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Legal and Ethical Aspects of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Perioperative Medicineby Stuart M. White; Timothy J. Baldwin
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 64.00Perioperative medicine and critical care are areas in which issues of autonomy, dignity, consent, confidentiality, medical research, life and death decision making, are ever-present. This book provides a one-stop reference for all medical and allied health care professionals who encounter ethicolegal problems during their management of patients. more...
Essential Law for Counsellors and Psychotherapistsby Barbara Mitchels; Tim Bond
Sage Publications Ltd. 2010; US$ 39.00This third book in the authoritative BACP Legal Resources for Counsellors and Psychotherapists series provides a user-friendly guide to the law for all those practising and training in the counselling profession. Barbara Mitchels and Tim Bond make legal issues relevant and bring them alive for the practitioner. Packed with practical examples, this book covers essential areas of law for practitioners including - professional ethics and standards - negligence - contracts and premises - employment and insurance - dealing with legal claims - professional diligence. Other features include a glossary, tables and flowcharts as well as a comprehensive index of resources and organisations for additional information and guidance. This readable book helps... more...
Landmarkby Staff of the Washington Post
PublicAffairs 2010; US$ 12.95The Washington Post ’s must-read guide to the health care overhaul What now? Despite the rancorous, divisive, year-long debate in Washington, many Americans still don’t understand what the historic overhaul of the health care system will—or won’t—mean. In Landmark , the national reporting staff of The Washington Post pierces through the confusion, examining the new law’s likely impact on us all: our families, doctors, hospitals, health care providers, insurers, and other parts of a health care system that has grown to occupy one-sixth of the U.S. economy. Landmark ’s behind-the-scenes narrative reveals how just how close the law came to defeat, as well as the compromises and deals that President Obama... more...
Birthrightsby Robert Lee; Derek Morgan
Routledge 1990; US$ 40.95Should surrogacy be allowed? What guidelines are needed to control in vitro fertilization programmes? Birthrights challenges the ethical basis for the legal regulation of matters surrounding birth. more...
The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessionsby Gisli H. Gudjonsson
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 94.95This volume, a sequel to The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony which is widely acclaimed by both scientists and practitioners, brings the field completely up-to-date and focuses in particular on aspects of vulnerability, confabulation and false confessions. The is an unrivalled integration of scientific knowledge of the psychological processes and research relating to interrogation, with the practical investigative and legal issues that bear upon obtaining, and using in court, evidence from interrogations of suspects. * Accessible style which will appeal to academics, students and practitioners * Authoritative integration of theory, research, practical implications and vivid case illustration * Coverage of topical... more...
Handbook of Psychology in Legal Contextsby David Carson; Ray Bull
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 245.00The second edition of this popular international handbook highlights the developing relationship between psychology and the law. Consisting of all-new material and drawing on the work of practitioners and academics from the UK, Europe, North America and elsewhere, this volume looks not only at the more traditional elements of psychology and the law - the provision of psychological assessments about individuals to the courts - but also many of the recent developments, such as the interaction between psychologists and other professionals, decision-making by judges and juries, and the shaping of social policy and political debate. Contemporary and authoritative in its scope, the second edition of The Handbook of Psychology in Legal Contexts will... more...
Interpharm Master Keyword Guide: 21 CFR Regulations of the Food and Drug Administration, 2002-2003by CRC Press
Informa Healthcare 2003; US$ 389.95The bestselling and most useful aid available for finding all references to FDA and DEA regulations, the Interpharm Master Keyword Guide is used in hundreds of active pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, and device manufacturing companies. And it is in use by every FDA district in the United States to sort their way through their own regulations. This guide to 21 CFR contains over 20,000 entries completely cross-indexed and quoted in context to provide readers with instant access to every noun, phrase, and concept used by the DEA and FDA. Updated annually, it is sized and formatted to sit on readers' shelves alongside the CFR. more...
MMR and Autismby Michael Fitzpatrick
Routledge 2004; US$ 43.95In MMR and Autism Michael Fitzpatrick explains why he believes the anti-MMR campaign is misguided in a way that will reassure parents considering vaccination and also relieve the anxieties of parents of autistic children. He also provides health more...
Regulation of Medical Productsby John Griffin; John O'Grady
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008; US$ 71.95A concise but comprehensive text explaining the processes involved in regulation of drugs with particular emphasis on EU, USA and Australia. more...
Radiologic Atlas of Abuse, Torture, Terrorism, and Inflictedby B. G. Brogdon; Hermann Vogel; John D. McDowell
CRC Press 2003; US$ 179.95Two distinguished radiologists and a renowned odontologist combine their lifetime collections of photographs dealing with radiologic diagnosis of violence. more...