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Ethics

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  • The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Downby Anne Fadiman

    Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1998; US$ 9.99

    Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos. The Hmong, traditionally a close-knit and fiercely people, have been less amenable to assimilation than most immigrants, adhering steadfastly to the rituals and beliefs of their ancestors. Lia's pediatricians, Neil Ernst and his wife, Peggy Philip, cleaved just as strongly to another tradition: that of Western medicine. When Lia Lee Entered the... more...

  • Ethics and the Pharmaceutical Industryby Michael A. Santoro; Thomas M. Gorrie

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 27.00

    This book is a discussion of the ethical dilemmas of drug industry behavior. It examines such aspects as the role of intellectual property rights and patent protection, the moral and economic requisites of research and clinical trials, drug pricing, and marketing. more...

  • Legal and Ethical Aspects of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Perioperative Medicineby Stuart M. White; Timothy J. Baldwin

    Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 64.00

    Perioperative 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...

  • Geriatric Mental Health Ethicsby Shane S. Bush

    Springer Publishing Company 2009; US$ 40.00

    "The book's genuine value is that it provides the reader with a solid foundation in ethical competence. The ten-step ethical decision-making model described is a clear, structured roadmap to aid in the resolution of common ethical problems .A welcome resource to all geriatric mental health students, practitioners, and educators.". --. Frank A. Cervo, MD, Long Island State Veterans Home, StonyBrook University School of Medicine (From the Afterword). Detailed case studies will guide practitioners through Bush's "Four A's" of ethical decision-making:.: Anticipating and preparing for ethical issues commonly encountered in specific contexts; Avoiding ethical misconduct; Addressing ethical challenges with specific... more...

  • Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Seventh Editionby Albert Jonsen; Mark Siegler; William Winslade

    McGraw-Hill 2010; US$ 46.95

    A unique structured approach to solving ethical issues that arise in daily clinical practice Clinical Ethics teaches the widely-known Four-Topics Method to help you make the right choice when facing complex ethical questions and dilemmas encountered during everyday patient care. You will learn an easy-to-apply system based on simple questions about medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features that clearly explain clinical ethics and helps you formulate a sound diagnosis and treatment strategy. Goes beyond theory to offer a solid decision-making strategy applicable to real-world practice Numerous clinical case examples link principles to everyday practice--many new to this edition ... more...

  • Waking Up Blindby Tom Harbin

    Hillcrest Media Group, Inc. 2009; US$ 9.99

    Imagine trusting a doctor--with the best reputation in the state--to do surgery on your eyes. Now imagine the worst of outcomes. more...

  • The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethicsby Ezekiel J. Emanuel; Christine C. Grady; Robert A. Crouch

    Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 65.00

    The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics is the first comprehensive and systematic reference on clinical research ethics. Under the editorship of experts from the U.S. National Institutes of Health of the United States, the book's 73 chapters offer a wide-ranging and systematic examination of all aspects of research with human beings. Considering the historical triumphs of research as well as its tragedies, the textbook provides a framework for analyzing the ethical aspects of research studies with human beings. Through both conceptual analysis and systematic reviews of empirical data, the contributors examine issues ranging from scientific validity, fair subject selection, risk benefit ratio, independent review, and informed consent... more...

  • The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethicsby Ruth Chadwick; Henk ten Have; Eric M Meslin

    SAGE Publications, Inc. 2011; US$ 150.00

    The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics is an influential collection of work by leading scholars on the fundamental and emerging themes which define health care ethics. Combining international and interdisciplinary perspectives, the Handbook provides a cutting-edge account of debates in five key areas: - health care ethics in an era of globalization - beginning and end-of-life - vulnerable populations - research ethics and technologies - public health and human rights. This authoritative Handbook brings together experts with backgrounds in philosophy, sociology, law, public policy and the health professions and reflects the increasing impact of globalisation and the dynamic advances in the fields of bioscience and genetics, which keep ethics... more...

  • Ethical Practice in Clinical Medicineby William J. Ellos S.J.

    Routledge 1990; US$ 39.95

    This textbook develops the issue of ethics to a philosophical level complex enough to be applicable to students of philosophy and applied ethics courses. It is the first book to address clinical problems from a classical perspective. more...

  • Limits of Medical Paternalismby ; Heta yry

    Routledge 1991; US$ 150.00

    Defines and morally assesses paternalistic interventions, especially in the context of modern medicine and health care. The author presents and defends an anti-paternalistic view. more...