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Autonomy, Consent and the Law
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 55.95Autonomy is often said to be the dominant ethical principle in modern bioethics, and it is also important in law. Respect for autonomy is said to underpin the law of consent, which is theoretically designed to protect the right of patients to make decisions based on their own values and for their own reasons. The notion that consent underpins beneficent... more...
Regulating Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990. The technology is often used for patients who are at substantial risk of conceiving a pregnancy affected by a known genetic disorder, however from this technology other more controversial uses have arisen such as HLA typing... more...
Der Schutz des Probanden bei der klinischen Arzneimittelprüfung
Springer 2012; US$ 94.99An Exclusive Love
Random House 2013; US$ 10.67One Sunday morning in October, István and his wife Vera start their day as usual. They tidy their house; Vera makes a festive cake to put in the freezer and cuts fresh roses for a vase in the living room. That evening, after nearly fifty years of marriage, they lie down in their bed and take their own lives. Having survived the tumult of twentieth-century... more...
Necrophilia
CRC Press 2010; US$ 135.95The author of "Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crime and Unusual Sexual Practices" turns his attention to necrophilia with this in-depth international study. History, etiological aspects, classification, epidemiology, and offender characteristics are covered as the volume reviews all available expert literature on the subject.... more...
Dependence and Autonomy in Old Age
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 75.00In this influential book, George Agich abandons comfortable abstractions to reveal the concrete threats to personal autonomy in long-term care. His book therefore offers a framework for carers to develop an ethic of long-term care within the complex environment in which many dependent and aged people find themselves. more...
Medizin und Haftung
Springer 2009; US$ 209.00Juristen, Mediziner, Pharmazeuten und versicherungsrechtlich Interessierte finden in diesem Werk ein Kompendium, das die ganze Bandbreite des Medizin- und Haftungsrechts erfasst. Versicherungsrechtliche Problemstellungen und weitere Grundfragen des Privatrechts sind gleichfalls mit einbezogen. Hochkarätige Autoren aus den Bereichen der Jurisprudenz... more...
Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 88.00This volume considers the ethical legitimacy of invoking the criminal law to regulate medical and scientific practice and bioethical issues. more...
The ABA Complete and Easy Guide to Health Care Law
Diversified Publishing 2001; US$ 15.00The ABA Complete and Easy Guide to Health Care Law is a comprehensive guide to understanding your rights as a patient and knowing how to move through the health care system. This guide allows you to understand issues about health care to the fullest. Among the issues covered are: Patients? Rights: Confidentiality, Privacy, and the Patient?s Bill... more...
Medical Malpractice
Springer 2007; US$ 59.99A presentation of the origin, nature, and ramifications of the medical malpractice litigation crisis, as well as possible solutions and alternatives to the troubled system. This work focuses on the clinical face of litigation from the perspective of the practising physician in a variety of specialties. more...









