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  • Quack Medicineby Eric Boyle

    ABC-CLIO 2013; US$ 48.00

    This 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 Issuesby Munyaradzi Mawere

    Langaa RPCIG 2011; US$ 24.95

    This 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 Ethicsby Andrew D. Pinto; Ross E. G. Upshur

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95

    The 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 Todayby BMA Medical Ethics Department

    Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008; US$ 173.95

    Doctors 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 Bioethicsby Arthur W. Galston; Christiana Z. Peppard

    Springer 2005; US$ 139.99

    What 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 Humanitiesby Martyn Evans

    Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2001; US$ 49.95

    The 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 Thinkby Kathryn Montgomery

    Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 39.99

    Defines 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 Ethicsby Richard Edmund Ashcroft; Angus Dawson; Heather Draper; John McMillan

    Wiley 2007; US$ 424.00

    Edited 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 Settingsby P.A. Marshall

    World Health Organization 2007; US$ 25.00

    This 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 Bioethicsby Peter A. Singer; A. M. Viens

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 73.00

    A comprehensive reference providing an approach to problems of biomedical ethics in the clinical setting. more...