attack on the view that if the foetus has the moral standing of a person it has a right to life and abortion...  Read More >>

Intends to capture the moment of Dr Rosier's legal ordeal. Describing an intriguing array of legal twists and turns,...  Read More >>

In his famous lecture, Jacques Lacan re-examines the work of Freud and the experience of psychoanalysis in relation...  Read More >>

Covers issues such as organ procurement, in-vitro fertilization, and the rationing of medical care. This book also...  Read More >>

A collection of essays, which cover issues such as organ procurement, in-vitro fertilization, and the rationing...  Read More >>

What caused physicians in the USA to confront committees, forms, and active patients? Tracing the revolution that...  Read More >>

Instances of euthanasia or mercy killing date back to antiquity. ""Terminal Illness, Assistance with Dying,"" a...  Read More >>

This volume examines problems first raised by Nazi medical experimentation that remain difficult and relevant even...  Read More >>

Arthur L. Caplan has been an important voice in bioethics for many years. In a great number of essays and articles...  Read More >>

By analyzing the amalgam of Greek philosophy, Jewish and Christian teachings, and secular humanism that composes...  Read More >>

A detailed survey of the physiology, anatomy, in vivo investigation and biochemistry of the foetus in the first...  Read More >>

Aims to show how a feminist perspective advances biomedical ethics. This book uncovers inconsistencies in traditional...  Read More >>

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This book addresses boundary violations through the lens of the professional-client relationship, drawing examples...  Read More >>

During World War II, Nazi doctor Josef Mengele subjected some 3,000 twins to medical experiments of unspeakable...  Read More >>

Das Gesundheitsreformgesetz bildet einen Kulminationspunkt in den seit Jahren stattfindenden Auseinandersetzungen...  Read More >>

Placing the medical profession in its historical context, Jonsen describes its ethical tensions. He addresses the...  Read More >>

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