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Gesundheitsvorsorge mit TCM
Springer 2009; US$ 74.99"Das Teuerste auf der Erde ist das Leben" (Daodejing). Im alten China wurden Ärzte so lange gut bezahlt, wie die ihnen Anvertrauten gesund blieben. Der Mensch bildete mit Natur, Himmel und Erde eine untrennbare Einheit. Auch in unserem Zeitalter wird das Thema Gesundheitsvorsorge immer bedeutender, oft mangelt es jedoch an der konkreten Umsetzung.... more...
Taking Issue
Georgetown University Press 2010; US$ 19.95A pioneer in the theory of pluralistic casuistry, the idea that there are almost as many facets to moral choices as there are cases that call for choices, Baruch Brody takes issue with conventional bioethical wisdom and challenges the rigid principalism of contemporary bioethics. His views have been seen as controversial, but they are firmly held,... more...
Law and Ethics in Children's Nursing
Wiley 2010; US$ 53.99An important and practical guide on the legal and ethical aspects of child health care that enables nurses to understand the legal and ethical principles that underpin everyday nursing practice, and explores the way in which legal and ethical aspects of children's nursing differs from those of adults. more...
Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics
Georgetown University Press 2009; US$ 37.50For nearly fifteen years Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics has offered scholars and students a highly accessible and teachable alternative to the dominant principle-based theories in the field. DevettereÆs approach is not based on an ethics of abstract obligations and duties, but, following Aristotle, on how to live a fulfilled and... more...
Ethical Issues in Home Health Care
Charles C Thomas 2008; US$ 39.95This book will help to answer some of the growing number of ethical questions and more complex issues that home health care nurses face. The cases presented in each chapter of the book are fictionalized situations based on interviews conducted with home health care nurses in both hospital-sponsored and private agencies, in hospices, and in urban and... more...
Medical Futility
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 41.00A wide-ranging and authoritative survey of the complex issue of futile medical treatments. more...
Understanding Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 27.00This concise guide will help health professionals understand their relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. more...
Death by Medicine
Axios Press 2010; US$ 17.00The medical environment has become a labyrinth of interlocking corporate, hospital, and governmental boards of directors, infiltrated by the drug companies. Drug company representatives write glowing articles about pharmaceuticals, which are then signed by physicians paid handsomely for their cooperation, though they may not know the adverse side effects... more...
Healthcare Decision-Making and the Law
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 82.00A critical evaluation of the law's engagement with the process of healthcare decision-making, and how the relationship might be enhanced. more...
Conflicts of Care
Campus Verlag 2009; US$ 30.43Hauptbeschreibung Ethikkomitees sind neu an deutschen Kliniken. Mit Blick auf die US-amerikanische Geschichte dieser Einrichtung beleuchtet Helen Kohlen deren Praxis und den Nutzen im medizinischen und pflegerischen Feld. Wem dienen die Beratungsgremien und wessen Stimme wird bei der Definition ethischer Konflikte gehört? Sie erkennt, dass die Logik... more...









