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Cambridge University Press Autonomy Informed Consent and Medical Law A Relational Challenge Cambridge Law Medicine and Ethics Series Number 8
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Cambridge University Press Pathographies of Mental Illness
Book SynopsisThis Element is a survey of the field of pathographies of mental illness. It explores classic texts in the field as well as other selected contemporary memoirs. In doing so, the reader is introduced to psychiatric information about various mental illnesses through a narrative lens, emphasizing experience. Because clinical research is evidenced-based and aims to produce generalizable knowledge (i.e., trends), the reading of pathographies can complement these findings with practical experiential insights. By pairing psychiatric information with pathographies, certain personal themes become apparent that are different from the empirical trends identified by scientific and medical researchers. Based on the survey presented here, this Element identifies seven such themes, laying the foundation for future research, inquiry, practice, and policy.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. What is Pathography?; 3. Depression; 4. Bipolar Disorder; 5. Schizophrenia; 6. Addiction; 7. Borderline Personality Disorder; 8. Conduct Disorder; 9. Anti-Social Personality Disorder; 10. Autism Spectrum Disorder; 11. Eating Disorders; 12. Key Personal Themes in Pathographies of Mental Illness; Appendix: Further Reading; Notes; References.
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Cambridge University Press The Ethics of Consciousness
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Cambridge University Press Personal Genome Medicine
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Cambridge University Press Personal Genome Medicine
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Cambridge University Press The Artificial Womb on Trial
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Cambridge University Press The Artificial Womb on Trial
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Cambridge University Press What Makes Health Public
Book SynopsisWith a focus on the literature in ethics, law, politics, public health and health policy, John Coggon argues that the important question for analysts in public health law and ethics is 'what makes health public?' His argument will interest those working on health-related ethical, legal and political issues.Trade Review'Students, researchers and policymakers interested in public health ethics should engage with this insightful and stimulating, if very demanding, thesis. It forces the reader to think about 'the bigger picture' and challenges taken for granted assumptions about the nature and parameters of public health.' H. Fairbrother, Public Health'… Coggon's achievement is substantial. What Makes Health Public? provides a carefully argued examination of the normative bases for public health policies.' Wendy E. Parmet, Medical Law ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Basic Concepts and Public Health: 1. Health, normativity, and politics; 2. The public, and things being public; 3. The seven faces of public health; 4. Public health policy; 5. Public health law and ethics; 6. Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Evaluating Evaluations: Making Health Public: 7. Analysis in the political realm; 8. Making health public; 9. Conclusion to Part II; Part III. Tackling Responsibility: Liberal Citizens as Subjects and Sovereigns: 10. Liberal citizens: defining non-individuated individuals; 11. Health made public: rights, R=responsibilities and shared concerns; 12. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Solidarity and Justice in Health and Social Care
Book SynopsisWritten for academics and policymakers working in health and social care, this timely book takes the debate on healthcare access beyond the usual framework of justice and rights. In particular, it analyses the importance of collective responsibility for the care of vulnerable and dependent individuals in society.Trade Review'In this book, with outstanding clarity, Ruud ter Meulen tackles a crucial, but complex and delicate issue, for both political and moral philosophy and policy-making in health care. … he offers a brilliant philosophical lesson that is also useful for his ultimate purpose: contextualising the concept of solidarity as he does, he enables us to see it as an answer to concrete issues and not as an ossified idea, inappropriate to deal with contemporary health care challenges.' Marie Gaille, EACME NewsletterTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Solidarity: backgrounds, concerns and claims; 2. The origins of solidarity as a sociological concept; 3. Solidarity and justice; 4. Solidarity and individual responsibility in Dutch health care; 5. Family solidarity and informal care; 6. Why we need solidarity.
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Cambridge University Press Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice 19 Cambridge Bioethics and Law Series Number 19
Book SynopsisEthical Problems and Genetics Practice provides a rich, case-based account of the ethical issues arising in genetics for health professionals, patients and their families. It will be particularly relevant to medical, nursing and genetic-counselling students and to graduate students in bioethics, social science and medical anthropology.Trade Review'This book is an extremely valuable addition to the ever-expanding library of contemporary bioethics texts. For me its real strength lies in the fact that it is very much grounded in real issues - using everyday practice and cases from clinical genetics settings - not simply theoretical 'what if' situations.' BioNews (bionews.org.uk)Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The patient in the families; 3. Elective affinities; 4. Reproducing ethics; 5. Multi-professional practices; 6. Moral craft; 7. Methodological reflections.
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HarperCollins Invisible Labor
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Biomedical Ethics
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine Contemporary
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Little, Brown Spark You Can Stop Humming Now A Doctors Stories of
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Elsevier Nursing Today
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Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Ethical Legal Issues in Canadian Nursing
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 An Introduction to Ethics and the Law: A Perspective for Nurses 2 Ethical Theories: Their Meaning for Nurses 3 Guiding Ethical Decision Making: Resources for Nurses 4 The Canadian Legal System 5 Regulation of the Nursing Profession 6 Informed Consent: Rights and Obligations 7 The Nurse's Legal Accountabilities: Professional Competence, Misconduct, Malpractice, and Nursing Documentation 8 Complexity at the End of Life: Ethical and Legal Challenges 9 Ethical and Legal Issues Related to Advancing Science and Technology 10 Safeguarding Patient Rights 11 Perspectives on the Rights of Nurses 12 Ethical Issues in Leadership, the Organization, and Approaches to the Delivery of Care Glossary Index
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Elsevier Nursing Today Binder Ready
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Random House USA Inc First Do No Harm
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health
Book SynopsisNow fully revised and in a second edition, The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals suggests solutions to the simple and complex ethical questions mental health professionals must deal with on a daily basis. This indispensable guide arms you with the expert knowledge you need to avoid an ethical violation?or to handle the situation if a complaint is filed. Web copy, 5/14/08, RHTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Client Issues. 1. Alternative Treatment Methods. 2. Boundary Violations. 3. Confidentiality. 4. Dangerous Clients. 5. Discrimination. 6. False and Misleading Statements. 7. Informed Consent. 8. Interviewing. 9. Prohibited Clients. 10. Risky Clients. 11. Repressed and Recovered Memory. 12. Sexual Misconduct. 13. Terminating Therapy. Part II: Ethics Codes and Licensing. 14. Areas of Ethical Complaints. 15. Ethics Codes as Evidence. 16. Licensing Board Procedures. 17. Office of Civil Rights. 18. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 19. Reporting Statutes and Obligations. Part III: Practice Considerations. 20. Billing. 21. Establishing a Practice. 22. Closing or Interrupting a Practice. 23. Kickbacks, Bartering, Fees, and Gifts. 24. Malpractice Insurance. 25. Record Keeping. Part IV: Professional Issues. 26. Drug and Alcohol Use, Impairment. 27. Duty to Warn. 28. Interprofessional Issues. 29. Professional Vulnerability. 30. Supervision. Part V: Special Therapy Considerations. 31. Forensic Evaluation. 32. Group Therapy. 33. Don't Do Dumb Stuff. Epilogue: Ethics in the Twenty-First Century. Appendix A: Mental Health Professional Organizations. Appendix B: Allied Healthcare Providers Professional and Supplemental Liability Insurance Policy. Appendix C: Social Workers Professional Liability Claims-Made Policy. Appendix D: Sample Jurisprudence Exam Questions. References and Reading Material. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry
Book SynopsisEthical medical practice and treatment in psychiatry are based on the concept of first do no harm. However, this cannot, and does not, apply to forensic cases where there is no doctorpatient relationship and the forensic psychiatrist may indeed cause harm to the examinee. In this book, Robert Sadoff analyzes the ethical issues affecting forensic psychiatric practice, especially those promulgated by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Within those guidelines, he looks at individual bias, vulnerability of the examinee, and potential harm to the mental health professional. The book discusses each of the procedures of the forensic expert separately with respect to minimizing harm. It has been written with an international audience in mind and features chapters reviewing the European and UK perspectives, by Emanuele Valenti and John Baird, respectively. Robert Sadoff addresses the long-term harm that can be either avoided or minimized through careful planning and applicationTrade Review"Sadoff's book is a vital contribution to the psychiatric literature, as it fills a need unaddressed by more theoretically oriented works. Anyone interested in mental health or medical ethics will find this text worthwhile, especially as it contains an introduction for lay readers explaining basic forensic roles and functions.The book is most valuable, however, to forensic mental health practioners, who will benefit from its practical instruction aimed at minimizing harm." (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, December 2012) "Sadoff has crafted an admirable mix of facts and anecdotes, presented in a manner that could help undergraduates get a taste for the realities of forensic practice, help graduate students connect the theoretical with the practical, and even provide veteran practitioners with helpful reminders and provocative food for thought." (PsycCRITIQUES, 23 November 2011) "It will serve as a useful resource and is a welcome addition to my library." (Doody's, 11 November 2011) "While Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry appears to be targeted at the forensic psychiatrist, as emphasised in the title, I believe that it can be valuable reading for all forensic mental health professionals. . . Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry makes practical ethics easy reading. . . This book is an invaluable guide to ethical practice." (Journal of Mental Health, 1 October 2011) Table of ContentsAbout the Authors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. List of Contributors. Part One Ethics in Forensic Psychiatry. 1 Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry in the United States (Robert L. Sadoff). 2 Minimizing Harm: A Perspective from Forensic Psychiatry in the United Kingdom (John A. Baird). 3 Mental Health and Human Rights in Forensic Psychiatry in the European Union (Emanuele Valenti and Luis Fernando Barrios Flores). Part Two The Practice of Forensic Psychiatry. 4 The Forensic Psychiatric Examination (Robert L. Sadoff). 5 The Forensic Psychiatric Report (Robert L. Sadoff). 6 Expert Psychiatric Testimony (Robert L. Sadoff). Part Three Vulnerable Populations in the Justice System. 7 Children and Adolescents (Robert L. Sadoff). 8 The Elderly, the Mentally Retarded, and the Severely Mentally Disabled (Robert L. Sadoff). 9 Victims and Predators of Sexual Violence (Robert L. Sadoff). 10 Immigrants: A Vulnerable Population (Solange Margery Bertoglia). 11 Prisoners and Death Row Inmates (Robert L. Sadoff). 12 Forensic Psychiatric Experts: Risks and Liability (Robert L. Sadoff). 13 Risks of Harm to the Forensic Expert: the Legal Perspective (Donna L. Vanderpool). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Medical Ethics Law and Communication at a Glance
Book SynopsisMedical Ethics, Law and Communication at a Glance presents a succinct overview of these key areas of the medical curriculum. This new title aims to provide a concise summary of the three core, interlinked topics essential to resolving ethical dilemmas in medicine and avoiding medico-legal action.Trade Review"Overall, this is a good overview. Although this book alone will not make the reader a complete doctor, it will be a good stepping stone toward that end. If readers are looking for an overview of communication skills in addition to medical ethics and law, this book is the only option because there are no books that cover all three topics." (Doody Enterprises 17/03/2017) "Medical Ethics, Law and Communication follows along the same lines as Medical School At A Glance, with Davey and co-editors providing a no-nonsense overview of how to avoid potential minefields in the profession...Medical Ethics features a well-honed narrative telling the reader what they need to know, opening doors into subjects that should naturally motivate further independent research. In sum, no prospective or practicing health care provider can afford to be without this resource." (The Electric Review, 23/03/2017)Table of ContentsEditors vii Contributors vii Preface ix Part I Medical ethics and law 1 1 What is medical ethics? 2 2 Ethical theories and principles 4 3 Ethical reasoning 7 4 What is medical law? 10 5 The English legal system 13 6 Relationship between ethics, law and professionalism 16 7 Ethical decisions in practice 18 8 Negligence 20 9 Battery and assault 24 10 Confidentiality 26 11 Consent 28 12 Reproduction 34 13 Termination of pregnancy 37 14 Organ donation and transplantation 40 15 Mental health 43 16 Safeguarding children and adults 46 17 Public health 48 18 Allocation of resources 50 19 Clinical genetics 53 20 Human research 56 21 Care of older adults 58 22 End of life care 61 23 Health management 65 24 Primary care 68 Part II Communication 71 25 The importance of good communication 72 26 The patient-centred consultation 74 27 Building the relationship 75 28 Listening and questioning 76 29 Explanations 78 30 Explaining procedures 80 31 The computer in the consultation 81 32 Shared decision making 82 33 Communication of risk 84 34 Talking about lifestyle changes 86 35 Breaking bad news 88 36 Bad news: patients’ reactions 90 37 Dealing with anger and aggression 92 38 Talking about sex 94 39 Communicating across cultures 96 40 Communicating with people with disabilities 98 41 Communicating with colleagues 100 42 Professionalism 102 43 Feedback 104 44 Looking after yourself 106 45 Kindness 108 Index 109
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Lazarus Case
Book SynopsisLantos uses these literary examples to further illustrate the ambiguities, misunderstandings, responsibilities, and evasions that plague our decisions regarding life and death, medical care and medical education, and ultimately the cost and value of preserving the lives of the most vulnerable among us.Trade ReviewThis book is a good read for anyone working in modern health care and involved or interested in any way with the difficult and frustratingly ambiguous decisions that must be made daily while caring for the critically ill. -- Jonathan M. Whitfield, M.D. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings This outstanding book is one of the most important on medical ethics in the past ten years... It is authored by a physician who views issues of the day firsthand in a thoughtful, realistic, and consistent style. The result is elegant and highly readable. Lantos examines ethical problems of neonatal intensive care through his depositional testimony regarding a child who unaccountably survived after treatment was stopped; the result was severe neurological deficit. This device allows Lantos to make cogent but never doctrinaire comments on our judicial system and the progress of technology at the expense of humanity... A must read for physicians, health authorities, and all who in desiring justice imbued with moral acceptance recognize that medical certitude is beyond our powers. Choice Lantos presents an eye-opening and thought-provoking discussion in a unique style... Lantos is honest and voices some of the questions that many, if not all, physicians and medical ethicists have probably thought about... A must-read for all physicians, [and] especially important for those interested in pediatrics, neonatology, geriatrics, or any aspect of medicine that involves life-vs.-death decisions. New Physician The Lazarus Case is recommended for anyone who is involved in patient care and clinical decision making, and will be an effective resource for teaching bioethics to undergraduate, nursing, and medical students. National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly The very readable text offers a compelling perspective, both personal and professional, on a tragic situation that illuminates how difficult it is to determine whether any treatment decision is right or wrong, despite the law's best efforts to render such verdicts. -- Felicia G. Cohn Religious Studies Review Compelling. Lantos's narrative style makes for pleasurable reading; once you start a given chapter it is difficult to put his book down. He is at his best when sharing his personal experiences in the clinical realm and insights from relevant nonmedical literature. I am confident it will generate important discussions within our group that will benefit each of us and the infants and families we care for. Journal of the American Medical Association Lantos has taken an important practical problem and applied our understanding of moral and ethical theory to the issue of the appropriateness of care. An important message here is that in the context of this particular case, there are no right or wrong answers to questions posed. New England Journal of Medicine A literate, thoughtful, and provocative work... An excellent way for experts and novices in bioethics, health professionals, and the lay public to be exposed to the complexities of ethical dilemmas in medicine. Medical Humanities Review Many books have been written about the ethical dilemmas surrounding premature births, but this title, written in a style that should appeal to general readers, stands out as a solid introduction to these issues. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Library JournalTable of ContentsContents: The Lazarus Case: Life and Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care Chapter 1 Somebody Will Pay Chapter 2 Passing Out In The NICU Chapter 3 Learning about Death and Dying Chapter 4 Standards of Care Chapter 5 Prognostication and Futility Chapter 6 Consent, Communication, Shared Decision Making Chapter 7 Getting Paid Chapter 8 Home Births Chapter 9 Mistakes in Context Chapter 10 Closing Argument
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Johns Hopkins University Press Health Security for All
Book SynopsisAn innovative approach to one of the great unresolved social and political problems of our time, Health Security for All will be of interest to social scientists, health policy scholars, historians, and idealists across the political spectrum.Trade ReviewThis book provides an intriguing recount of health care reform's storied and often tumultuous past. -- Ronald T. Ackermann, MD, MPH Annals of Internal Medicine 2005 Required reading for those interested in the life and death of health policy initiatives... Valuable primer on health policy. -- Eric G. Campbell, PhD JAMA 2005 Will surely resonate in the thoughts of policymakers... and anyone interested in a fairer and healthier society. -- Marian E. Gornick New England Journal of Medicine 2005 Derickson has rendered these ideas concerning access intelligible and the disputes over them comprehensible. -- Theodore R. Marmor Journal of American History 2006 Derickson's book is undoubtedly an important contribution that deserves a wide readership. -- Gerald N. Grob Psychiatric Services 2006 Anyone who wonders whether there is anything new that can be said about the issue must read Alan Derickson's marvelous book. -- Jill Quadagno Bulletin of the History of Medicine 2006 This is a book that asks the right questions and contains more than its share of provocative answers. -- Edward D. Berkowitz Journal of Social History 2006 A fascinating intellectual and political history of reform ideologies and debates. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2006 A fascinating intellectual and political history of reform ideologies and debates. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2006 Beautifully readable, scholarly, and brief (for its coverage). Educ'l Gerontology 2007 A valuable addition... The unique feature of the book is its focus on the goal of universalism, rather than the more narrow politics of national health insurance... grounded in discourses of needs, efficiency, and rights. -- Martin Gorsky Medical History 2007Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. A Fertile and Lively Cause of PovertyChapter 2. One of the Most Radical Moves Ever MadeChapter 3. No Poor-Man's SystemChapter 4. American Democratic MedicineChapter 5. Well on the WayChapter 6. As Much a Birthright as EducationEpilogue: Alone Among the Developed NationsAcknowledgementsNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press After Harm Medical Error and the Ethics of
Book SynopsisAfter Harm adds important human dimensions to an issue that has profound consequences for patients and health care providers.Trade ReviewIn an environment in which the aftermath of medical harm is characterized by adversarial relationships and self-protective maneuvering, Berlinger's proposals offer an alternative that ultimately better serves patients, families, clinicians, and health-care institutions. After Harm has much to offer students, educators, administrators, and policymakers. -- Gregg VandeKieft Literature and Medicine 2006 Forgiveness on the part of an injured patient, or the family if the patient has died, comes as a result of both words and actions on the part of doctors and hospitals, says Nancy Berlinger in her thoughtful and well-researched book. -- Gregory M. Lamb Christian Science Monitor This is an important book that deserves to be read widely. Berlinger has done a signal service by writing it. -- Stephen E. Lammers Christian Century 2006 Certainly recommended reading. -- Mark Welch, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2005 Provides a valuable counterbalance to innumerable calls for systemic reforms to reduce medical error. -- Farr A. Curlin British Medical Journal 2005 Thoughtful and well-researched. -- Gregory M. Lamb Chicago Sun-Times 2005 An accessible, thoughtful treatment of this sensitive topic, which carefully addresses the concerns of all parties affected by medical harm... This book should be read by anyone working within a healthcare institution. -- Christine Vitrano Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2007 A refreshing effort to connect error and forgiveness in a way that encourages the sort of debate the issue deserves. -- Curtis W. Hart Journal of Religion and Health 2006 Presents an opportune and refreshing perspective on medical error. -- Summer Johnson Hastings Center Report 2007 The text in my view makes an important contribution to the understanding of the relationship between physician and patient in the face of medical error... The author states she hopes non-physician health care professionals will find her work of use, to that end she has succeeded. -- Anne-Marie Brown Provincial Health Ethics Network 2009 I loved this book... It is a tight, tasty, spiritual and intellectual morsel. -- Robert E. Cranston, MD, MA, FAAN Ethics and Medicine 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Narrative Ethics2. Physicians' Narratives3. Patients' and Families' Narratives4. Disclosure5. Apology6. Repentance7. Forgiveness8. Ethical ActionAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Innovation in Medical Technology Ethical Issues
Book SynopsisThis work's insights into the nature and consequences of medical innovation contribute to the national debate on how best to protect patients while fostering innovation and securing benefits.Trade ReviewA captivating read for just about any thoughtful person, Innovation in Medical Technology could serve as an effective springboard for lively teaching sessions in a medical school or residency program, or as a provocative introduction to a course in medical ethics. -- Richard M. Stillman JAMA 2007 This volume serves as an introduction to legal and ethical issues that emerge from medical technological innovation, and to the boundary issues between medical research and clinical practice. It includes policy suggestions for regulation in this gray zone of practice between clinical care and research, as well as a short history of human subjects research. Choice 2008 The work provides both medical practitioners and academicians of various levels of experience with a helpful overview of the complicated dilemmas surrounding innovation in medicine. -- Jacob William Shatzer Ethics and Medicine 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Need to Ask Questions about Innovation1. Distinguishing Innovative Medical Practice from Research2. The Modern History of Human Research Ethics3. Innovation in the Off-Label Use of Drugs4. Innovative Surgery5. Innovation in Assisted Reproduction6. Innovation in Neuroimaging7. Questions, Issues, and Recommendations Going ForwardConclusion: Final Thoughts on the Landscape of InnovationAppendix A: Directives for Human Experimentation: Nuremberg CodeAppendix B: World Medical Association Declaration of HelsinkiAppendix C: Description of Department of Health and Human ServicesRegulations for the Protection of Human SubjectsAppendix D: Participants in Lasker Forum on Ethical Challenges in Biomedical Research and PracticeNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Planning for Uncertainty Living Wills and Other
Book SynopsisThis practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future.Trade ReviewValuable resource. Columbia College Today 2007 A practical guide to help individuals make end-of-life decisions and communicate them to healthcare providers, family members, and other loved ones. UU World 2008 This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future. Exceptional Parent 2008 Doukas and Reichel achieve two things rarely seen in books geared toward the general public. First, they are uncommonly forthright... The second noteworthy achievement of Planning for Uncertainty is its compatibility with the family physician's worldview. -- David Satin, MD Family Medicine 2008 Planning for Uncertainty contacts much helpful information about advance directives and advance care planning. -- Ellen W. Bernal Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Every Person Needs to Know1. What the Patient Self-Determination Act Means to You2. When Is Treatment Beneficial and When Is It Not Beneficial?3. How Ethical Principles Affect Health Care Decisions4. The Value of Values5. How Advance Directives Work6. The Values History: Defining Your Health Care Values7. You, Your Family, and Health Care Decisions: Choosing a Proxy8. Signing Advance DirectivesAppendixLinks to Advance Directive Forms by StateOther Useful LinksMy Advance Directives for Future Medical TreatmentThe Values HistoryAdvance Directive in Brief CardIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Challenges of an Aging Society Ethical Dilemmas
Book Synopsis, Boston College.Trade ReviewAn excellent book... Will be exceedingly helpful to clinicians and nonclinicians who are involved in the development of public policy. JAMA 2008 Easily readable and well referenced... It is an excellent, well-thought-out resource for where the U.S. is on the issue of gerontology as it relates to ethics and public policy... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 A good survey of many aging society issues. Future Survey 2007 Some of the individual chapters are superb... contains some interesting original material as well as a useful synthesis of the literature... There is something in it for almost everyone. New England Journal of Medicine 2008 This book is well edited and presented, which makes reading it quite straightforward, even while taking on at times some complex issues. -- Karen Le Ball Age and Ageing 2008 This book... is unique in that it explores issues and challenges at hand with the current aging society through an 'ethical' lens, and brings together experts in a wide range of fields covering sociobiology, social work, economics, public policy, theology, public health, bioethics, nursing and neurology -- Erica Yoonkyung Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 2009 There is something for everyone in this collection -- John Bond Aging and Society 2008 It is a compilation of multiple thought-provoking analyses of the status of elderly and the aging, and includes current and future ramifications. -- Susan Wegener Inside GCM 2008Table of ContentsList of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Science and Ethics of Aging WellPart I: Autonomy and End-of-Life Decisions1. The Legal Aspects of End-Of-Life Decision Making2. Assessing Compentency to Make Medical Decisions at the End of Life: Clinician and Patient Issues3. The Ethics of Long-Term Care: Recasting the Policy Discourse4. Religiosity and Spirituality at the End of Life: Challenges and OpportunitiesPart II: The Future of Family Responsibility5. The Family and the Future: Challenges, Prospects, and Resilience6. Long-Term Care, Feminism, and an Ethics of Solidarity7. Aging, Generational Opposition, and the Future of the FamilyPart III: Policies and Politics of Genrational Responsibility8. Minority Elders in the United States: Implications for Public Policy9. Allocating Resources for Lifelong Learning for Older Adults10. Transforming Age-Based Policies to Meet Fluid Life-Course Needs11. The Political Paradoxes of Thinking outside the Life-Cycle Boxes12. Is Responsibility across Generations Politically Feasible?Part IV: Health and Wealth: Whose Responsibility?13. Social Security Reform and Responsibility across the Generations: Framing the Debate14. Setting the Agenda for Social Security Reform15. A Summary of Saving Social Security: A Balanced Approach16. Assessing the Returns from the New Medicare Drug Benefit17. Prescription Drugs and Elders in the Twenty-first CenturyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Hope and Suffering
Book SynopsisThis engaging study will be of interest to historians, medical practitioners and researchers, and people whose lives have been altered by cancer.Trade ReviewKrueger has written an important book. -- Barron Lerner Lancet 2008 Hope and Suffering is an apt title for this dense, encyclopedic, and riveting book. It includes narratives from patients and their family members that detail the hope, suffering, and despair of the first two decades of cancer therapy, followed by the optimism and successes of the present...Author Gretchen Krueger recounts these stories in considerable detail and references them exquisitely. New England Journal of Medicine 2009 It would be of value in any medical humanities course. -- Emm Barnes Medical History 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. "Glioma Babies," Families, and Cancer in Children in the 1930s2. "Cancer, The Child Killer": Jimmy and the Redefinition of a Dread Disease3. Death Be Not Proud: Children, Families, and Cancer in Postwar America4. "Against All Odds": Chemotherapy and the Medical Management of Acute Leukemia in the 1950s5. "Who's Afraid of Death on the Leukemia Ward?": Remission, Relapse, and Child Death in the 1960s and 1970s6. "The Truly Cured Child": Prolonged Survival and the Late Effects of CancerConclusionNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care
Book SynopsisThis volume is a useful resource for bioethicists, members of rural bioethics committees and networks, policy makers, teachers of health care providers, and rural practitioners themselves.Trade ReviewOf obvious value for those active in rural health care. It may be even more useful, however, for nonrural practitioners, ethicists, and members of ethics committees. Reading the essays in this volume is like acquiring a new set of glasses. It made me better able to perceive differences in how ethics can be considered based on culture, population, geographic challenges, and personal connections... An even bigger service may be the tools it provides to look differently at problems commonly thought to be understood. -- Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD JAMA An excellent scholarly examination of what rural people face in the world of health care. Midwest Book Review A welcome addition to this oft-neglected area of ethics. The collection is broad-ranging and well-designed. -- Robert Macauley Journal of Bioethical Inquiry The common thread among the essays is a bioethical perspective. Their common goal is to raise awareness among rural practitioners and other interested parties about the particular challenges that the rural environment presents. Health AffairsTable of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Overview of Rurality and General Ethical IssuesChapter 1. Rural-Urban Differences in End-of-Life Care: Reflections on Social ContractsChapter 2. The Challenges of Rural Health CareChapter 3. Ethics, Errors, and Where We Go from HereChapter 4. The Ethics of Allocating Resources toward Rural Health and Health CarePart II: Practitioners' VoicesChapter 5. Reflections on Fifty Years in Rural Health CareChapter 6. Serving the Underserved: Personal, Social, and Medical ChallengesChapter 7. Ethical and Sociocultural Issues in Rural Mental Health CarePart III: Specific Ethical Issues and SolutionsChapter 8. Ethical Dimensions of the Quality of Rural Health CareChapter 9. Building Bioethics Networks in Rural States: Blessings and BarriersChapter 10. Structural Violence in the Rural Context: The Ethical implications of Welfare Reform for Rural HealthChapter 11. Rural Geristric Bioethics: A Texas PerspectiveChapter 12. Supporting the Rural Physician: Processes and ProgramsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Practical Plans for Difficult Conversations in
Book SynopsisBased on sound, proven strategies and peppered throughout with illustrative examples, Practical Plans for Difficult Conversations in Medicine provides the tools and knowledge necessary to start and sustain a genuine conversation at a moment when the first thought is I have no idea what to say now.Trade ReviewBuckman offers the tools and knowledge base to help a medical practitioner start and maintain a professional conversation during extremely sensitive times and circumstances... Highly recommended. Choice 2011 Practical Plans for Difficult Conversations aims to ground its ideas firmly within the real world of clinical medicine. All of the examples are set in real situations and this is the book's main strength. Readers will recognise, immediately, the areas that do cause problems, and will be able to imagine themselves within each scenario. Times Educational Supplement 2011Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Prescribing the Doctor as Part of the Treatment1. Some "Can't Go Wrong" Tips2. Breaking Bad News: The SPIKES Protocol3. Disclosing Error: The CONES Protocol4. Managing Conflict and Escalation: The HARD Protocol5. Giving Information Effectively: The SAFER Protocol6. Some Particularly Difficult ConversationsConclusion: Putting It All Together and Making a Difference in CommunicationAcknowledgmentsAppendix: Notes to Accompany the Scenarios on DVDNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Wrong Medicine
Book SynopsisBased on the latest empirical research, Wrong Medicine continues to guide a broad range of health care professionals through the challenges of providing humane end-of-life care.Trade Review"A thoughtful discussion of a difficult and pervasive bioethical problem - one made all the more critical by current concerns about limited resources. This book brings common sense to bear on one of the more intractable issues facing medical ethicists today. A useful and timely contribution." (New England Journal of Medicine) "A lucid and important contribution to the field that moves us toward both a more scientific and a more humane approach to making treatment decisions at the end of life." (Health Affairs)"Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgments1. Are Doctors Supposed to Be Doing This?2. Why It Is Hard to Say No3. Why We Must Say No4. Families Who Say, "Do Everything!"5. Futility and Rationing6. Medical Futility in a Litigious Society7. Ethical Implications of Medical Futility8. The Way It Is Now / The Way It Ought to Be: For Patients9. The Way It Is Now / The Way It Ought to Be: For Health Professionals10. The High Points: Medical Futility11. Medical Futility: Where Do We Stand Now?NotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Wrong Medicine Doctors Patients and Futile
Book SynopsisBased on the latest empirical research, Wrong Medicine continues to guide a broad range of health care professionals through the challenges of providing humane end-of-life care.Trade Review"A thoughtful discussion of a difficult and pervasive bioethical problem - one made all the more critical by current concerns about limited resources. This book brings common sense to bear on one of the more intractable issues facing medical ethicists today. A useful and timely contribution." (New England Journal of Medicine) "A lucid and important contribution to the field that moves us toward both a more scientific and a more humane approach to making treatment decisions at the end of life." (Health Affairs)"Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgments1. Are Doctors Supposed to Be Doing This?2. Why It Is Hard to Say No3. Why We Must Say No4. Families Who Say, "Do Everything!"5. Futility and Rationing6. Medical Futility in a Litigious Society7. Ethical Implications of Medical Futility8. The Way It Is Now / The Way It Ought to Be: For Patients9. The Way It Is Now / The Way It Ought to Be: For Health Professionals10. The High Points: Medical Futility11. Medical Futility: Where Do We Stand Now?NotesIndex
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The Catholic University of America Press Vital Conflicts in Medical Ethics
Book SynopsisConsiders some of the difficult and disputed questions in Catholic moral theology. This work addresses classic dilemmas including the morality of the procedure known as craniotomy, and of various treatments for tubal pregnancy.
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Georgetown University Press Brain Policy How the New Neuroscience Will Change
Book SynopsisAs treatments emerge for disorders of the brain, concerns are arising along with them. Examining the implications of the full range of revolutionary interventions that is possible in the human brain, this book warns that while these techniques may promise medical wonders, they also raise profound political questions.Trade ReviewAmericans, Blank argues convincingly, don't yet appreciate the enormous potential of neuroscience - or its likely social and political impacts ... But, as the author makes clear, brain modification - even more than genetic engineering - will profoundly influence our lives in the decades to come. Wilson Quarterly Has some real strengths ... The opening chapters ... provide a first-rate introduction to neuroscience for the lay person. Blank condenses remarkably complex material into concepts that are easily grasped, but avoids gross oversimplification ... presents a nuanced discussion of the difficult ethical issues surrounding imposed treatment of psychiatric disorders ... Clearly the book is aimed at a general audience, but scientists not conversant with neuroscience would find it an informative, easy read. Nature An important endeavor ... a thorough overview of the most intriguing new developments in the neurosciences ... The text is highly informative yet still easy to read ... This is a well written work. Doody's Review ServiceTable of Contents1. Introduction: Intervention in the Brain 2. The Brain: Structure, Development, and Death 3. The Brain, the Mind, and Consciousness 4. Genetics and the Brain 5. The Brain and Behavior 6. Brain Intervention Techniques 7. Neural Grafting 8. Neurotoxicity 9. Conclusions: The Emergence of Brain Policy
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Georgetown University Press Ethical Issues in Managed Health Care
Book SynopsisA review of the ethical problems that confront many professionals and decision makers in managed care systems.
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Georgetown University Press The Goals of Medicine The Forgotten Issues in
Book SynopsisAsks basic questions about the purposes and ends of medicine and shows that the answers have practical implications for health care delivery, medical research, and the education of medical students. This book touches on a range of diverse issues such as genetic technology, Chinese medicine, care of the elderly, and prevention and public health.Trade ReviewThis is quite simply a splendid book. It enhances the reputation of those who wrote it, of Daniel Callahan who conceived it, and the already high reputation of the Hastings Center ... Well-produced and attractive to read, this book is one that thinking people will love ... This fine book should be on every medical bookshelf. Bioethics
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Georgetown University Press Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction The
Book SynopsisFor those who undergo it, infertility treatment is costly, time-consuming, invasive, and emotionally and physically arduous, yet technology remains the focus of most public discussion of the topic. This title analyzes the economic, ethical, theological, and political dimensions of assisted reproduction.Trade ReviewAn excellent book that makes significant contributions to the diverse fields of ethical theory and public policy analysis. Ryan displays a sophisticated understanding of feminist theory, medical ethics, and Catholic social teaching on economic justice... Well worth the attention of ethicists, medical practitioners, lawyers, and clergy engaged in formulating responses to involuntary human infertility. Medical Humanities Review Ryan (Christian ethics, U. of Notre Dame) questions the current reality of assisted reproductive technologies in the context of a consumerist society. She argues that the ethics of reproductive technologies needs to take into account both feminist criticisms of control over women's bodies and Catholic calls for a greater social good. Arguing that assisted reproduction should be seen as a social need rather than individualist consumption, she looks at the technologies as it is situated in the health care system as a whole and attempts to articulate an ethics that takes into account spiritual faith. Book News, Inc. Ryan (Christian ethics, Univ. of Notre Dame) discusses reproductive technology within the context of the common good, social justice, and ethical reasoning. She draws from a background of Catholic moral theology, medical ethics, feminism, and personal experience with infertility. Several well-written books are available regarding the ethics of assisted reproduction and reproductive technology; Ryan adds a dimension to the debate-how ethics and economics of assisted reproduction intersect. She begins by exploring the myths and realities of the economics of infertility including whether reproduction and its costs are truly private issues. Chapter 2 reviews the ethical issues surrounding assisted reproduction; chapter 3 focuses on the goals of medicine as it relates to infertility and the relief of suffering. The fourth chapter rethinks the limits of procreative liberty within a framework of the common good, and chapter 5 returns to the concept of justice and access to reproductive services and proposes a framework for determining equitable access given limited resources. The final chapter reflects on infertility as a spiritual crisis. Well documented and indexed. Graduate students through professionals. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Economics of Infertility Myths and Realities in the Economics of InfertilityIntersection: Ethics and EconomicsDistributive Justice and Assisted Reproduction 2. The Ethics of Assisted Reproduction The Ethics of Assisted ReproductionWhat about Adoption?Reproduction and the Common Good 3. Assisted Reproduction and the Goals of Medicine Infertility, Suffering, and the Goals of MedicineLiving with InfertilityInside/Outside: The Medical Construction of InfertilitySome Preliminary ConclusionsReflecting on the Goals of Medicine 4. Reconceiving Procreative Liberty John Robertson and the Meaning of Procreative LibertyRights Talk and the Critique of Procreative Liberty, American-StyleBorder TensionsProcreative Liberty and Catholic Social TeachingConclusion 5. Assisted Reproduction and Access to Health Care Human Dignity and Access to Health CareA Decent MinimumSufficiencyInvestments in ReproducingEquity and AccessAt the BoundariesSetting Limits Conclusion6. Faith and Infertility Mixed Messages and Missed OpportunitiesCreating a ContextFrom Spiritual Crisis to Spiritual QuestConclusions and the Work Yet to Be Done Conclusion Index
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The National Catholic Bioethics Center Life is a Blessing A Biography of Jerome
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St Martin's Press Dark Archives
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McGraw Hill Education India Looseleaf for Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine
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McGraw-Hill Companies Law Ethics for Health Professions
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McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Law Ethics for the Health
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Johns Hopkins University Press Palliative Care for Infants Children and
Book SynopsisWith contributions from an international group of expert educators, clinicians, and parents, this book takes a truly interdisciplinary approach to pediatric palliative care, presenting best practices, clear instruction, and the latest information and research for anyone involved in pediatric palliative and end-of-life care.Trade Review"An inspiring and accessible look at what end-of-life care for children should be - it is a text that should grace the shelf of every clinician facing the death of young patients." (Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)"Table of ContentsList of Contributors Preface Part I: Societal and Institutional IssuesChapter 1. Epidemiology and Health Services Research Chapter 2. Goals, Values, and Confl ict Resolution Chapter 3. Barriers to Integrating Palliative Care and Potential Solutions Chapter 4. Educational Initiatives Chapter 5. The Art of Advocacy Part II: The Cycle of CareChapter 6. Decision Making Chapter 7. Communication Skills and Relational Abilities Chapter 8. Psychosocial Needs of the Child and Family Chapter 9. Spiritual Dimensions Chapter 10. Holistic Management of Symptoms Chapter 11. Bereavement Chapter 12. The Other Side of Caring: Caregiver Suffering Part III: Special Care Environments and Patient PopulationsChapter 13. Palliative Care in the Neonatal-Perinatal Period Chapter 14. Palliative Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Setting Chapter 15. Palliative Care in the Home, School, and Community Chapter 16. Palliative Care for the Child Who Has a Genetic ConditionChapter 17. Integrating Palliative Care with HIV Care and TreatmentChapter 18. Integrating Palliative Care with Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Compassion and Healing in Medicine and Society
Book SynopsisThere is a wisdom or perennial philosophy based on compassionate love that, Fricchione stresses, the medical community must take advantage of in designing future health care-and society must appreciate as it faces its separation challenges.Trade Review"The finest statement yet on the evolution of compassionate care and why it is so essential to the well-being of patients." (Stephen G. Post, Stony Brook University)"Table of ContentsPrefacePart I: Introduction: Knowledge, Meaning, and Healing, and the Consilience of Medicine1. The Medical Mission and Evolution2. Two Realms of Knowledge—Or One?3. Knowledge, Meaning, and HealingPart II: The Biological Foundations of the Evolutionary Need for Attachment Solutions4. Evolution of the Protocell5. Cellular Evolution6. Animal EvolutionPart III: The Foundations in Brain Evolution of Knowledge, Meaning, and Healing7. Evolution of the Brain8. Structuring the Brain to Know and Act9. Memory and Motivation10. Meaning, Healing, and the BrainPart IV: The Neurobehavioral and Cultural Foundations of the Need for Attachment Solutions11. Separation, Attachment, and Human Development12. Separation, Attachment, and the Life Cycle13. The Social Neuroscience of Separation and Attachment14. Consciousness, Language, and Their Origins15. Evolutionary Consciousness16. Implications for Society, Culture, and EthicsPart V: The Theoretical Foundations of the Need for Attachment Solutions17. An Evolutionary True Cause?18. Investigating the Separation Challenge–Attachment Solution Hypothesis19. A Testable Hypothesis20. Analogies and AnalysisPart VI: The Implications of the Separation Challenge-Attachment Solution Hypothesis21. Implications for the Mission of Modern Medicine22. Implications for Medicine at the End of LifePostscript: A Commentary on Human EvolutionReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Speaking Honestly with Sick and Dying Children
Book SynopsisNiethammer's compelling personal experiences combined with the latest research make this a compassionate and invaluable resource for physicians, nurses, social workers, teachers, parents-for all who care for sick and dying children and adolescents.Trade ReviewA valuable and enlightening educational experience. Niethammer writes with authority and insight. -- Andrew R. Barnosky JAMATable of ContentsForeword, by Christoph Schmeling-KludasForeword, by Ruprecht NitschkePrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Children, Sickness, and Death3. Children in the Hospital4. Children and Doctors5. Death and Dying in the Everyday Lives of Children6. Physician Paternalism versus Patient Autonomy7. The "Precociously Mature" Child8. Healthy Children's Concepts of Death9. Sick Children's Concepts of Death10. Should We Tell Sick Children the Truth?11. Decisions at the End of LifeReferencesName Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Speaking Honestly with Sick and Dying Children
Book SynopsisNiethammer's compelling personal experiences combined with the latest research make this a compassionate and invaluable resource for physicians, nurses, social workers, teachers, parents-for all who care for sick and dying children and adolescents.Trade ReviewA valuable and enlightening educational experience. Niethammer writes with authority and insight. -- Andrew R. Barnosky JAMATable of ContentsForeword, by Christoph Schmeling-KludasForeword, by Ruprecht NitschkePrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Children, Sickness, and Death3. Children in the Hospital4. Children and Doctors5. Death and Dying in the Everyday Lives of Children6. Physician Paternalism versus Patient Autonomy7. The "Precociously Mature" Child8. Healthy Children's Concepts of Death9. Sick Children's Concepts of Death10. Should We Tell Sick Children the Truth?11. Decisions at the End of LifeReferencesName Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Disorders of Sex Development
Book SynopsisThis resource gives parents and families access to the authors' expertise so they can reach a meaningful understanding of their child's DSD and make informed decisions about their child's health.Trade ReviewThis is essential reading for any family that has a child with DSD. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPreface1. An Introduction to DSDWhat is DSD?How are children with DSD identified?Did I cause my child to have DSD?Is my child a boy or a girl?Will my child grow up to be healthy and happy?2. What Type of DSD Does My Child Have?What is 46,XX DSD?What is 46,XY DSD?What other types of DSD are there?3. How Will My Newborn Baby Be Evaluated?How are different types of DSD identified?What testing is used to establish a diagnosis?How are these tests done?What will these tests tell me about my baby's condition?4. Gender Development in DSDWhat is gender?What is known about long-term gender development in people with DSD?5. Understanding and Weighing the Treatment OptionsWhat medical treatments are available for infants and children with DSD?What surgical treatments are available for infants and children with DSD?What are the pros and cons associated with these treatments?6. Educating Children about DSDIs my child healthy?Why does my child need all these doctors?Will my child grow up to look like other people?Will my child grow up to behave like other people?7. Long-term Health of People with DSDIs life expectancy different for people with DSD?Is my child at risk for other medical conditions because of DSD?How will hormone replacement affect long-term health?8. Challenges and Special CircumstancesShould I get a second opinion?What if I want to change doctors?What if I think my baby was assigned the wrong gender?What if my child thinks he or she was assigned the wrong gender?Should my child participate in a research study?9. Peer SupportWhat can peer-support groups offer?How do I find these groups?How can I start my own peer-support group?ReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Vaccine
Book SynopsisThis book disentangles competing claims, opens the controversy for critical reflection, and provides recommendations for moving forward.Trade ReviewAny health collection catering to parents, health professional or the general public needs this fine survey of the history and contentions of the vaccine debate. Midwest Book Review This is an important book in the context of the current vaccine wars. Every pediatrician and pediatric specialist should not only read this book but also take to heart its message. -- Roger A. Brumback Journal of Child Neurology This book provides a fantastic overview of both sides of the vaccine debate... This knowledge and understanding could improve [physician's] success in alleviating concerns for parents with anxiety toward vaccinatino of their children. -- Sarah S. Nyp Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Largent's fluid prose makes this 222-page book an easy read. It will interest vaccine proponents and detractors alike, along with parents and policymakers who have questions about the long list of mandated vaccines, and health professionals who must explain benefits and risks to anxious parents. Life Sciences In an era of polarized debate over vaccines-as over so much else- Vaccine can potentially lead us toward a promised land of dialogue and substantially greater mutual understanding. -- Robert D. Johnston Isis An important overview of scientific research on the safety and side effects of vaccination. Largent also incorporates his own decisions about his daughter's vaccinations as an example of how one parent has navigated the competing claims about vaccines... Parents need to educate themselves and make well-informed decisions about their children's vaccinations. -- Andrea Rusnock Nature Medicine Largent's reasoned, evidence based exploration is a worthy and important contribution to a public debate too often built upon flimsy claims and perpetuated by hyperbole. -- Sarah Glassford Canadian Bulletin of Medical HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Risk and Reward2. Sources of Doubt3. Thimerosal and Autism4. MMR and Autism5. Science and the Celebrity6. Getting to the Source of AnxietyConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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