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Caring, Curing, Coping
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 24.95A popular conception of medical care is that nurses care, physicians cure, and patients cope. The significant theme that runs throughout this volume is that the fundamental mission of medicine is caring, and curing may be only one component of that broad mission. Each of the chapters speaks to that theme, although each approaches... more...
The Governance of Genetic Information
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 83.00This volume suggests alternative ethical frameworks and models of regulation relating to the governance of genetic information. more...
Geriatric Mental Health Ethics
Springer Publishing Company 2009; US$ 50.00"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.". --.... more...
The Rebirth of the Clinic
Georgetown University Press 2010; US$ 26.95The Rebirth of the Clinic begins with a bold assertion: the doctor-patient relationship is sick. Fortunately, as this engrossing book demonstrates, the damage is not irreparable. Today, patients voice their desires to be seen not just as bodies, but as whole people. Though not willing to give up scientific progress and all it has to offer, they sense... more...
Human Tissue in Transplantation and Research
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 38.00A proposal for resolving tensions between professionals and society regarding tissue for transplants and research, while properly protecting donors' interests. more...
Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, Seventh Edition
McGraw-Hill Education 2010; US$ 49.00A unique structured approach to solving ethical issues that arise in daily clinical practice. A Doody's Core Title for 2011!. Clinical Ethics teaches the widely-known Four-Topics Method to help you make the right choice when facingcomplex ethical questions and dilemmas encountered during everyday patient care. You will learn an easy-to-apply system... more...
Conversations on the Edge
Georgetown University Press 2004; US$ 24.95At the edge of mortality there is a place where the seriously ill or dying waitùa place where they may often feel vulnerable or alone. For over forty years, bioethicist cum philosopher Richard Zaner has been at the side of many of those people offering his incalculable gift of listening, and helping to lighten their burdensùnot only with... more...
100 Cases in Clinical Ethics and Law
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2008; US$ 35.18A practical guide for students and healthcare professionals, on how to approach the legal and ethical dilemmas that frequently occur in hospital wards and medicine in the community. more...
Values-Based Health & Social Care
SAGE Publications 2010; US$ 46.00Unlike most other books written on evidence-based practice, this book questions whether this method always leads to the best practice possible and analyses and critiques the approach in a reflective manner. more...
Abortion and the Moral Significance of Merely Possible Persons
Springer 2010; US$ 129.99When, if ever, is it morally permissible for a woman to have an abortion? When, if ever, are agents morally obligated to bring new persons into existence - whether by refraining from having an abortion or by conceiving a child? Questions of abortion and procreation provoke debates at the practical level that can seem endless and emotionally fraught.... more...









