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Quack Medicine
ABC-CLIO 2013; US$ 48.00This timely volume illustrates how and why the fight against quackery in modern America has largely failed, laying the blame on an unlikely confluence of scientific advances, regulatory reforms, changes in the medical profession, and the politics of consumption. more...
Africa Focus Debates on Contemporary Contentious Biomedical Issues
Langaa RPCIG 2011; US$ 24.95This is a vivid, thought-provoking and fascinating text on some contentious issues in contemporary medical ethics. The book acknowledges the contribution of ìAfrican traditionî and Western scholarship to the development of medical ethics as a university discipline. It questions the lack of consensus around such biomedical issues as euthanasia... more...
An Introduction to Global Health Ethics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95The field of global health is expanding rapidly. An increasing number of trainees are studying and working with marginalized populations, often within low and middle-income countries. Such endeavours are beset by ethical dilemmas: mitigating power differentials, addressing cultural differences in how health and illness are viewed, and obtaining individual... more...
Medical Ethics Today
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008; US$ 173.95Doctors and medical students confront increasingly complicated ethical dilemmas. To respond effectively they need skills in ethical reasoning and an understanding of the law and professional guidance. This book helps them achieve these things. It provides practical advice and guidance that draws upon the large volume of enquiries received by the BMAs... more...
Expanding Horizons in Bioethics
Springer 2005; US$ 139.99What are the resources and needs, the strengths and the vulnerabilities of patients, of society, or of nature? How do we evaluate the societal potential of scientific discovery? It is fairly well assured that we are influencing the terms of existence of many inhabitants of this planet, from flora to fauna to humans. Moreover, history has shown that... more...
Medical Humanities
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2001; US$ 49.95The purpose of medical humanities is to improve the delivery of effective health care through a better understanding of disease. Based on a highly successful seminar, this book provides a comprehensive and authoritative reference for what is becoming a professional requirement in medicine. more...
How Doctors Think
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 39.99Defines the nature and importance of clinical judgement. Although physicians make use of science, this book argues that medicine is not itself a science, but rather an interpretive practice that relies on clinical reasoning. It also contends that there can be adverse side effects to assuming that medicine is strictly science. more...
Principles of Health Care Ethics
Wiley 2007; US$ 424.00Edited by four leading members of the new generation of medical and healthcare ethicists working in the UK, respected worldwide for their work in medical ethics, Principles of Health Care Ethics, Second Edition is a standard resource for students, professionals, and academics wishing to understand current and future issues in healthcare ethics.... more...
Ethical Challenges in Study Design and Informed Consent for Health Research in Resource-poor Settings
World Health Organization 2007; US$ 25.00This review considers ethical challenges to research design and informed consent in biomedical and behavioral studies conducted in resource-poor settings. A review of the literature explores relevant social, cultural, and ethical issues in the conduct of biomedical and social health research in developing countries. Ten case vignettes illustrate ethical... more...
The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 73.00A comprehensive reference providing an approach to problems of biomedical ethics in the clinical setting. more...









