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University of Notre Dame Press The Ethics of Precision Medicine
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£30.40
The National Catholic Bioethics Center Personalist Bioethics Foundations and
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£27.96
John Wiley & Sons Inc Medical Ethics Today
Book SynopsisThis is your source for authoritative and comprehensive guidance from the British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Ethics Department covering both routine and highly contentious medico-legal issues faced by health care professionals. The new edition updates the information from both the legal and ethical perspectives and reflects developments surrounding The Mental Capacity Act, Human Tissue Act, and revision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.Table of ContentsList of statues and regulations. List of cases. Where to find legal cases online. Medical Ethics Committee. Acknowledgements. Preface to the third edition. Introduction: Bridging the gap between theory and practice: the BMA’s approach to medical ethics. 1: The doctor-patient relationship. 2: Consent, choice and refusal: adults with capacity. 3: Treating adults who lack capacity. 4: Children and young people. 5: Confidentiality. 6: Health records. 7: Contraception, abortion, and birth. 8: Assisted reproduction. 9: Genetics. 10: Caring for patients at the end of life. 11: Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. 12: Responsibilities after a patient’s death. 13: Prescribing and administering medication. Chapter 14: Research and innovative treatment. 15: Emergency situations. 16: Doctors with dual obligations. 17: Providing treatment and care in detention settings. 18: Education and training. 19: Teamwork, referral, delegation and shared care. 20: Public health dimensions of medical practice. 21: Reducing risk, clinical error, and poor performance. AppendixA: Hippocratic Oath. Appendix B: Declaration of Geneva. Appendix C: Declaration of a new doctor, as devised by Imperial College School of Medicine graduating year of 2001. Index.
£138.56
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Ethical and Legal Issues for Imaging
Book SynopsisPresents a balanced examination of ethical and legal principles and issues, which provides information for radiography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and radiation professionals. This book aims to provide an approach that leads to a more successful style of personal risk management. It contains learning activities and event discussions.Table of Contents1. Ethical and Legal Foundations 2. Principles of Beneficence and Nonmaleficence 3. Caring and Communication 4. Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent 5. Truthfulness and Confidentiality 6. Death and Dying 7. Health Care Distribution 8. Student and Employee Rights 9. Diversity 10. Overview of Future Challenges Appendix A: Code of Ethics Appendix B: Sample Documentation Forms Answers to Chapter Review Questions Index
£43.46
Johns Hopkins University Press Handbook for Health Care Ethics Committees
Book SynopsisHow can dedicated health care ethics committees increase their effectiveness and demonstrate their value as essential moral resources for their organizations?Among the most effective and increasingly valued resources in the health care decision-making process is the institutional ethics committee. The Joint Commission (TJC) accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations in the United States, including hospitals, nursing homes, and home care agencies. As a condition of accreditation, TJC requires health care organizations to have available a standing multidisciplinary ethics committee, composed of physicians, nurses, attorneys, ethicists, administrators, and interested lay citizens. Many of these committees are well meaning but may lack the information, experience, skills, and formal background in bioethics needed to effectively address the range and complexity of the ethical issues that arise in clinical and organizational settings. Handbook for Health Care EthicsTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I. Curriculum for Ethics Committees1. Ethical Foundations of Clinical Practice2. Decision Making and Decisional Capacity in Adults3. Informed Consent and Refusal4. Truth Telling: Disclosure, Privacy, and Confidentiality5. Special Decision-Making Concerns of Minors6. Ethical Issues in Reproduction7. Special Decision-Making Concerns of the Elderly8. Ethical Issues in the Care of Disabled Persons9. End-of-Life Issues10. Palliation11. Justice, Health, and Access to Health Care12. Organizational Ethics13. Ethics Committees and Research, by Julia KolakII. The Creation, Nature, and Functioning of Ethics Committees14. Profile of Ethics Committees15. Clinical Ethics Consultation16. Ethics Education17. Sample Clinical Cases18. Sample Policies and ProceduresIII. Organizational Codes of EthicsIV. Key Legal Cases, Legislation, and State ActionV. An Ethics Committee MeetingEpilogue: Ethics in the Context of a Global PandemicIndex
£49.95
Rutgers University Press Privacy and the Past Research Law Archives Ethics
Book SynopsisWhen the new HIPAA privacy rules regarding the release of health information took effect, medical historians suddenly faced a raft of new ethical and legal challenges - even in cases where their subjects had died years, or even a century, earlier. In Privacy and the Past, medical historian Susan C. Lawrence explores the impact of these new privacy rules.Trade Review"With sound scholarship, and a clear, accessible writing style, Privacy and the Past serves as a critical analysis, an important piece of advocacy, and a practical field guide." -- Scott Podolsky * director, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine *“'HIPPA' is a word historians have come to hate, and in this timely and provocative book, Susan Lawrence explains why. This book is a must read for anyone interested in promoting a more bottom-up, patient-centered view of the history of medicine, disease, and social welfare." -- Nancy Tomes * SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, Stony Brook University *Table of Contents Acknowledgments1 Introduction: The Historians, the County and the Dead2 Research, Privacy and Federal Regulations3 Historians, the First Amendment and Invasion of Privacy4 Archivists at the Gates5 Managing Privacy: Historians at Work6 Conclusion: Resistance Notes Bibliography Index
£45.00
Oxford University Press Health Problems Philosophical Puzzles about the
Book SynopsisHealth is weird. Health is weird in a way that resists simple explanations or elegant theorizing. This book is a philosophical explanation of that weirdness, and an argument that grappling with the distinctive weirdness of health can give us insight into how we might approach difficult questions about social reality.Table of ContentsForward Introduction 1: Theories of Health 2: Health and Wellbeing 3: Health, Subjectivity, and Capability 4: Health and Disability 5: Ameliorative Skepticism and the Nature of Health 6: Ameliorative Skepticism, Shifting Standards, and the Measure of Health Afterward Bibliography
£23.75
Taylor & Francis Ltd Engaging Bioethics
Book SynopsisPresuming readers start with no background in philosophy, this enhanced introduction to bioethics first provides balanced, philosophically based coverage of moral reasoning, moral theories, and the law. It then leads the newly equipped reader to explore a range of important ethical issues in health care and biomedical research.Engaging Bioethics, Second Edition is designed for undergraduates throughout the humanities and social sciences as well as for healthcare professionals-in-training, including students in medical school, pre-medicine, nursing, public health, and those studying to assist physicians in various capacities. Along with coverage of standard bioethical issuessuch as vaccination, access to health care, new reproductive technologies, genetics, research on human and animal subjects, abortion, medical confidentiality, and disclosureit now addresses ethical aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Supreme Court's Dobbs v Jackson decision, use of CRISPRTrade Review"Seay and Nuccetelli have done an admirable job at distilling and making accessible a large body of medical information, complex case law, and philosophical ethics. Their text makes the project of developing competence and understanding in bioethics a lot less daunting, without simplifying the philosophical and scientific issues. The book is organized so that instructors can easily design a course around a subset of the topics covered, and its teaching and learning resources are outstanding. This is the best bioethics textbook I am aware of, for students and teachers alike."Brandon Cooke, Professor & Chair (Philosophy), Minnesota State University, Mankato"This is a concise introduction to bioethics that covers a lot of ground. The chapters are sufficiently self-contained so that the text can be adapted to different course designs, and the boxes and figures throughout are helpful learning aids. Important cases are discussed but don’t dominate the discussion, so the emphasis remains on the philosophical arguments and issues."William A. Bauer, North Carolina State University"Seay and Nuccetelli offer a refreshing and bold approach to bioethics that confronts readers directly, requiring them to intimately wrestle with the most pressing issues through numerous case studies and a nuanced analysis of the core concepts and principles. The authors strike a delicate balance between accessibility and depth, with the results being a text that is eminently readable. This is not easy material, but the authors have created a text open to readers with little or no philosophical background without sacrificing the complexity found in these important discussions. They also offer an expansive and up-to-date sourcebook to find primary sources online in the companion website."Scott O’Leary, University of Saint MaryTable of Contents1. From Vaccination Ethics to Bioethics and Ethics 2. The Tools of Ethical Inquiry 3. Philosophical Accounts of Morality 4. Principle-Oriented and Case-Oriented Bioethics 5. Managing Personal Medical Information 6. Consent with Competence and Without 7. Death and Dying 8. When Life Supports Are Futile or Refused 9. Medically Assisted Death 10. End-of-Life Measures for Severely Compromised Newborns 11. Morality and the Law in the Typical Case of Abortion 12. Morality and the Law in Hard Cases of Abortion 13. New Reproductive Technologies 14. The Genetic Revolution 15. Biomedical Research on Animals 16. Biomedical Research on Humans 17. Justice in Health Care
£47.99
Johns Hopkins University Press The Power of Placebos
Book SynopsisThe history, philosophy, ethics, and science behind the placebo and nocebo effects. Placebos are the most widely used treatments in the history of medicine. Thousands of studies show that they can be effective and make us happier and healthier. Yet confusion about what placebos are and how to measure their effects prevents some doctors from using them to help patients. Meanwhile, damage caused by the nocebo effectthe negative effect of expecting something badis not widely recognized. In The Power of Placebos, Jeremy Howick provides an interdisciplinary perspective on placebos and nocebos based on more than twenty years of research and data from over 300,000 patients. This book, the culmination of that research, offers practical ways for researchers, policymakers, and doctors to put placebo and nocebo research into practice to improve health outcomes. In addition to providing an overview of placebos and nocebos and explaining how belief systems and context can create physiological eTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. A Manifesto for the Next Revolution in Nocebo and Placebo StudiesPart I. The Troubled Story of Placebos and NocebosChapter 2. Please Me, Please: Placebos and Nocebos in PracticeChapter 3. Placebo Components and Meaningful Contexts: What Makes Inert Things EffectiveChapter 4. It Depends: The Relativity of Placebos and Nocebos in Clinical TrialsPart II. How Big are Placebo and Nocebo Effects?Chapter 5. How (Not) to Measure Nocebo and Placebo EffectsChapter 6. Missing the Forest for the Trees: Incomplete Stories about the Inner Workings of PlacebosChapter 7: Placebo and Nocebo Effects Don't Add UpChapter 8: Blinding: Stopping People from Peeking through MasksPart III. Why Every Doctor Needs to Be a Shaman and Why Placebo Controls Need to be ControlledChapter 9. The Ethical Requirement to Prescribe More Placebos and Avoid Nocebo Effects in PracticeChapter 10. Fewer Placebos and Nocebos in Trials: A Plea to Return to the Original Declaration of HelsinkiChapter 11. Public Health, Surgery, and Alternative Medicine: Special TopicsChapter 12. The Next Placebo Revolution: Helping DadAppendices1. Adolf Grünbaum's Model and a Reply to Its Critics2. Binary Outcomes May Underestimate Placebo Effects3. Additivity versus Interaction: A Formalization4. Balanced Placebo Design5. The Nocebo Effect as a Smokescreen in the Great Statin Debate6. The Many Faces of Blinding: Clarifying the Terminology7. An Open Letter to the World Medical Association8. More on Noninferiority TrialsReferencesIndex
£24.75
Atlantic Books The Inevitable: Stories of Life, Choice and the
Book SynopsisBOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR AND THE TIMES'Fascinating.... Deeply disturbing... Brilliant' Sunday Times'Powerful and moving.' Louis TherouxMeet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped? And by whom?In The Inevitable, award-winning journalist Katie Engelhart explores one of our most abiding taboos: assisted dying. From Avril, the 80-year-old British woman illegally importing pentobarbital, to the Australian doctor dispensing suicide manuals online, Engelhart travels the world to hear the stories of those on the quest for a 'good death'.At once intensely troubling and profoundly moving, The Inevitable interrogates our most uncomfortable moral questions. Should a young woman facing imminent paralysis be allowed to end her life with a doctor's help? Should we be free to die painlessly before dementia takes our mind? Or to choose death over old age? A deeply reported portrait of everyday people struggling to make impossible decisions, The Inevitable sheds crucial light on what it means to flourish, live and die.Trade ReviewThere's plenty of compassion, plenty of nuance and plenty of complex thought. Engelhart is a skilled storyteller... Her brilliant book should be prescribed to all those who think they have a clear view [on the right to die]. * Sunday Times *Powerful and moving. Engelhart recounts the stories of those she meets with humanity and grace. * Louis Theroux, bestselling author of Gotta Get Theroux This *Deeply researched and beautifully reported... [Engelhart] writes compassionately of her subjects' struggles. * The Economist *A brilliantly sensitive and deeply moving account of assisted dying. * Stephen Westaby, Sunday Times bestselling author of Fragile Lives *Table of Contents0: Introduction 1: Modern Medicine 2: Age 3: Body 4: Memory 5: Mind 6: Freedom 7: The End
£9.49
Anthroposophic Press Inc After Auschwitz: Reflections on the Future of
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Cambridge University Press Reproductive Donation Practice Policy and Bioethics
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Cambridge University Press Extreme Prematurity
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Cambridge University Press Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics
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Cambridge University Press Euthanasia Ethics and Public Policy
Book SynopsisThis book argues against the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia and/or physician-assisted suicide on the ground that, even if they were ethically defensible in certain ''hard cases'', neither could be effectively controlled by law. It maintains that the experience of legalisation in the Netherlands, Belgium and Oregon lends support to the two ''slippery slope'' arguments against legalisation, the ''empirical'' and the ''logical''. The empirical argument challenges the feasibility of drafting and enforcing adequate safeguards against abuse and mistake; the logical argument shows that acceptance of the case for euthanasia in the case of suffering patients who request it logically involves acceptance of euthanasia for suffering patients who are unable to request it, such as infants and those with advanced dementia.Trade Review'… magisterial …' Lord Judge, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales'A masterly analysis of the results of legalisation. Future discussions can, and must, be evidence-based.' Baroness Onora O'Neill, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, and former Principal of Newnham College, University of Cambridge'Though it hardly seems possible, this updating of the classic text on the quintessential issue in modern medicine has made its analysis of the ethical and legal issues in euthanasia even more trenchant and illuminating.' Alexander M. Capron, Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, University of Southern California, and former Director of Ethics and Health Law at the World Health Organization'John Keown is undoubtedly one of the all-time leading writers on assisted suicide and euthanasia. He writes with great power and clarity.' Yale Kamisar, Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Michigan'Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy is a meticulous, highly readable, and profoundly disturbing examination of the merits of the slippery slope arguments. … John Keown's book is essential reading for everyone interested in the AD [Assisted Dying] debate (which should be all of us) - regardless of personal conviction.' Charles Foster, New Law Journal'This is the latest addition to John Keown's library of excellent books to do with euthanasia … and … the best. This book is the best collection of information regarding euthanasia that I have seen and it is strongly recommended if you have any interest in the euthanasia and assisted-dying debate.' Roger Woodruff, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Newsletter'The author offers a deep analysis of complicated ethical issues, and yet his writing remains comprehensible and engaging, making for an accessible and stimulating read. In sum, this volume presents a welcome reference contribution to one of the most important ethical debates of our age. Despite having a well-defined position, Keown succeeds in advocating for his perspective while presenting a complete overview of the main ethical, legal, and empirical arguments used against legalising euthanasia.' Carlos Gómez‑Vírseda, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics'The second edition … is an indispensable work that should inform the debate about legalization in the years to come … The work is marked by a sophisticated analysis of the legal issues and by an acute understanding of the actual practice of assisted suicide and euthanasia.' Richard S. Myers, Ave Maria Law ReviewPraise for the first edition: '… the best book in print on the case against the legalisation of euthanasia.' The TabletPraise for the first edition: '… a most significant contribution to the debate …' Medical Law ReviewPraise for the first edition: 'Keown's clarity of thought explodes myths and beats an accessible path through a detailed jungle of morality and social history.' British Medical Journal'This second edition is a long-awaited masterpiece, following 16 years after the publication of the first edition. The discussion on end-of-life care in various countries written in this new edition will be great reference to onward discussions in Japan … This new edition, too, describes the judicial precedents, commentaries, and legislative process of each country in a careful manner. I would highly recommend reading Professor Keown's new edition to anyone including non-legal personnel.' Miki Hirano, Journal of Medical LawTable of ContentsPart I. Definitions: 1. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide; 2. Intended v. foreseen life-shortening; Part II. The Ethical Debate: Human Life, Autonomy, Legal Hypocrisy, and the 'Slippery Slope'; 3. The value of human life; 4. The value of autonomy; 5. Legal hypocrisy?; 6. The slippery slope arguments; Part III. The Dutch Experience: 7. The guidelines; 8. The first survey: the incidence of 'euthanasia'; 9. Breach of the guidelines; 10. The slide towards NVAE; 11. The second survey; 12. The Dutch in denial?; 13. The Euthanasia Act and the Code of Practice; 14. Effective control since 2002?; 15. Continuing concerns; 16. A right to physician-assisted suicide by stopping eating and drinking?; 17. Assisted suicide for the elderly with 'completed lives'; Part IV. Belgium: 18. The Belgian Legislation; 19. The lack of effective control; Part V. Australia: 20. The Northern Territory: ROTTI; Part VI. The United States: 21. The United States: Oregon and six other jurisdictions; 22. The US Supreme Court: Glucksberg and Vacco; Part VII. Canada: 23. The Supreme Court of Canada: the Carter case; 24. Canada's euthanasia legislation; 25. Conclusion.
£90.25
Cambridge University Press Animal Experimentation
Book SynopsisAn essential book for all those who conduct animal-based research or are involved in education and training, as well as regulators, supporters, and opponents alike. This fully updated third edition includes discussion of genetically altered animals and associated welfare and ethical issues that surround the breeding programmes in animal based research. The book discusses the origins of vivisection, the advances in human and non-human welfare made possible by animal experimentation, moral objections, and alternatives to the use of animals in research. It also examines the regulatory umbrella under which experiments are conducted in Europe, USA and Australasia. The author highlights the future responsibilities of researchers who will be working with animals, and offers practical advice on experimental design, literature search, consultation with colleagues, and the importance of the ongoing search for alternatives.Trade Review'Animal Experimentation: A Guide to the Issues provides a succinct, accessible, and balanced introduction to the controversy surrounding the use of animals in scientific research, product testing, and education. The latest edition brings the guide up-to-date on a host of developments with respect to legislation, alternative methods, and other topics. The guide's coverage of relevant issues is international in scope, so readers outside of the author's home country (Australia) should not feel ignored. This introduction is especially suited to students planning to begin careers in the biological sciences, including as researchers, veterinarians, teachers, regulators, or administrators.' Martin Stephens, Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal TestingTable of Contents1. Issues in animal experimentation; 2. A history of animal experimentation; 3. Opposition to animal experimentation; 4. The moral status of animals; 5. Animal use; 6. The regulation of experiments; 7. Seeking alternatives; 8. A future without animal experimentation?
£50.35
Cambridge University Press Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine
Book SynopsisThe likelihood of confronting a medico-legal dilemma in emergency medicine is high. Legal Issues in Emergency Medicine provides an invaluable resource that equips medical providers, legal practitioners and administrators with the methods and the means of how to deal with such legal issues when they arise.Table of Contents1. Abandonment in the emergency department; 2. Abandonment of patient by treating physician; 3. Admission; 4. Advance directives; 5. Advanced practice providers; 6. Adverse event disclosure; 7. Against medical advice (AMA); 8. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and education; 9. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and access to facilities; 10. Assault; 11. Assisted suicide; 12. Battery; 13. Bed boarding; 14. Brain death; 15. Care of children; 16. Code response; 17. Commitment; 18. Communication; 19. Competence and capacity; 20. Confidentiality; 21. Consultation; 22. Controlled substances; 23. Criminal charges; 24. Criminal acts; 25. Death certification; 26. Decision-making; 27. Difficult patient encounter; 28. Discharge instructions; 29. Disruptive provider behavior; 30. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR); 31. Documentation; 32. Domestic violence; 33. Driving impairment; 34. Drug and alcohol abuse; 35. Duty to warn; 36. Electronic health records (EHR); 37. Emergency consent; 38. Emergency Medical Services (EMS); 39. Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); 40. Employment issues; 41. Expert witness; 42. Fitness for duty; 43. Frequent user; 44. Futility; 45. Geriatric abuse; 46. Good Samaritan; 47. Guidelines and protocols; 48. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) / Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH); 49. HIV; 50. Hospital medicine; 51. Immigrant care; 52. Impaired physician; 53. Indigent care; 54. Inflight emergencies; 55. Informal consultation; 56. Informed consent; 57. Insurance; 58. Intoxication; 59. Laboratory testing; 60. Left without being seen (LWBS) / left without treatment (LWOT) / elopment; 61. Malpractice claims; 62. Mandatory care; 63. Mandatory reporting; 64. Medical education; 65. Medical errors; 66. Medical records; 67. Medical Screening Exam (MSE); 68. Minor consent; 69. Missed illness and injury; 70. Multiple visits; 71. Nursing; 72. Operations; 73. Organ donation; 74. Overcrowding; 75. Pain control/medication; 76. Patient satisfaction; 77. Pediatric abuse; 78. Peer review; 79. Policy/procedure; 80. Pregnancy; 81. Prescription writing; 82. Privacy; 83. Professional boundary issues; 84. Protected health information (PHI); 85. Psychiatric care; 86. Referral; 87. Religion; 88. Research; 89. Restraint; 90. Resuscitation; 91. Service contract; 92. Sexual assault; 93. Social media; 94. Staff privileges; 95. Subpoena; 96. Substance abuse; 97. Suicide; 98. Telemedicine; 99. Telephone advice; 100. Third-party duty; 101. Transfer; 102. Translation, interpreting, and language issues; 103. Triage; 104. Unanticipated death; 105. Urgent care; 106. Violence; Glossary.
£55.09
Cambridge University Press The Neuroethics of Memory
Book SynopsisThe Neuroethics of Memory is a thematically integrated analysis and discussion of neuroethical questions about memory capacity and content, as well as interventions to alter it. These include: how does memory function enable agency, and how does memory dysfunction disable it? To what extent is identity based on our capacity to accurately recall the past? Could a person who becomes aware during surgery be harmed if they have no memory of the experience? How do we weigh the benefits and risks of brain implants designed to enhance, weaken or erase memory? Can a person be responsible for an action if they do not recall it? Would a victim of an assault have an obligation to retain a memory of this act, or the right to erase it? This book uses a framework informed by neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy combined with actual and hypothetical cases to examine these and related questions.Trade Review'Walter Glannon achieves a rare balance: the book is clear and detailed about the neuroscience of memory and is also insightful about the legal and ethical challenges that scientific advances entail. This is a very timely and useful book.' Nick Davis, Manchester Metropolitan University'Memory is central to who we are and how we act. Provoking and thoughtful, The Neuroethics of Memory explores the implications of the new technologies that could alter memory and may fundamentally change who we are.' Andrew Davidson, Medical Director, Melbourne Children's Trials Centre, Australia'The Neuroethics of Memory provides an insightful and well-argued analysis of the implications of memory research for ethical issues that arise in legal and medical arenas. Drawing on literature from neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, Walter Glannon gracefully illuminates some of the most difficult issues currently facing science and society.' Daniel L. Schacter, William R. Kenan, Jr Professor of Psychology, Harvard University'Walter Glannon has built a fascinating and wide-ranging account of memory. By channeling neurobiology, psychology, law, history, and philosophy, this book summarizes how memory defines who we are and forms the basis of our society. The result is a tour de force of neuroethics at its comprehensive best.' Julian Savulescu, Director of Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford'As a synthesis and critical analysis of current work in several disciplines, this book offers an unparalleled vision of how neuroethics scholarship on memory can be interdisciplinary, rigorous, forward-looking, and compelling.' Eric Racine, Neuroethics'For its clear style and its rigorous and sound analytical arguments, The Neuroethics of Memory is a candidate to become an indispensable companion for any research on the ethics of memory and its manipulation.' Andrea Lavazza, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare EthicsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Memory systems and memory stages; 2. Agency, identity and dementia; 3. Anesthesia, amnesia and recall; 4. Disorders of memory content and interventions; 5. Disorders of memory capacity and interventions; 6. Legal issues involving memory; Epilogue. The future of memory.
£29.44
Cambridge University Press Euthanasia Ethics and Public Policy
Book SynopsisThis book argues against the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia and/or physician-assisted suicide on the ground that, even if they were ethically defensible in certain ''hard cases'', neither could be effectively controlled by law. It maintains that the experience of legalisation in the Netherlands, Belgium and Oregon lends support to the two ''slippery slope'' arguments against legalisation, the ''empirical'' and the ''logical''. The empirical argument challenges the feasibility of drafting and enforcing adequate safeguards against abuse and mistake; the logical argument shows that acceptance of the case for euthanasia in the case of suffering patients who request it logically involves acceptance of euthanasia for suffering patients who are unable to request it, such as infants and those with advanced dementia.Trade Review'… magisterial …' Lord Judge, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales'A masterly analysis of the results of legalisation. Future discussions can, and must, be evidence-based.' Baroness Onora O'Neill, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, and former Principal of Newnham College, University of Cambridge'Though it hardly seems possible, this updating of the classic text on the quintessential issue in modern medicine has made its analysis of the ethical and legal issues in euthanasia even more trenchant and illuminating.' Alexander M. Capron, Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, University of Southern California, and former Director of Ethics and Health Law at the World Health Organization'John Keown is undoubtedly one of the all-time leading writers on assisted suicide and euthanasia. He writes with great power and clarity.' Yale Kamisar, Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Michigan'Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy is a meticulous, highly readable, and profoundly disturbing examination of the merits of the slippery slope arguments. … John Keown's book is essential reading for everyone interested in the AD [Assisted Dying] debate (which should be all of us) - regardless of personal conviction.' Charles Foster, New Law Journal'This is the latest addition to John Keown's library of excellent books to do with euthanasia … and … the best. This book is the best collection of information regarding euthanasia that I have seen and it is strongly recommended if you have any interest in the euthanasia and assisted-dying debate.' Roger Woodruff, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Newsletter'The author offers a deep analysis of complicated ethical issues, and yet his writing remains comprehensible and engaging, making for an accessible and stimulating read. In sum, this volume presents a welcome reference contribution to one of the most important ethical debates of our age. Despite having a well-defined position, Keown succeeds in advocating for his perspective while presenting a complete overview of the main ethical, legal, and empirical arguments used against legalising euthanasia.' Carlos Gómez‑Vírseda, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics'The second edition … is an indispensable work that should inform the debate about legalization in the years to come … The work is marked by a sophisticated analysis of the legal issues and by an acute understanding of the actual practice of assisted suicide and euthanasia.' Richard S. Myers, Ave Maria Law ReviewPraise for the first edition: '… the best book in print on the case against the legalisation of euthanasia.' The TabletPraise for the first edition: '… a most significant contribution to the debate …' Medical Law ReviewPraise for the first edition: 'Keown's clarity of thought explodes myths and beats an accessible path through a detailed jungle of morality and social history.' British Medical Journal'This second edition is a long-awaited masterpiece, following 16 years after the publication of the first edition. The discussion on end-of-life care in various countries written in this new edition will be great reference to onward discussions in Japan … This new edition, too, describes the judicial precedents, commentaries, and legislative process of each country in a careful manner. I would highly recommend reading Professor Keown's new edition to anyone including non-legal personnel.' Miki Hirano, Journal of Medical LawTable of ContentsPart I. Definitions: 1. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide; 2. Intended v. foreseen life-shortening; Part II. The Ethical Debate: Human Life, Autonomy, Legal Hypocrisy, and the 'Slippery Slope'; 3. The value of human life; 4. The value of autonomy; 5. Legal hypocrisy?; 6. The slippery slope arguments; Part III. The Dutch Experience: 7. The guidelines; 8. The first survey: the incidence of 'euthanasia'; 9. Breach of the guidelines; 10. The slide towards NVAE; 11. The second survey; 12. The Dutch in denial?; 13. The Euthanasia Act and the Code of Practice; 14. Effective control since 2002?; 15. Continuing concerns; 16. A right to physician-assisted suicide by stopping eating and drinking?; 17. Assisted suicide for the elderly with 'completed lives'; Part IV. Belgium: 18. The Belgian Legislation; 19. The lack of effective control; Part V. Australia: 20. The Northern Territory: ROTTI; Part VI. The United States: 21. The United States: Oregon and six other jurisdictions; 22. The US Supreme Court: Glucksberg and Vacco; Part VII. Canada: 23. The Supreme Court of Canada: the Carter case; 24. Canada's euthanasia legislation; 25. Conclusion.
£42.41
Cambridge University Press Diagnosing from a Distance
Book SynopsisA controversy is raging over whether it is ethical for psychiatrists to comment on the mental health of public figures. This book is a gripping exploration of the so-called 'Goldwater Rule', from its origins with Barry Goldwater in the 1960s to its consequences today in the age of Donald Trump.Trade Review'Psychiatrists are often asked in casual conversation for a diagnosis without a personal examination. Using many primary sources rarely discussed in previous surveys, John Martin-Joy provides a detailed and far-reaching analysis of the implications of such a scenario. Fascinating, thought-provoking, and highly recommended.' Thomas G. Gutheil, Harvard University'With compelling prose, page-turning narrative, and sophisticated analysis, John Martin-Joy uses a little-known, but important, libel case to discuss an issue of great political significance: the ethical, professional, social, and legal ramifications of psychiatrists commenting publicly on the mental health of public figures.' Samantha Barbas, University of Buffalo'What do Adolf Hitler, Barry Goldwater, Saddam Hussein, and Donald Trump have in common? John Martin-Joy shows how psychiatrists and psychoanalysts had strong views about these men's mental health and very different opinions about whether they could share these views. Part media history and part ethical study, this book may change how you think about professionalism, politics, and the First Amendment.' James T. Hamilton, Hearst Professor of Communication, Chair of the Department of Communication, and Director of the Journalism Program, Stanford University'With extraordinary historical detail and a remarkable sensitivity to rational, moral disagreement, this volume is now the book of record for understanding the ethical implications of the Goldwater Rule. Policymakers, clinicians, scholars, and concerned citizens interested in the nexus of politics and psychiatry - especially during our current, perilous moment - must read this book.' Dominic A. Sisti, Director, The Scattergood Program for Applied Ethics of Behavioral Health Care, University of Pennsylvania'John Martin-Joy is a meticulous researcher and writer, making his book a pleasure to read. Mixing the disciplines of law, psychiatry, and history, the book describes the impact of the 'Goldwater Rule' with the detail and analytic precision that no scholar has provided before. This book is sure to be regarded as a classic in the years ahead.' Lawrence J. Friedman, Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University and Indiana University'… historically detailed and well referenced … legally and philosophically sophisticated …' Allen R. Dyer, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association'Diagnosing from a Distance is a wonderful read that CL psychiatrists could be easily swept up in. The book speaks to the intellectually curious detective that resides inside each of us.' Flannery Merideth, Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry'Martin-Joy's study rightly focuses on the dialectics animating the recent of history of the helping professions…This book focuses on how psychiatric knowledge travels through mass media and the legal system and how these encounters transformed psychiatric ethics.' Michael Pettit, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction. An ethical dilemma; 1. Psychoanalysis, media, and politics from the rise of Hitler to the 1950s; Part I. Diagnosis from a Distance and Libel Law in the 1960s: Goldwater v. Ginzburg: 2. Ralph Ginzburg: provocateur; 3. 'To remove this precedent': Barry Goldwater sues for libel; 4. Ginzburg, Goldwater, and the Supreme Court; Part II. Professionalization and the Rise of the Goldwater Rule; 5. 'To protect public figures': the APA and the Goldwater Rule; 6. The CIA and the White House: adventures in assessment; 7. Furor: the debate over Donald Trump; Conclusion. On history, ethics, and pluralism; Appendix. The Goldwater Rule in 1973 and today; Acknowledgments; Notes; Works cited; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Ethics in Neurosurgical Practice
Book SynopsisNeurosurgical interventions have the potential to change a person''s concept of self, as well as affect their neurological and cognitive function to an unacceptable level for both patient and family. In an increasingly complex and evolving field, the ethical implications of treatments and their eventual outcomes must be carefully balanced. Ethics in Neurosurgical Practice is a comprehensive and practical guide for managing the treatment of patients with debilitating neurosurgical conditions. Chapters address specific conditions, such as traumatic brain injuries, ischemic stroke and spinal surgery, and the ethical challenges that each of these pose. Detailed case studies present potential scenarios that readers might encounter, and their outcomes. Future developments of this fast-paced field are expanded upon, including televised live surgery and the ethical aspects of innovation in neurosurgery. A broad variety of contributors in different fields, including neurosurgeons, intensivists Trade Review'This introductory ethics textbook follows the conventional format both stylistically and structurally. It includes chapters on ethical theories … ethical issues specific to neurosurgical practice, case scenarios, developments in neurosurgical technologies, and specific procedures that have introduced new ethical issues … the book becomes a valuable resource for both students and practitioners by opening a questioning dialog and by sustaining the conversation about current ethical considerations in neurosurgical practice.' D. P. Turner, ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction Stephen Honeybul; Part I. General Ethics: 1. Introduction and principles of bioethics Ian Kerridge; 2. Models and methods in ethics Cara Sedney; 3. The concept and implementation of values based medicine (VsBM) in neurosurger Ahmed Ammar and Tiit Mathiesen; 4. The three functions of consent in neurosurgery Cameron Stewart and Ian Kerridge; 5. Withholding and withdrawing medical treatment: legal, ethical and practical considerations Cameron Stewart, Tiit Mathiesen and Ahmed Ammar; 6. Surgical training Magnus Tisell and Naci Balak; 7. The aging surgeon Stephen Honeybul and Gene Bolles; 8. Healthcare economics Naci Balak and Magnus Tisell; 9. Patient data, ownership, storage, and social media David Cote and Timothy Smith; Part II. Neurosurgery Specific Bioethics: 10. Historical overview of ethics in neurosurgery Cara Sedney; 11. Evidence-based neurosurgery: principles, applicability and challenges Ignatius Esene; 12. Ethical challenges of neurosurgical care for brain tumour patients Marike Broekman, Alexander Hulsbergen and Timothy Smith; 13. Severe traumatic brain injury Stephen Honeybul, Kwok Ho and Grant Gillett; 14. 'Malignant' middle cerebral artery infarction Stephen Honeybul, Volker Puetz and Lars-Peder Pallesen; 15. Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage Stephen Honeybul and Albert Chiu; 16. Paediatric neurosurgery Naci Balak and Ulrika Sandvik; 17. Spinal neurosurgery Cara Sedney; 18. Ethical challenges in psychosurgery: a new start or more of the same? Paul A. Komesaroff and Jeffrey Rosenfeld; 19. Brain death and organ donation George Skowronski and Ian Kerridge; Part III. Future Developments: 20. Ethical aspects of innovation in neurosurgery Mario Ammirati, Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Alexander Hulsbergen; 21. Stem cells and brain repair: ethical considerations Ivar Mendez; 22. Brain machine-interface technology in neurosurgery Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Marike Broekman; 23. International neurosurgery Ann Mansur and Mark Bernstein; 24. Live televised surgery Eiichi Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Sakai, Stephen Honeybul and Akira Matsumura; Index.
£53.19
Cambridge University Press Diagnosing from a Distance
Book SynopsisEver since the rise of Adolf Hitler, mental health professionals have sought to use their knowledge of human psychology to understand - and intervene in - political developments. From Barry Goldwater to Donald Trump, psychiatrists have commented, sometimes brashly, on public figures'' mental health. But is the practice ethical? While the American Psychiatric Association prohibits psychiatric comment on public figures under its ''Goldwater Rule'', others disagree. Diagnosing from a Distance is the first in-depth exploration of this controversy. Making extensive use of archival sources and original interviews, John Martin-Joy reconstructs the historical debates between psychiatrists, journalists, and politicians in an era when libel law and professional standards have undergone dramatic change. Charting the Goldwater Rule''s crucial role in the current furor over Trump''s fitness for office, Martin-Joy assesses the Rule''s impact and offers a more liberal alternative. This remarkable book will change the way we think about psychiatric ethics and public life.Trade Review'Psychiatrists are often asked in casual conversation for a diagnosis without a personal examination. Using many primary sources rarely discussed in previous surveys, John Martin-Joy provides a detailed and far-reaching analysis of the implications of such a scenario. Fascinating, thought-provoking, and highly recommended.' Thomas G. Gutheil, Harvard University'With compelling prose, page-turning narrative, and sophisticated analysis, John Martin-Joy uses a little-known, but important, libel case to discuss an issue of great political significance: the ethical, professional, social, and legal ramifications of psychiatrists commenting publicly on the mental health of public figures.' Samantha Barbas, University of Buffalo'What do Adolf Hitler, Barry Goldwater, Saddam Hussein, and Donald Trump have in common? John Martin-Joy shows how psychiatrists and psychoanalysts had strong views about these men's mental health and very different opinions about whether they could share these views. Part media history and part ethical study, this book may change how you think about professionalism, politics, and the First Amendment.' James T. Hamilton, Hearst Professor of Communication, Chair of the Department of Communication, and Director of the Journalism Program, Stanford University'With extraordinary historical detail and a remarkable sensitivity to rational, moral disagreement, this volume is now the book of record for understanding the ethical implications of the Goldwater Rule. Policymakers, clinicians, scholars, and concerned citizens interested in the nexus of politics and psychiatry - especially during our current, perilous moment - must read this book.' Dominic A. Sisti, Director, The Scattergood Program for Applied Ethics of Behavioral Health Care, University of Pennsylvania'John Martin-Joy is a meticulous researcher and writer, making his book a pleasure to read. Mixing the disciplines of law, psychiatry, and history, the book describes the impact of the 'Goldwater Rule' with the detail and analytic precision that no scholar has provided before. This book is sure to be regarded as a classic in the years ahead.' Lawrence J. Friedman, Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University and Indiana University'… historically detailed and well referenced … legally and philosophically sophisticated …' Allen R. Dyer, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association'Diagnosing from a Distance is a wonderful read that CL psychiatrists could be easily swept up in. The book speaks to the intellectually curious detective that resides inside each of us.' Flannery Merideth, Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry'Martin-Joy's study rightly focuses on the dialectics animating the recent of history of the helping professions…This book focuses on how psychiatric knowledge travels through mass media and the legal system and how these encounters transformed psychiatric ethics.' Michael Pettit, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction. An ethical dilemma; 1. Psychoanalysis, media, and politics from the rise of Hitler to the 1950s; Part I. Diagnosis from a Distance and Libel Law in the 1960s: Goldwater v. Ginzburg: 2. Ralph Ginzburg: provocateur; 3. 'To remove this precedent': Barry Goldwater sues for libel; 4. Ginzburg, Goldwater, and the Supreme Court; Part II. Professionalization and the Rise of the Goldwater Rule; 5. 'To protect public figures': the APA and the Goldwater Rule; 6. The CIA and the White House: adventures in assessment; 7. Furor: the debate over Donald Trump; Conclusion. On history, ethics, and pluralism; Appendix. The Goldwater Rule in 1973 and today; Acknowledgments; Notes; Works cited; Index.
£22.99
Cambridge University Press Shared Decision Making in Adult Critical Care
Book SynopsisThe adult critical care setting requires complex clinical decisions to be made that have a dramatic impact on the lives of patients and their families. This textbook offers evidence-based case histories around shared decision making, providing practical advice to clinicians who are trying to navigate routine clinical scenarios in adult critical care. Early chapters explore the definition of the shared decision making process and practical steps that aid its implementation. The greater part of the book focuses on how shared decision making can be practiced in specific situations that are common in adult critical care, highlighting the relevant knowledge base necessary to manage each situation. Do-not-resuscitate and do-not-intubate orders, ECMO, and resolving conflicts regarding potentially inappropriate treatment are among the topics covered. An essential resource for healthcare professionals working in critical care and those looking for a framework for the use of shared decision makiTrade Review'This is an excellent introduction to a vital skill needed by the ICU team, with a wide range of case studies and thoughtful presentations.' David James Dries, Doody EnterprisesTable of ContentsPreface; 1. When does shared decision making apply in adult critical care? Matthew Jaffa and David Hwang; 2. How much does the family want to be involved in decision making? Christopher Bryant and Michael Rubin; 3. Show me the data: Tips for discussing numerical risk in critical care Mitra Haeri and Melissa Motta; 4. Communication skills for critical care family meetings Jessica Macfarlin; 5. The do-not-resuscitate order Timothy M. Dempsey and Michael E. Wilson; 6. The do-not-intubate order Catherine Auriemma and Joshua Kayser; 7. Prolonged ventilator dependence for the pulmonary patient Matthew Wilson and Phil Choi; 8. Renal replacement therapy Hassan Suleiman and Paul McCarthy; 9. Shared decision making during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Barnaby Lewin and Kollengode Ramanathan; 10. Hypoxic-Ischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest Sonya Zhou and Carolina Maciel; 11. Decompressive craniectomy for stroke patients Matthew Jaffa (U Maryland) and David Hwang (Yale); 12. Decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury patients Connie Ge, Angelos Kolias and Susanne Muehlschlegel; 13. Severe traumatic spinal cord injury Christopher Marcellino (Mayo) and Alejandro Rabinstein (Mayo); 14. Potentially inappropriate treatment and conscientious objections Nneka Sederstrom and Alexandra Wichmann; 15. Shared decision making in emergent situations Katharine R. Colton and Evie G. Marcolini; 16. Advance directives: Policy, law, and use in shared decision making Josh Rolnick; 17. Care of the unbefriended patient Stephen Trevick; 18. The role of palliative care in the intensive care unit Adeline Goss and Claire Creutzfeldt; 19. Measuring and evaluating shared decision making in the intensive care unit Alison Turnbull and Jacquline Kruser; 20. Brain death discussions Elizabeth Carroll and Ariane Lewis.
£26.59
Cambridge University Press Law and Legacy in Medical Jurisprudence
Book SynopsisGraeme Laurie stepped down from the Chair in Medical Jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh in 2019. This edited collection pays tribute to his extraordinary contributions to the field. Graeme often spoke about the importance of ''legacy'' in academic work and forged a remarkable intellectual legacy of his own, notably through his work on genetic privacy, human tissue and information governance, and the regulatory salience of the concept of liminality. The essays in this volume animate the concept of legacy to analyse the study and practice of medical jurisprudence. In this light, legacy reveals characteristics of both benefit and burden, as both an encumbrance to and facilitator of the development of law, policy and regulation. The contributions reconcile the ideas of legacy and responsiveness and show that both dimensions are critical to achieve and sustain the health of medical jurisprudence itself as a dynamic, interdisciplinary and policy-engaged field of thinking.Trade Review'This magnificent collection of essays is a worthy tribute to one of the greats of medical law. It is a powerful reflection of the enormous contribution Graeme Laurie has made to the subject, that his work has inspired such an outstanding book.' Jonathan Herring, DM Wolfe-Clarendon Fellow in Law, Exeter College, University of Oxford'An outstanding collection of essays and a fitting tribute to Graeme Laurie's academic work, his scholarly impact and an illuminating guide to many of the challenges confronting bioethics.' Christopher Newdick, Professor Emeritus, University of Reading'This book is a worthy mark of the significance of Graeme Laurie's contribution to legal academia. It presents insights from some of the most impressive scholars currently working in law, ethics and medical jurisprudence. The result is a powerful testament to Graeme's legacy and the affection of his peers.' Shaun Pattinson, Professor of Medical Law and Ethics, University of DurhamTable of ContentsIntroduction: law and legacy in medical jurisprudence Edward Dove and Niamh Nic Shuibhne; 1. Doing medical law and ethics: putting interdisciplinarity to work Sharon Cowan, Emily Postan and Nayha Sethi; 2. A philosopher looks at 'law and medical ethics' Richard Ashcroft; 3. Thinking outside the box: Graeme Laurie's legacy to medical jurisprudence Roger Brownsword; 4. The public interest in health research: from concept to context Annie Sorbie; 5. Taking the legacy of liminality forward: reflections on Graeme Laurie's approach to liminality and its relevance for the ethics and governance of reproduction Catriona McMillan and Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra; 6. The once and future importance of impact Eric M. Meslin; 7. Breathing life into law: what it means to take an ethics+ approach to conceptualise law in research governance Calvin Ho and Justin Wong; 8. Biomedical research policy: back to the future? Bartha Maria Knoppers, Ruth Chadwick and Michael Beauvais; 9. The burden of history: how past scandals have shaped the future governance of human tissue and health data Nils Hoppe and José Miola; 10. Body parts and baleful stars? Margaret Brazier and Alexandra Mullock; 11. The legacy of the Warnock Report Emily Jackson; 12. Escape from the medically assisted suicide spiral Murray Earle; 13. Integrating the biological and the technological: time to move beyond law's binaries? Muireann Quigley and Laura Downey; 14. UK Biobank and the legal regulation of genetic research: preserving the legacy and empowering future regulation Jean McHale; 15. Overcoming the regulatory impasse in stem cell research and advanced therapy medicines in Argentina through shared norms and values Fabiana Arzuaga; 16. Institutions, interpretive communities and legacy in decision-making: a case study of patents, morality and biotechnological inventions Aisling McMahon; 17. Towards a new privacy: informed consent as an encumbrance to group interests? Mark Taylor and David Townend; 18. A tale of two legacies: drawing on humanist interpretations to animate the right to the benefits of science Shawn Harmon; Afterword – the great coronavirus pandemic: a pivotal moment for health law and ethics: an afterword in appreciation of Graeme Laurie's legacy to the field Lawrence Gostin.
£104.50
Cambridge University Press Animal Experimentation
Book SynopsisAn essential book for all those who conduct animal-based research or are involved in education and training, as well as regulators, supporters, and opponents alike. This fully updated third edition includes discussion of genetically altered animals and associated welfare and ethical issues that surround the breeding programmes in animal based research. The book discusses the origins of vivisection, the advances in human and non-human welfare made possible by animal experimentation, moral objections, and alternatives to the use of animals in research. It also examines the regulatory umbrella under which experiments are conducted in Europe, USA and Australasia. The author highlights the future responsibilities of researchers who will be working with animals, and offers practical advice on experimental design, literature search, consultation with colleagues, and the importance of the ongoing search for alternatives.Trade Review'Animal Experimentation: A Guide to the Issues provides a succinct, accessible, and balanced introduction to the controversy surrounding the use of animals in scientific research, product testing, and education. The latest edition brings the guide up-to-date on a host of developments with respect to legislation, alternative methods, and other topics. The guide's coverage of relevant issues is international in scope, so readers outside of the author's home country (Australia) should not feel ignored. This introduction is especially suited to students planning to begin careers in the biological sciences, including as researchers, veterinarians, teachers, regulators, or administrators.' Martin Stephens, Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal TestingTable of Contents1. Issues in animal experimentation; 2. A history of animal experimentation; 3. Opposition to animal experimentation; 4. The moral status of animals; 5. Animal use; 6. The regulation of experiments; 7. Seeking alternatives; 8. A future without animal experimentation?
£26.59
Cambridge University Press Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, accessible approach to the everyday ethical challenges faced in obstetric and gynecological practice. Offering practical guidance for practitioners at all levels, the text also provides a sustained exploration of professional ethics in the intersection of obstetrics and gynecology with psychiatry. Drawing on their award-winning teaching, the authors start each chapter with goals, objectives, topics, and a list of key concepts, which are defined in a separate section. Chapters cover a multitude of topics, from pregnancy and the quest for the ''perfect'' baby to end-of-life care - all underpinned by the need for professionally responsible research, advocacy, and health policy. Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology is an indispensable resource for both trainee and practicing obstetricians and gynecologists. A chapter devoted solely to pedagogy in professional ethics in obstetrics and gynecology supports the readers'' learning and those with or without formal trTrade Review'The book covers important topics including induced abortion and feticide, the ethical concept of the fetus as a patient and conscientious objection ... It is fair to say that parts of the book will be best suited to those with a working knowledge of medical ethics and the terminology it employs.' Aarthi Mohan, The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist'The book includes an extensive glossary of key concepts. The authors also provide the historical context for modern practice, recognizing the inherent imbalance of power in the practitioner/female patient relationship, and emphasizing the need for continued professional guidance to create a culture of shared respect and commitment to ethical morality in this practice. An excellent reference for midwives, nurse practitioners, medical students, residents, and OB/GYN physicians/specialists.' S. W. Gustafson, ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology: 1. Professional ethics in medicine; 2. Professional ethics in obstetrics and gynecology; 3. Decision making by, with, and for patients; 4. Confidentiality; 5. Conflicts of interest and conflicts of commitment; Part II. Pedagogy of Professional Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology: 6. Teaching professional ethics in obstetrics and gynecology; Part III. Professionally Responsible Clinical Practice: 7. Prevention of pregnancy; 8. Initiation of pregnancy; 9. Induced abortion and feticide; 10. Fetal analysis; 11. Periviability; 12. Intrapartum management; 13. The perfect baby; 14. Cancer and pregnancy; 15. Setting ethically justified limits on clinical management; Part IV. Professionally Responsible Leadership: 16. Leadership; Part V. Professionally Responsible Innovation and Research: 17. Clinical innovation and research; Part VI. Professionally Responsible Health Policy and Advocacy: 18. Health policy and advocacy; Key concepts; Index.
£53.19
SAGE Publishing Understanding Ethics for Nursing Students
Book SynopsisEthics have a significant impact on the decisions you make in your day-to-day work, so it’s important for all nurses to develop their understanding of ethical frameworks as preparation for future practice. In this book, the author explains ethical ideas, theories and concepts in simple to understand terms, focussing on real-life nursing situations in order to make applying these principles to your practice easy. This book will make you consider your own values, and how ethics fit into who you are and how you behave, helping you to unlock this interesting and complex subject. Key features: · Fully mapped to the new NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2018) · A practical guide that explores how ethics applies to nursing and where theory fits in · Contains real work case studies with an emphasis on ethical decision making · Activities challenge you to reflect on your own values, experiences and prejudices and think about how ethics fits in with who you are and how you behaveTrade ReviewThis book provides the essential ethical, reflective approach that is needed in nursing, offering a framework which helps guide and develop an individual’s own thoughts, and encouraging decision-making that is based on a sound ethical understanding. It strengthens the ability of nurses to develop the values that will underpin their work and enable them to offer ethical services and leadership in the years to come. -- Celia Pyke-Lees, Retired Chief Executive; St Michael′s Hospice, St. Leonards on SeaTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introducing ethics Chapter 2: Developing ethical understanding through reflection Chapter 3: What ethics is and what ethics is not Chapter 4: Ethical Theories Chapter 5: Rights Chapter 6: Protecting and promoting autonomy Chapter 7: Dilemmas at the start and end of life Chapter 8: Your ethical future
£98.46
Broadview Press Ltd Readings in Health Care Ethics
Book SynopsisReadings in Health Care Ethics provides a wide-ranging selection of important and engaging contributions to the field of health care ethics. The second edition adds a chapter on health care in Canada, and the introduction has been expanded to include discussion of a new direction in feminist naturalized ethics. The book presupposes no prior knowledge, only an interest in the bioethical issues that are shaping our world.Trade Review“This updated text provides just the right balance of foundational readings in health care ethics and contemporary articles that address new problems in the field. Gedge and Waluchow provide an excellent introductory chapter to the text, offering students some solid theoretical tools to address ethical issues in health care. This text is sure to become essential reading, especially for Canadian students who are being introduced to the field of health care ethics.” — Jennifer Parks, Loyola University Chicago“Both in their choice of topics and in their choice of readings, Professors Gedge and Waluchow have shown great sensitivity to the diversity and complexity of issues in health care. Particularly useful is their inclusion of some very important Supreme Court of Canada rulings: reflection on the role of such rulings is essential to understanding the social realities of decision making in health contexts. Noteworthy also are their intelligently nuanced comments on what philosophical ethics and philosophy more generally can contribute to our understanding of the issues addressed. I will definitely be using this collection the next time I teach bioethics.” — John Baker, University of CalgaryTable of ContentsPREFACEINTRODUCTIONWilfrid J. Waluchow and Elisabeth Gedge, “Ethical Resources for Decision-Making”CHAPTER ONE: RELATIONSHIPS IN HEALTH CAREWeb Links Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Linda L. Emanuel, “Four Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship” Susan Sherwin, “A Relational Approach to Autonomy in Health Care” John E. Thomas, “The Physician as Therapist and Investigator” Ellen W. Bernal, “The Nurse as Patient Advocate” Kenneth Kipnis, “A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality” Smith v. Jones [1999] (Case Summary by C. Morano) Carl Elliott, “Should Journals Publish Industry-Funded Bioethics Articles?” CHAPTER TWO: HEALTH CARE IN CANADAWeb Links Michael Stingl, “Equality and Efficiency as Basic Social Values” Chaoulli v. The Attorney General of Quebec and the Attorney General of Canada [2005] (Case Summary by C. Morano) Lawrie McFarlane, “Supreme Court Slaps For-Sale Sign on Medicare” Marcia Angell, “Privatizing Health Care Is Not the Answer: Lessons from the United States” CHAPTER THREE: CONSENTWeb Link James F. Drane, “Competency to Give an Informed Consent: A Model for Making Clinical Assessments” Christine Harrison et al., “Bioethics for Clinicians: Involving Children in Medical Decisions” Barry F. Brown, “Proxy Consent for Research on the Incompetent Elderly” Reibl v. Hughes [1980] (Case Summary by C. Morano) Richard Huxtable and Julie Woodley, “Gaining Face or Losing Face? Framing the Debate on Face Transplants” Andrew Edgar, “The Challenge of Transplants to an Intersubjectively Established Sense of Personal Identity” CHAPTER FOUR: REPRODUCTIONWeb Link Christine Overall, “Reflections on Reproductive Rights in Canada” John A. Robertson, “Class, Feminist, and Communitarian Critiques of Procreative Liberty” Raymond G. De Vries et al., “Choosing Surgical Birth: Desire and the Nature of Bioethical Advice” M.M. Peterson, “Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Equity of Access Issues” Carolyn McLeod and Françoise Baylis, “Donating Fresh versus Frozen Embryos to Stem Cell Research: In Whose Interests?” Neil Levy and Mianna Lotz, “Reproductive Cloning and a (Kind of) Genetic Fallacy” Leon R. Kass, “The Wisdom of Repugnance” CHAPTER FIVE: FETUSES AND NEWBORNS Don Marquis, “Why Abortion Is Immoral” Mary Anne Warren, “The Moral Significance of Birth” Susan Sherwin, “Abortion through a Feminist Ethics Lens” Winnipeg Child and Family Services (Northwest Area) v. G. (D.F.) [1997] (Case Summary by C. Morano) Peter Alward, “Ignorance, Indeterminacy, and Abortion Policy” Elizabeth Harman, “How Is the Ethics of Stem Cell Research Different from the Ethics of Abortion?” S. Sheldon and S. Wilkinson, “Should Selecting Saviour Siblings Be Banned?” Victoria Seavilleklein, “Challenging the Rhetoric of Choice in Prenatal Screening” Thomas H. Murray, “Moral Obligations to the Not-Yet Born: The Fetus as Patient” Mary B. Mahowald, “Decisions Regarding Disabled Newborns” CHAPTER SIX: DEATH, DYING, AND EUTHANASIA Margaret P. Battin, “Euthanasia: The Fundamental Issues” Daniel Callahan, “When Self-Determination Runs Amok” Rodriguez v. The Attorney General of Canada and the Attorney General of British Columbia [1993] (Case Summary by C. Morano) Susan M. Wolf, “Gender, Feminism, and Death: Physician- Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia” Jennifer A. Parks, “Why Gender Matters to the Euthanasia Debate: On Decisional Capacity and the Rejection of Women’s Death Requests” Robert D. Truog, “Is It Time to Abandon Brain Death?” F.G. Miller, “Death and Organ Donation: Back to the Future” CHAPTER SEVEN: RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN PARTICIPANTSWeb Links Sam Horng and Christine Grady, “Misunderstanding in Clinical Research: Distinguishing Therapeutic Misconception, TherapeuticMisestimation, and Therapeutic Optimism” Franklin G. Miller and Howard Brody, “A Critique of Clinical Equipoise: Therapeutic Misconception in the Ethics of ClinicalTrials” Ana Smith Iltis, “Placebo Controlled Trials: Restrictions, Not Prohibitions” Françoise Baylis et al., “Reframing Research Involving Humans” Wendy Rogers, “Evidence-Based Medicine and Women: Do the Principles and Practice of EBM Further Women’s Health?” Udo Schüklenk et al., “The Ethics of Genetic Research on Sexual Orientation” Arthur L. Caplan et al., “Moving the Womb” CHAPTER EIGHT: SCARCE MEDICAL RESOURCES AND CATASTROPHIC CIRCUMSTANCESWeb Link George J. Annas, “The Prostitute, the Playboy, and the Poet: Rationing Schemes for Organ Transplantation” Mary Mahowald, “As If There Were Fetuses without Women: A Remedial Essay” Aaron Spital, “Conscription of Cadaveric Organs for Transplantation: A Stimulating Idea Whose Time Has Not Yet Come” Michael J. Reiss, “The Ethics of Xenotransplantation” M.J. Selgelid, “Pandethics” Howard Brody and Eric N. Avery, “Medicine’s Duty to Treat Pandemic Illness: Solidarity and Vulnerability” Lynette Reid, “Diminishing Returns? Risk and the Duty to Care in the SARS Epidemic” Deborah Zion, “HIV/AIDS Clinical Research, and the Claims of Beneficence, Justice, and Integrity” CHAPTER NINE: GENETICSWeb Links Garrath Williams and Doris Schroeder, “Human Genetic Banking: Altruism, Benefit and Consent” Inmaculada De Melo-Martin, “Furthering Injustices against Women: Genetic Information, Moral Obligations, and Gender” Elizabeth Fenton, “Genetic Enhancement—A Threat to Human Rights?” Lee M. Silver, “Cloning, Ethics, and Religion” Inmaculada De Melo-Martin, “On Cloning Human Beings” George J. Annas et al., “Protecting the Endangered Human: Toward an International Treaty Prohibiting Cloning and Inheritable Alterations” Nick Bostrom, “In Defense of Posthuman Dignity” Christine Overall, “Précis of Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry” Acknowledgements
£79.20
Broadview Press Ltd Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing. Ethical analysis is supplemented with rigorous discussion of precedents from the American legal system as well as the requirements of professional codes operating at the national and state levels. Topics include informed consent, end-of-life treatment, impaired decisional capacity, privacy and confidentiality, and much more.Trade Review“Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing is a wonderful resource for students of nursing ethics and law at all levels. The book strikes the perfect balance between theory and application—it is eminently practical without sacrificing the philosophical rigor characteristic of the best work in healthcare ethics. The authors cover the core topics in nursing ethics using an abundance of detailed, relevant, and challenging case-studies. Indeed, one would be hard-pressed to find a better use of case-studies in a nursing ethics text. The discussion of the law (both judicial decisions and statutes) is comprehensive and highly relevant. Especially important is the book’s focus on the difference between ethics and law, and discussion of how nurses ought to respond when ethics and law conflict. Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing will surely become a primary textbook for nursing ethics students, as well as a valuable resource for practicing nurses.” — Eric Vogelstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University“The authors have provided a valuable tool to help nursing students understand the role nurses have in caring for patients and the ethical decisions they face daily in practice.” — C. Denise Neill, PhD, RN, CNE, Director and Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Sam Houston State UniversityTable of Contents Chapter 1: Moral Decision-Making: Theory and Practice Chapter 2: Regulation of Nursing Chapter 3: Informed Consent Chapter 4: End of Life and the Refusal of Treatment Chapter 5: Privacy and Confidentiality Chapter 6: Impaired Decisional Capacity Chapter 7: Integrity and Advocacy
£50.40
Nova Science Publishers Inc Contemporary Ethical Issues
Book SynopsisThis book presents theoretical and applied issues including ethical theory, moral, social, political, and legal philosophy. Issues include: biology and medicine, business, education, environment, government, mass media, science, agriculture and food production, and religion.
£61.59
Plural Publishing Inc Basic Audiometry Learning Manual
Book SynopsisThis manual will provide beginning clinicians and students with experiences and instruction in the art and science of clinical audiometry techniques.
£57.95
Nova Science Publishers Inc Decision-Making in Medicine & Health Care
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Organ Donation: Supply, Policies & Practices
Book SynopsisThe issue of living organ donation is important because it represents one important set of possibilities for balancing the needs of people seeking organs with one another, and with the needs of potential organ donors. On one side of the balance, the drive to increase the supply of transplantable organs is fueled by people awaiting organ transplants. They are, in a sense, competing with one another on waiting lists for potentially life-saving scarce resources. On the other side of the balance, the drive to ensure that the transplant system is ethical and equitable precludes some mechanisms that would increase the supply of transplantable organs. Some options that have been rejected to date in the United States include paying healthy persons to donate their organs, and mandating that transplantable organs be harvested from all cadavers. To maintain the most ideal balance for the organ transplantation system, Congress may now wish to clarify whether certain new types of living organ donation should be adopted to increase the supply of transplantable organs, or prohibited for ethical and/or equitable reasons.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Bioethics: Issues & Dilemmas
Book SynopsisBioethics is the philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, philosophy, and theology. This book presents research in the expansive field of bioethics including biomedical ethics in obstetrics, ethical decision making in the health care system, the feasibility of using human oocytes for stem cell research, as well as mandatory circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa to prevent HIV and AIDS and environmental ethics to preserve the world for future generations.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Autonomy, Altruism & Authority in Medical Ethics:
Book SynopsisIn this volume, written in honour of the eightieth birthday of Professor Shimon Glick, world renowned experts in the field of medical ethics struggle with the question of how to weigh the respective values of autonomy, altruism and authority in dealing with real life bioethical dilemmas.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Patient Rights: Ethical Perspectives, Emerging
Book SynopsisIn the past 50 years, ethical concerns concerning human experimentation have arisen with the advancement of new medical research and technology. While the benefits of human experimentation are well known in the fields of biology, psychology, sociology, and medicine, the conditions of human subject research have been persistently controversial. This book discusses ethical perspectives, emerging developments and global challenged of patient rights. Topics include effective medical informed consent; rights to health and dental care; the ethics of HIV screening targeted to the seriously mentally ill; and problems in ethics for medical publication.
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Transcript Verlag Healthcare as a Human Rights Issue – Normative
Book SynopsisThis book deals with various facets of the human right to health: its normative profile as a universal right, current political and legal conflicts and contextualized implementation in different healthcare systems. The authors come from different countries and disciplines - law, political science, ethics, medicine etc. - and bring together a broad variety of academic and practical perspectives.The volume contains selected contributions of the international conference "The Right to Health - an Empty Promise?" held in September 2015 in Berlin and organized by the Emerging Field Initiative Project "Human Rights in Healthcare" (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg).
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Transcript Verlag Ethical Challenges of Organ Transplantation –
Book SynopsisThis collection features comprehensive overviews of the various ethical challenges in organ transplantation. International readings well-grounded in the latest developments in the life sciences are organized into systematic sections and engage with one another, offering complementary views. All core issues in the global ethical debate are covered: donating and procuring organs, allocating and receiving organs, as well as considering alternatives. Due to its systematic structure, the volume provides an excellent orientation for researchers, students, and practitioners alike to enable a deeper understanding of some of the most controversial issues in modern medicine.
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Transcript Verlag Genetic Responsibility in Germany and Israel:
Book SynopsisPrenatal diagnosis, especially noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), has changed the experience of pregnancy, prenatal care and responsibilities in Israel and Germany in different ways. These differences reflect the countries' historical legacies, medico-legal policies, normative and cultural identities. Building on this observation, the contributors of this book present conversations between leading scholars from Israel and Germany based on an empirical bioethical perspective, analyses about the reshaping of 'life' by biomedicine, and philosophical reflections on socio-cultural claims and epistemic horizons of responsibilities. Practices and discussions of reproductive medicine transform the concepts of responsibility and irresponsibility.
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Patient Safety – The Relevance of Logic in
Book SynopsisIn our time of well-publicized health care travails, in the USA and the UK and elsewhere, matters of financing too often subsume the dimension of patient care. In his latest book, Alexander L. Gungov studies a vital but neglected aspect of patient safety. Of the thousands of medical errors committed on a daily basis, in the bulk of unfortunate clinical decisions, a significant share pertains to various logical flows and epistemological fallacies. By focusing on the logical dimensions of clinical medicine, Gungov promotes awareness of the logical and epistemological traps that lie in the day-to-day care of patients. Such a focus not only allows us to avoid falling into them, but demonstrates the practical value of looking at medicine from a new philosophical perspective. That perspective involves a broad and unusual collection of philosophers. The discussion takes its starting point from J. S. Mills inductive methods and Giambattista Vicos verum-factum principle, but then sets out a unique combination of Charles Sanders Peirces abductive reasoning, Immanuel Kants reflective judgment, as well as G. W. F. Hegels and D. P. Verenes speculative thinking, all marshalled to present a novel philosophical account of clinical diagnostics. Interpretation of practical examples elucidate the logical aspect of medical errors and suggests strategies of overcoming them. The book as a whole demonstrates the value of Hans-Georg Gadamers hermeneutical insights into the enigmatic character of health. This much-needed book will be of interest to medical practitioners, health policy-makers, patients and their families, and to advanced students and scholars in medicine, the medical humanities, medical epistemology, and the philosophy of medicine in general.
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Oslo Academic Press Foundations of Health Care: Ethical Dilemmas &
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Kite Group Ltd Bioethics and Clinical Ethics: From theory to
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Oxford University Press Palliative Care and Ethics
Book SynopsisThe practice of palliative care and hospice is filled with overt and sometimes covert ethical challenges. These challenges are addressed by leading international palliative care and hospice scholars under three main domains: care delivery systems; addressing the many dimensions of suffering; and difficult decisions near the end of life.Trade ReviewThis is a very good read, not just for professionals working in the field, but for other disciplines, who would like to know more about the origins of palliative care and its relationship to other disciplines. * Christin Bird, The Australian Pain Society *This is a good synopsis of the range of ethical issues encountered in palliative care, including the delivery of services, patient suffering and physician-assisted dying. * Dr. Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Book Reviews *While there is not a standard format imposed on each chapter, the contributors often use clinical cases to illustrate the related ethical challenges. The attention to both breadth and depth of these issues contributes to the book's relevance. ... In addition to practitioners of palliative care, students in health-related fields or those with an interest in bioethics might find this book relevant. * Doody's Health Sciences Book Review *This outstanding essay collection, edited by Quill and Miller, provides a survey of the clinical and ethical dilemmas clinicians face in palliative care contexts, mainly, but not exclusively, at life's end. The volume helpfully provides perspectives from the diverse disciplines represented in a contemporary palliative care team, general physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, etc. and the diverse locations in which palliative care takes place, from in-home hospice to inpatient hospital settings. The book treats the major ethical topics that arise in most clinical contexts; this includes issues related to pediatric cases, and also shared decision making and substituted judgment. [B]ecause of the clinical chapters, the book is best suited for health sciences libraries and professional programs in medicine and nursing. Highly recommended. * A. W. Klink, CHOICE *This outstanding essay collection, edited by Quill (Univ. of Rochester) and Miller (National Institutes of Health), provides a survey of the clinical and ethical dilemmas clinicians face in palliative care contexts, mainly, but not exclusively, at life's end. The volume helpfully provides perspectives from the diverse disciplines represented in a contemporary palliative care team, general physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, etc. and the diverse locations in which palliative care takes place, from in-home hospice to inpatient hospital settings. * Choice *Table of ContentsSection I: Introduction and Overview Chapter 1: Introduction (Timothy E. Quill and Franklin G. Miller) Chapter 2: Hospice (Charles von Gunten) Chapter 3: Palliative Care (Susan D. Block) Section II. Ethical Challenges within Current Systems of Care Chapter 4: Emerging Complexities in Pediatric Palliative Care (Renee Boss and Nancy Hutton) Chapter 5: Patient-Centered Ethos in an Era of Cost Control: Palliative Care and Healthcare Reform (Diane E. Meier and Emily Warner) Chapter 6: Palliative Care, Ethics and Interprofessional Teams (Sally A. Norton, Deborah Waldrop, and Robert Gramling) Section III. Addressing Dimensions of Suffering Chapter 7: Pain Relief and Palliative Care (Nathan Cherny) Chapter 8: Management of Dyspnea (Thomas W. LeBlanc, David C. Currow, Jane L. Phillips, and Amy Abernethy) Chapter 9: Diagnosis and Treatment of Delirium (Maxine De la Cruz and Eduardo Bruera) Chapter 10: Psychosocial and Psychiatric Suffering (Yesne Alici, Kanan Modhwadia, William S. Breitbart) Chapter 11: Capacity and Shared Decision-Making in Serious Illness (Ronald M. Epstein and Vikki Entwistle) Section IV. Difficult Decisions Near the Very End of Life Chapter 12: Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatments (Robert D. Truog) Chapter 13: Medical Futility: Content in the Context of Care (Peggy Determeyer and Howard Brody ) Chapter 14: Palliative Sedation (J. Andrew Billings) Chapter 15: Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (Emily Rubin and James L. Bernat) Chapter 16: Physician Assisted Death (Timothy E. Quill and Franklin Miller) Chapter 17 17a: Lessons from Legalized Physician Assisted Death in Oregon and Washington: (Linda Ganzini) 17b: Physician Assisted Death in Western Europe: The Legal and Empirical Situation (Heleen Weyers)
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Oxford University Press Pharmaceutical Freedom
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Oxford University Press, USA Creation and Abortion A Study in Moral and Legal Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis book presents a new argument attacking the view that if the foetus has the moral standing of a person it has a right to life and abortion is impermissible. Most discussion of abortion has assumed that this premise is correct, and so has focused on the question of the personhood of the foetus. Frances Kamm, however, argues that abortion can be moral even if the foetus is indeed a person.Trade ReviewKamm is probably the most sophisticated deontologist writing on normative issues today ... Kamm's discussion is a major contribution to the literature. * Shelly Kagan, University of Illinois *
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Oxford University Press The Virtues in Medical Practice
Book SynopsisThis book constructs a virtue-based ethics for medicine and health care. Beginning with the problem of relating virtues to principles, the authors develop a theory that this linkage lies in the goals of medicine and the nature of medical practice as a moral community. Specific virtues such as trust, compassion, prudence, justice, courage, temperance, and self-effacement are discussed in separate chapters. The book ends by examining how a virtue-based ethic of medicine makes a difference in analysing problems like caring for the poor, research on human subjects, whether the medical virtues can be taught in professional training, and how a refurbished philosophy of medicine can enhance medicine and health care in the future.Trade Review...the book is impressive and important because it attempts to systematize the insights of virtue theory and medical ethics and to place these insights into the larger framework of moral philosophy. * Theoretical Medicine *This provocative and articulate study is a significant contribution to the literature. It should certainly be read by every serious physician and ethicist. * Richard M. Zaner, Vanderbilt University, Academic Medicine, Volume 69, Number 9, September 1994 *Pellegrino and Thomasma are arguably among the most influential authors now writing about the moral nature of physicianhood. * Jonathan B. Imber, Wellesley College, New England Journal of Medicine, July 1994 *The authors present an excellent introduction to current tides in bioethics ... An interesting, well-reasoned and well-written work with insight. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. * J.E. Allen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Choice, Sep '94 *a lucid, thoughtful, and impressively organized description of the philosophical foundation of virtue-based ethics ... The Virtues in Medical Practice is a splendid book. It reads well; it is not pedantic; it is intellectually stimulating and morally refreshing; it expands our intellectual horizons; it illuminates our shortcomings and nourishes our capabilities without a trace of condescension or pontification. I urge every physician who has concerns about the moral climate of our troubled ethical scene to read this treatise. He or she will be comforted and educated by such an effort. * Bernard H. Adelson, JAMA, October 1994, Vol. 272, No.16 *The main message of the book is its call for the resuscitation of virtue and the restoration of the moral force of the medical community. * Joanna Pasek, Journal of Medical Ethics 1995, 21 *a book to be warmly recommended to all students of medical ethics and anyone else serially interested in the subject * Agneta Sutton, Ethics & Medicine 1995 11.2 *Table of ContentsPART I: Theory 1: Virtue Theory 2: The Link Between Virtues, Principles, Duties 3: Medicine as a Moral Community 4: The Ends of Medicine and its Virtues PART II: The Virtues in Medicine 5: Fidelity to Trust 6: Compassion 7: Phronesis: The Indispensable Virtue of Medicine 8: Justice 9: Fortitude 10: Temperance 11: Integrity 12: Self-Effacement PART III: The Practice of Virtue 13: How Does Virtue Make a Difference? 14: Can the Medical Virtues be Taught? 15: Postscript: An Integral Medical Ethics
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Oxford University Press The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code
Book SynopsisThis timely and definitive book examines the nature, scope and proper place of the Nuremberg Code in medical research. Nuremberg has not only played a pivotal role in the ethics and law of human experimentation, it is also a seminal event in the history of codes of human ethics. This book analyses Nazi medicine and its role in setting the standards for human experimentation, and traces the role the Code has played in shaping research ethics and regulation from 1947 to the present.Trade Reviewfine collection of seventeen essays, written by prominent scholars in the field ... makes me appreciate the Nuremberg Code as a radical innovation in its time and as a milestone in the development of the consent doctrine in human experimentation ... renews my respect for the importance of institutional review boards as they struggle to implement the spirit of the Nuremberg Code by ensuring proper consent and protecting subects' welfare in today's research world. * Theoretical Medicine *This laudable collection of essays does much to dispel the confusion and put the whole episode in a proper perspective for those of us who need to know ... this volume of essays is well worth reading. * Claire Gilbert Foster, King's College, London, Journal of Medical Ethics, 1995, 21 *Table of Contents1: George J. Annas and Michael A. Grodin: Introduction and Overview Part I: The Nazi Doctors and the Medical Experiments 2: Robert Proctor, Ph.D.: Nazi Doctors, Racial Medicine and Human Experimentation 3: Christian Pross, M.D.: Nazi Doctors, German Medicine and the Fight for Historical Truth 4: Eva Mozes-Kor, B.S.: The Mengele Twins and Human Experimentation: A Personal Account Part II: The Doctor's Trial and the Nuremberg Code 5: Telford Taylor, LL.B., LL.D.: Opening Statement of the Prosecution 6: Judgement and Aftermath 7: Michael A. Grodin, M.D.: Historical Origins of the Nuremberg Code Part III: The Role of Codes in International and U.S. Law 8: The Nuremberg Code Revisited: An International Overview, Sharon Perley, B.A., et al. 9: Robert Drinan S.J., J.D.: The War Crimes Trials: The Nuremberg Principles as Human Rights Protection in International Law 10: Leonard H. Glantz, J.D.: The Influence of the Nuremberg Code on United States Statutes and Regulations 11: George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H.: The Nuremberg Code in the United States Courts: Ethics Vs. Expediency Part IV: The Nuremberg Code: Ethics and Modern Medical Research 12: Jay Katz, M.D.: The Consent Principles of the Nuremberg Code: Its Significance for Then and Now 13: Ruth Machlin, Ph.D.: Universality of the Nuremberg Code: Are Ethics Relative to Time and Geography? 14: Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.: No Comparison: The Doctor's Trial and Analogies to the Holocaust in Contemporary Bioethics Debates 15: Marcia Angell, M.D.: Editorial Responsibility: Protecting Human Rights by Restricting Publication of Unethical Research 16: Wendy K. Mariner, J.D., M.P.H.: Contemporary Therapeutic AIDS Research and the Legacy of the Nuremberg Code Conclusion 17: George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H. and Michael A. Grodin, M.D.: Where do We Go From Here?
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Oxford University Press Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment
Book SynopsisOne of the most challenging tasks facing clinicians today is the assessment of patients'' capacities to consent to treatment. The protection of a patient''s right to decide, as well as the protection of incompetent patients from the potential harm of the decisions they might make, rests largely on clinicians'' abilities to judge patients'' capacities to decide what treatment they will receive.Confusing laws and complex ethical questions surrounding competence to consent to treatment have made the process of competence assessment intimidating for many clinicians. Health professionals - physicians, medical students nad residents, nurses, and mental health practitioners - have long needed a consice guidebook that translates the issue for practice. This is what this book accomplishes. The aurthors describe the place of competence in the doctrine of informed consent and show how assessments of competence to consent to treatment can be structured by using a specific set of general medical anTrade Review"A clinical masterpiece. Drs. Grisso and Appelbaum have written a practical, clinical gude to assessing an individual's competence to consent to treatment. Their scholarly reviews and focused clinical vignettes make this volume an essential element of all physicians' personal libraries."--Thomas N. Wise, M.D., Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University "...an insanely competent exercise in logic and clarity."--The Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices "Every few decade comes a book so influential that the history of the entire field is divided into 'before' and 'after'. Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment is such a book: a clinical, legal, and scientific accomplishment so complete that it will be the odd reader who does not turn the final page and think, 'this is what scholarship should be.' A staggering accomplishment!"--John Monahan, Ph.D., Doherty Professor of Law, University of Virginia "Those who teach about informed consent, as well as those who consult on this issue, routinely turn to the works of Paul Appelbaum and Tom Grisso for guidance. Their previous academic work in this field has been excellent and this new volume is no exception....The emphasis in this book is on the clinical aspects of informed consent. The chapters are structured with helpful guidance in dealing with the dilemmas that often arise when competence is assessed....This book represents yet another significant contribution by Grisso and Appelbaum to the field of law and medicine. More importantly, and most successfully, it is a useful clinical volume that should be readily available to all consultation clinicians."--Psychosomatics "...a well-elaborated and thorough description of the subsequent steps that have to be taken to minimize the risk of neglecting important aspects in this complicated procedure. Therefore this book is essential for physicians and clinical psychologists working with cognitively impaired patients."--Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy "A clinical masterpiece. Drs. Grisso and Appelbaum have written a practical, clinical guide to assessing an individual's competence to consent to treatment. Their scholarly reviews and focused clinical vignettes make this volume an essential element of all physicians' personal libraries."--Thomas N. Wise, M.D., Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University "Every few decade comes a book so influential that the history of the entire field is divided into 'before' and 'after'. Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment is such a book: a clinical, legal, and scientific accomplishment so complete that it will be the odd reader who does not turn the final page and think, 'this is what scholarship should be.' A staggering accomplishment!"--John Monahan, Ph.D., Doherty Professor of Law, University of Virginia "This is a very practical and useful book for any clinician who provides treatment to patients for whom competence to consent is an issue. It is quite user-friendly, with convenient chapter summaries and many illustrative clinical vignettes."--Doody's Journal Noted in Annals of Internal Medicine "In daily practice, it is physicians who frequently determine whether patients lack decision-making capacity. Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment is a concise, lucid, wise, and practical book on how to do so....This book provides extremely useful guidance."--The New England Journal of Medicine "This book will appeal to anyone who has ever struggled with difficult decisions on the treatment of individuals who are dubiously competent to consent. Using frequent and relevant clinical examples, the authors, who are acknowledged experts in biomedical ethics, explore the concepts on which competency to consent is founded."--Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada "Once in a great while comes a book that is of major significance in a professional field. This relatively small book is one of those seminal works. The authors, both nationally known figures in the field of law and mental health, present a very practical guide, written in a clear, concise, and useful manner, to assessing patients' competency to consent to treatment....Together, they have accomplished a tour de force in the field of psychiatry and law."--Psychiatric Services "Grisso and Appelbaum have given us a complete and concise description of the law, theoretical considerations, and an operational model for determining competency to consent to treatment . . . . This work is truly a guide for the assessment of competence to consent to treatment. Anyone who develops an understanding of what is written here will be competent to determine this type of competency. Even those who think they know how to do it can benefit from reading this book. It's like a brief refresher course and highly recommended." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease "This book, written by two authors who have written extensively about the topic of health care decision-making and issues of capacity/competence, provides an in-depth history and delineation of the process of informed consent." -- Louise Schmitt, PhD, Clinical Gerontologist "The authors, using superb clinical vignettes, flesh out the use of these elements, discussing them in the context of the demainds of the situation. This is the subject of the first half of the book: an even-handed and lucid discussion of the anatomy and physiology of the consent process. The second half is a data-based application of these principles. The utility of the instrument lies in the validity of the underlying concepts. The ease of administration, the reliability of an assessment protocol, and the fact of making a record. From a preventive risk-management point of view, such information is gold." -- The Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 28/Summer 2000 "It would be hard to find greater authorities internationally on this topic than Thomas Grisso and Paul S. Appelbaum of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts. Their book Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals provides all you could possibly want to know about the principle of consent to treatment and what is required to be able to give valid consent.""Where Grisso and Appelbaum are ground-breaking is it in their introduction of a structured clinical instructment to assess capacity.""This book provides the most comprehensive examination of the topic available and more than enough preparation to cope with the increased importance of this clinical topic."--Journal of Forensic PsychiatryTable of Contents1. Why Competence is Important - The Doctrine of Informed Concent ; 2. Thinking About Competence ; 3. Abilities Related to Competence ; 4. When Patients' Decision Making Should be Assessed ; 5. Assessing Patients' Capacities to Consent to Treatment ; 6. Using the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool - Treatment ; 7. Making Judgements About Patients' Competence ; 8. Substitute Decision-Making
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