Medical ethics and professional conduct Books
Johns Hopkins University Press The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease Ethical
Book SynopsisThe last chapter is a new summary of practical solutions useful to family members and professionals.Trade ReviewWith this second edition of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Post has enlarged upon his original work in a way to make it even more useful and current. The updated version now gives a highly readable strategy for dealing with end-of-life issues, such as artificial tube feeding and dehydration. In his characteristically clear manner, Post equips us with the necessary facts and then cogently suggest how to proceed humanely and with absolute consideration of the person who should be at the center of concern. -- Peter M. Jucovey Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Post has provided a well-researched book with an outstanding bibliography that will be helpful to all caregivers as well as health care providers. The text provides information to guide readers before and during ethical and moral decision making and is very sensitive to the various emotions one endures when the diagnosis is AD. Health Progress In summary, then, Post proposes a new ethic in regard to terminal dementia care. The considerations proposed in this book offer a meaningful guide to both health care professionals and families in dealing with these special issues and advocate a natural death for these patients, freeing families from the sometimes enormous sense of guilt they encounter in making decisions about life extending interventions. Baylor University Medical Center ProceedingsTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Defining the TaskChapter 2. The Family Caregiver: Partnership in HopeChapter 3. Fairhill Guidelines on Ethics and the Care of People with Alzheimer DiseaseChapter 4. Genetic Education for a Too-Hopeful PublicChapter 5. The Humane Goal: Enhancing the Well-Being of Persons with DementiaChapter 6. Dying with Dignity: The Case Against Artificial Nutrition and HydrationChapter 7. An Argument Against Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Context of Progressive Dementia Chapter 8. Toward a New Ethics of Dementia CareReferencesIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Bioethics in a Liberal Society
Book SynopsisBioethics in a Liberal Society is essential reading for all those interested in understanding how bioethics is practiced within our society.Trade ReviewMay's book is a helpful overview and introduction to the political framework of bioethics decision making within a liberal society. It touches explicitly on the issues of perceived and actual lack of competence, substituted decision making, advanced directives and the important roles of ethics committees and consultants. There is no doubt that this book marks an important contribution to the literature. -- Christopher Newell, Ph.D. MetapsychologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Liberal Framework I Patient Autonomy 2 Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent 3 Patient Responsibility for Decision Making 4 Advance Directives: Extending Autonomy for Patients II Professional Rights of Conscience 5 Beneficence, Abandonment, and the Duty to Treat 6 Rights of Conscience in the Physician-Patient Relationship 7 Conclusion: Health Care Ethics Committees and Consultants in a Liberal Framework References Index
£40.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Bioethics in America Origins and Cultural
Book SynopsisThat is, the public was reassured by bioethical oversight of biomedicine; in reality, however, bioethicists belonged to the same mainstream that produced the doctors and researchers whom the bioethicists were guiding.Trade ReviewUltimately, the innovations and court decisions most associated with bioethics, Stevens shows, were less rooted in concern about the abuse of patients than in researchers' and biomedical institutions' desires for the freedom to pursue new medical technologies and their need for protection from legal liability. Bioethics has served more as a 'midwife' to new medical research and technologies than as a critic. These findings should concern all of us. Steven's critical analysis of bioethics is a valuable revision. -- Leslie J. Reagan American Historical Review An interesting and provocative book, well worth reading for the issues it raises as well as for the historical analysis of the bioethics movement. -- Audrey K. Gordon Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Bioethics in America merits our attention. It will encourage additional reflection on the sources and meaning of the rise of this new profession dedicated to moral arbitration. -- Raymond DeVries Journal of American History Stevens has a pithy prose style and a healthy willingness to challenge received wisdom. -- Robert Baker, Ph.D Journal of the History of Medicine A major contribution to the history of bioethics. ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Prologue The Tradition of AmbivalenceChapter One The Culture of Post-atomic AmbivalenceChapter Two "Leaders of Leaders": The Hastings Center, 1969 to the PresentChapter Three Redefining Death in America, 1968Chapter Four "Sleeping Beauty": Karen Ann Quinlan and the Rise of Bioethics in AmericaEpilogue Conclusion and Outlook
£24.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical
Book SynopsisProfessionals in need of such training and bioethicists will be interested.Trade ReviewProvides excellent material on a broad variety of ethical topics in clinical research. The editors are commended for the wise and diverse selection of articles and the broad range of sources of literature included. A lot of information is made available at a very affordable price. Quality Assurance Journal 2005 Many of the chapters easily deserve to be required reading... Most of the readings that have been chosen for the book can lay claim to being classics. They represent sophisticated thinking on various topics. -- Leonardo D. de Castro Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2004 One word will suffice to describe the book-outstanding. -- Sanjay A. Pai Current Science 2004Table of ContentsContents:Part I. Scandals and Tragedies of Research with Human Participants: Nuremberg, the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital, Beecher, and TuskegeePart II. Ethical and Regulatory Guidance for Research with HumansPart III. The Ethics of Clinical Trial DesignPart IV. The Ethics of Research Participant RecruitmentPart V. Informed Consent in ResearchPart VI. Clinical Research with Special PopulationsPart VII. Special Topics in Research EthicsPart VIII. The Behavior of Clinical Investigators: Conflicts of InterestPart IX. Scientific MisconductPart X. Challenges to the Institutional Review Board System
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Better But Not Well Mental Health Policy in the
Book SynopsisTo fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness.Trade ReviewOffers many insights beneficial to the informed reader. -- David Mechanic New England Journal of Medicine 2006 The authors are true to their word in providing an excellent overview of changes in the last 50 years. They provide compelling evidence that the condition of many, if not most, persons with mental illness has improved during that period. JAMA 2007 Will be of greatest interest to students of mental health economics, services, and policy, but clinicians interested in the relationship between health policy and everyday practice will also find it useful. -- Burton V. Reifler International Psychogeriatrics 2007 Provides a necessary counterpart to much overenthusiastic optimism surrounding recent development in psychopharmacology and the neurosciences. -- Bonnie Evans Journal of Mental Health 2008 Offers a fascinating... historical analysis of mental health policy. -- Ellen Dwyer History of Psychiatry 2008 Should be assigned to every practitioner, mental health clinician, administrator, and advocate - as well as every legislator and policy maker - concerned with the status of Americans with serious mental illness. -- William Fisher Psychiatric Services 2007 If one... has time to read one book on mental health policy this year, this should be the one. -- Roger Meyer Health Affairs 2007 A comprehensive assessment of changes in the life conditions and well-being of persons with serious mental illnesses over the past five decades. -- Janet R. Nelson Clergy Journal 2008 A well-written and important work that provides a definitive look at the past and a glimpse into the future of mental health policy in America. -- Kathleen Brown RN, MSN, PhD Nursing History Review 2009Table of ContentsForewordPreface1. Introduction2. The Population with Mental Illness3. The Evolving Technology of Mental Health Care4. Health Care Financing and Income Support5. The Supply of Mental Health Services6. Policy Making in Mental Health: Integration, Mainstreaming, and Shifting Institutions7. Assessing the Well-being of People with Mental Illness8. Looking Forward: Improving the Well-being of People with Mental IllnessNotesReferencesIndex
£36.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Evaluating the Science and Ethics of Research on
Book SynopsisContaining helpful summaries and checklists throughout and based on Mazur's thirty years of research experience, this accessible and informative guide will give all IRB members the tools they need to protect human lives and facilitate the research process.Trade ReviewA well-written and informative narrative of the inner workings of IRBs. It is a must-read for those who are (or will be) members of an IRB and for those who need to submit a proposal. -- Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. Metapsychology 2007 An indispensable guide for both experienced and inexperienced IRB members... I would recommend it to any IRB member. Doody's Review Service 2007 Mazur's book provides IRB members with essential questions they should ask when reviewing proposed and ongoing studies. -- Karen J. Maschke New England Journal of Medicine 2007 The book contains an interesting perspective and a wealth of knowledge. It contains quite a lot of information for any single audience, but those who serve on IRBs can benefit greatly from reading and referring to Mazur's work. -- Alice Z. Frohna JAMA 2007 College-level holdings strong in medical and research issues or medical ethics will want this review. Midwest Book Review 2007 There is much to like about Evaluating the Science and Ethics of Research on Humans; its depth and sophistication... Not just Mazur's experience but the overall evolution of research administration is reflected in this volume. -- Kenneth A. DeVille Journal of Legal Medicine 2007 Every IRB member must read this book so that the participants of clinical trials benefit from it. -- Sanjay A. Pai Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2008 The author applies extensive experience to illustrate the depth of ethical reflection that research proposals can generate and provides guidance on how reflection can be directed to decision making... Checklists in the text and appendices afford IRB members and officers the comfort of knowing that little, if anything, has been overlooked in discharging ethics review. -- Bernard M. Dickens, PhD Annals of Internal Medicine 2008 The analysis of a study's risk-benefit ratio is especially good. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research 2007 Contains helpful summaries and checklists throughout based on the author's thirty years of research experience. Issues in Law and Medicine 2008Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: What Can the New IRB Member Expect?Part I: The IRB, Its Work, and Its Challenges1. What Is an IRB, and What Does It Do?2. Basic Terms and Concepts Used in IRB Work3. What Is Risk?Part II: The Scientific Protocol and the Informed Consent Form4. Prescreening of Proposals5. The Scientific Protocol6. The Informed Consent Form7. Recruitment, Selection, and Compensation of Study Participants8. Research involving Questionnaires and Surveys9. Protection of Participants' Privacy in Research Dataand SpecimensPart III: The Continuing Work of the IRB10. The Ethical Issues of Informed Consent11. Continuing Review, Communication, and Feedback12. Where Are IRBs Making Mistakes, and How Can We Minimize Mistakes?13. Strategies for Managing the IRB Workload and Supporting IRB Decision Making14. Decision-Making Capacity and Accountability in ResearchSummary: The IRB's Key RoleAppendix 1: A Check List for Reviewing a Scientific ProtocolAppendix 2: A Check List for Reviewing an Informed Consent FormNotesWebsite References for Cited DocumentsIndex
£28.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Planning for Uncertainty Living Wills and Other
Book SynopsisThis practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future.Trade ReviewValuable resource. Columbia College Today 2007 A practical guide to help individuals make end-of-life decisions and communicate them to healthcare providers, family members, and other loved ones. UU World 2008 This practical guide helps people navigate the important but often intimidating process of thinking about, and planning for, an uncertain future. Exceptional Parent 2008 Doukas and Reichel achieve two things rarely seen in books geared toward the general public. First, they are uncommonly forthright... The second noteworthy achievement of Planning for Uncertainty is its compatibility with the family physician's worldview. -- David Satin, MD Family Medicine 2008 Planning for Uncertainty contacts much helpful information about advance directives and advance care planning. -- Ellen W. Bernal Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Every Person Needs to Know1. What the Patient Self-Determination Act Means to You2. When Is Treatment Beneficial and When Is It Not Beneficial?3. How Ethical Principles Affect Health Care Decisions4. The Value of Values5. How Advance Directives Work6. The Values History: Defining Your Health Care Values7. You, Your Family, and Health Care Decisions: Choosing a Proxy8. Signing Advance DirectivesAppendixLinks to Advance Directive Forms by StateOther Useful LinksMy Advance Directives for Future Medical TreatmentThe Values HistoryAdvance Directive in Brief CardIndex
£19.00
Johns Hopkins University Press The Cultures of Caregiving Conflict and Common
Book Synopsis, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Rick Surpin, Independence Care System.Trade ReviewThis text would be helpful for teaching students in medicine, nursing, social work, and health care administration. -- Tina Kenyon, ACSW Family Medicine 2005 This book can be recommended to family caregivers, health care staff, and policy-makers-as well as to those teaching courses in health care, policy, and gerontology. -- Anne P. Glass Journal of Women and Aging 2006 A must read for those who are planning to work in the healthcare field and for those currently employed in it. -- Molly Ranney Journal of Women and Aging 2005 A well-researched and fascinating historical recount of the cultural differences between the family members, health professionals and policy makers... Recommended background reading for geriatric care managers and professionals seeking policy changes in caregiving. -- Kathleen Wall Inside GCM 2005 Editors Levine and Murray and their contributors demonstrate a broad understanding of the culture of caregiving and families. Choice 2005 The collaboration and talents brought together to write this book are phenomenal... This book should be considered an instrument in building and solidifying the bridge between caregivers and the medical community. -- David Sigel Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings 2005 Levine and Murray have taken us beyond complaining about conflicts and problems in providing healthcare across the cultural divide. Instead, they offer insights, knowledge, and, most important, direction for creating remedies to problems. -- Peggy Dilworth-Anderson, Ph.D. JAMA A well-written and thought-provoking book written by professionals in the health care industry, some who are family caregivers themselves. Family Caregiver Alliance The Cultures of Caregiving: Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers is a well-crafted book. -- Fahmida Hussain Journal of Health Care for the Poor and UnderservedTable of ContentsList of Contributors ForewordPrefaceIntroduction: Caregiving as a Family Affair: A New Perspective on Cultural DiversityPart I: Perspectives on Family Caregiving: Data, Diversity, and Personal ExperienceChapter 1. Family Caregivers and the Health Care System: Findings from a National SurveyChapter 2. On Loving Care and the Persistence of Memories: Reflections of a Grieving DaughterChapter 3. The Weight of Shared Lives: Truth Telling and Family CaregivingPart II: Home Care Past and PresentChapter 4. Family Caregiving in New England: Nineteenth-Century Community Care Gives Way to Twentieth-Century InstitutionsChapter 5. Nurses and Their Changing Relationships to Family CaregiversChapter 6. The Culture of Home Care: Whose Values Prevail?Part III: The Societal ContextChapter 7. Explaining the Paradox of Long-Term Care Policy: An Example of Dissonant CulturesChapter 8. Family Caregivers in Popular Culture: Images and Reality in the MoviesPart IV: Bridging the Gap among CulturesChapter 9. Integrating Medicine and the Family: Toward a Coherent Ethic of CareChapter 10. Project DOCC: A Parent-Directed Model for Educating Pediatric ResidentsChapter 11. Changing Institutional Culture: Turning Adversaries into PartnersConclusion: Building on Common GroundIndex
£23.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Useful Bodies
Book SynopsisJones, Massachusetts General Hospital; Robert L. Martensen, Tulane University School of Medicine; Glenn Mitchell, University of Wollongong; Jenny Stanton, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Gilbert Whittemore, independent scholar/attorney, BostonTrade ReviewOffers worthwhile lessons for contemporary researchers, scholars, and policy makers... [and] makes a strong case for adopting a broad perspective in the analysis of research ethics... Besides gaining a rich picture of past scientific practices, readers will be better equipped to monitor the continuing search of 'useful bodies' in our own era. -- Rebecca Dresser Nature Medicine 2004 Each chapter is a startling case study that examines the nature and degree of the state's involvement in human experimentation... With contributions by leading historians of medicine, science, and public policy, Useful Bodies will be of interest to ethicists, bioethicists and those engaged in the formulation of public health and policy. Issues in Law and Medicine 2004 The well-documented essays cite a rich body of sources. -- Susanna Cunningham Journal of Clinical Investigation 2004 This excellent volume treats human experimentation in Britain and the United States from 1920 to 1970. -- Londa Schiebinger American Historical Review 2004 Using specific examples of biomedical research in the 20th century, this collection addresses the role and treatment of the body by biomedical researchers. Choice 2004 These articles make a significant contribution to our understanding of the role of the state in human subjects research. -- Margot Iverson Journal of the History of Biology 2006 Although the chapters examine the tensions and moral ambiguities in research supported, sponsored, or performed by researchers in democratic states, the time period from which these cases are drawn makes a comparison with the research supported and performed by the Nazi government inevitable and disturbing. I highly recommend this book to those interested in the history and ethics of human experimentation. -- Lainie Friedman Ross Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 2005 Well-written and meticulously researched, these essays offer the historical context to understand and evaluate human experimentation. -- Karen Ross Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2005 With a refreshing lack of sensationalism, the essays offer fascinating details and perspectives on human experimentation conducted or funded by governments. -- Norman M. Goldfarb Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices 2007Table of ContentsContents:1. Making Human Bodies Useful: Historicizing Medical Experiments in the Twentieth CenturyPART I: What Is a Human Experiment? 2. Using the Population Body to Protect the National Body: Germ Warfare Tests in the United Kingom after World War II 3. Whose Body? Which Disease? Studying Malaria while Treating NeurosyphilisPART II: Who Experiments? 4. Human Radiation Experiments and the Foundation of Medical Physics at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, 1937-1962 5. "I Have Been on Tenterhooks": Wartime Medical Research Council Jaundice Committee Experiments 6. See an Atomic Blast and Spread the Word : Indoctrination at Ground ZeroPART III: Whose Body? 7. Injecting Comatose Patients with Uranium: America's Overlapping Wars Against Communism and Cancer in the 1950's 8. Writing Wilowbrook, Reading Willowbrook: The Recounting of a Medical Experiment
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press The Fertility Doctor
Book SynopsisThe first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception.Trade ReviewThe authors bring a man and a century to life as they recount two primary discoveries underlying women's still controversial reproductive rights. Publishers Weekly 2008 The Fertility Doctor provides a balanced portrait of a twentieth-century medical giant... They [Marsh and Ronner] deal deftly too with with the ironies that marked Rock's long career. -- Leslie Woodcock Tentler Commonweal 2008 This book will hold an important place in the archives of reproductive medicine. -- Alan H. DeCherney, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2009 Eminently readable... It gives an excellent account of his Boston Irish Catholic family background, his childhood, and his psychological maturation. -- Dr. John Shea, MD, FRCP(C) Catholic Insight 2009 Marsh and Ronner have written what is undoubtedly the most thorough and wide-ranging account we have yet on Rock's career and life. -- Bill Williams Conscience 2009 Using an impressive body of primary source material, Marsh (history, Rutgers Univ.-Camden) and Ronner (Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) depict Rock's life through his medical practice and research, both of which seem to define Rock as a person. Choice 2009 The book is most successful in its exploration of Rock's research... offer(s) scholars of American Catholicism a useful portrait of a committed Catholic who deliberately stretched and molded his faith to fit both a more modern world and his own conscience, long before the Second Vatican council made such flexibility more acceptable. -- Mary J. Henold Catholic Historical Review This is a well-researched and welcomed contribution to reproductive history. -- Nicole Howard, PhD Technology and Culture 2009 Enormously valuable. -- Leslie J. Reagan Journal of American History Marsh and Ronner provide us with a much enriched understanding of one of history's most remarkable gynecologists. -- James Reed Social History of Medicine 2010 Marsh and Ronner's collaborative efforts make for a fascinating and important study of Rock and his contributions to the science and culture of reproductive medicine. -- Wendy Kline Isis 2009 The biography of Rock provides detailed insight into the difficult challenges a doctor faced in pushing at the boundaries of reproductive health. -- Lara Marks Medical History 2010 A successful scientific biography. -- Catherine Carstairs Scientia Canadensis 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Family Matters2. Choosing Medicine, Coming of Age3. New Discoveries in Human Reproduction4. Firing the First Shot in the Reproductive Revolution5. The World of the Patients6. The Fertility Doctor Meets the Pill7. The Era of the Pill Begins8. The Face and Voice of the Pill9. The Pill Falls from Grace10. A True VisionaryAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£28.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Bioethics at the Movies
Book SynopsisD.Trade ReviewA worthwhile addition to the core texts in the field of medical humanities. It is a valuable guide for teaching medical ethics and is worthy of a sequel. JAMA 2009 Should serve as a resource not only for teachers of bioethics courses but also for those engaged in understanding the relationship of the humanities to medicine and to bioethics... In addition, the book may prompt serious discussion of popular films that address complex topics and stories that have bioethical implications. -- Jeremy Sugarman Science 2009 Stimulating... each chapter has discussion questions that could be used equally well in the classroom or after watching a film at home with friends. -- James Paul Triple Helix 2009 The twenty-one essays, together with an excellent introduction by Shapshay, are a welcome addition to the bioethics literature, making up for some of the deficiencies of the usual case studies found in most bioethics text books. Most of the major distinctions, problems, and arguments which make up the field of bioethics are presented in uniformly well written essays typically focusing on a single film. Each essay is accompanied by study questions and excellent bibliographies. Metapsychology 2010Table of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefacePart I: On Babies, Test Tubes, and Sex the Old-Fashioned wayChapter 1. "I give Them What The Want – Either an Orphan or an Abortion": The Cider House Rules and the Abortion IssuesChapter 2. Reading Citizen Ruth Her Rights: Satire and Moral Realism in the Abortion DebateChapter 3. Homo Sapiens, Robots, and Persons in I, Robot and Bicentennial ManChapter 4. The Babe Vegetarians: Bioethics, Animal Minds, and Moral MethodologyPart II: The Quest for "Better" or Even "the Same" PeopleChapter 5. "No Gene for Fate?": Luck, Harm, and Justice in GattacaChapter 6. Lifting the Genetic Veil of Ignorance: Is There Anything Really Unjust About Gattacan Society?Chapter 7. Multiplicity: A Study of Cloning and Personal IdentityChapter 8. Is Ignorance Bliss? Star Trek: Nemesis, Cloning, and the Right to an Open FuturePart III: The Good LifeChapter 9. "Blessed Are the Forgetful": The Ethics of Memory Deletion in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindChapter 10. Hacking the Mind: Existential Enhancement in Ghost in the ShellChapter 11. Commodification, Exploitation, and the Market for Transplant Organs: A Discussion of Dirty Pretty ThingsChapter 12. "She's DNR!" "She's Research!": Conflicting Role-Related Obligations in WitPart IV: Aging and the Good Death Chapter 13. "He Just Got Old": Aging and Compassionate Care in DadChapter 14. False Images: Reframing the End-of-Life Portrayal of Disability in Million Dollar BabyChapter 15. "I Can't Be Like This, Frankie, Not After What I've Done": Million Dollar Baby and the Value of Human LivesChapter 16. Providing Critical Care for a Big Fish at the End of Life: How Sidney Lumet and Tim Burton Cane Help Us Avoid Becoming the Next Terri SchiavoChapter 17. The Thanatoria of Soylent Green: On Reconciling the Good Life with the Good Death Part V: The Role of Theory and Culture in BioethicsChapter 18. "If You Could Cure by Killing One Person, Wouldn't You Have To Do That?" Utilitarianism and Deontology in Extreme MeasuresChapter 19. Talk to Whom? Redefining Autonomy in Talk to HerChapter 20. Stars and Triangles: Controversial Bioethics in Contemporary Spanish FilmChapter 21. Ikiru and Net-Casting in Intercultural BioethicsIndex
£25.17
Johns Hopkins University Press Bioethics in a Liberal Society The Political
Book SynopsisBioethics in a Liberal Society is essential reading for all those interested in understanding how bioethics is practiced within our society.Trade ReviewMay's book is a helpful overview and introduction to the political framework of bioethics decision making within a liberal society. It touches explicitly on the issues of perceived and actual lack of competence, substituted decision making, advanced directives and the important roles of ethics committees and consultants. There is no doubt that this book marks an important contribution to the literature. -- Christopher Newell, Ph.D. MetapsychologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Liberal Framework I Patient Autonomy 2 Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent 3 Patient Responsibility for Decision Making 4 Advance Directives: Extending Autonomy for Patients II Professional Rights of Conscience 5 Beneficence, Abandonment, and the Duty to Treat 6 Rights of Conscience in the Physician-Patient Relationship 7 Conclusion: Health Care Ethics Committees and Consultants in a Liberal Framework References Index
£25.17
Johns Hopkins University Press Ethical Imperialism
Book SynopsisThis short, smart analysis will engage scholars across academia.Trade ReviewEthical Imperialism is a remarkable accomplishment and a must-read for researchers and policy makers. It persuasively weaves together the scholarly, disciplinary, regulatory, and bureaucratic strands that account for today's 'omnipresent threat' to social research. Canadian Journal of Sociology This book ought to be required reading for those concerned about the political forces that make our work possible, and sometimes not possible at all. -- Susan B. Reverby American Historical Review [A]n impressive assessment of IRBs, from their tenuous beginnings in the early 1960s as a practical response to a perceived threat to the public from medical research to [their] present status as a threat to academic freedom in the social sciences... [A] significant contribution to those oral historians and related practitioners who would seek to challenge IRB's right and ability to adequately evaluate their research projects, particularly before the research has been conducted. Oral History Review A valuable contribution to the history of federal science policy and a useful critique of a system ill-suited to the uses to which it is being put. Journal of American History The book is a powerful indictment of the IRB regime. Law and Politics Book Review Exhaustively researched, drawing on... a wide array of sources. -- Donald N. Bersoff PsycCRITIQUES Thoroughly researched story of how IRBs came to be, how they came to adopt rules designed for medical, biological, and psychological researchers and then to apply them to the social sciences, how those rules became institutionalized, and how the rules protect universities rather than the people who serve as subjects and informants in social science research. Contemporary Sociology I highly recommended this book for its contribution to the discussion of academic freedom, social science research, and the regulation of research ethics. -- Ellen Marakowitz AAUP: Regulated ResearchTable of ContentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Ethics and Committees2. The Spread of Institutional Review3. The National Commission4. The Belmont Report5. The Battle for Social Science6. Détente and Crackdown7. The Second Battle for Social Science8. Accommodation or Resistance?ConclusionNotesIndex
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Rutgers University Press Health Humanities Reader
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a landmark volume that sets the standard for any future collection in medical/health humanities. It is by turns authoritative, funny, edgy, creative and personal—sometimes all in one piece.” -- Thomas R. Cole * Director, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School *"It's about time! The field of medical humanities has been waiting for a reader, and this one is it. With an excellent array of essays in appropriate topics by top people in the field, this book should set the standard for the next ten years. It will prove fascinating to undergraduates, graduate students in both the humanities and the health sciences, and to the general public and particularly those who are or will be patients—which of course is everyone." -- Lennard J. Davis * editor of The Disability Studies Reader *"This bold, intelligent, and vitally comprehensive collection is a truly interdisciplinary achievement and an indispensible resource.Through twelve judiciously selected thematic clusters, Rutgers’s Health Humanities Reader consolidates this new subfield by capturing both the complexity and excitement of health humanities scholarship. An essential tool with practical applications both inside and outside the classroom." -- Andrea Charise, PhD * assistant professor of health studies, University of Toronto, Scarborough *"[This book] consists of nearly 50 chapters, some of which deal with classic medical humanities topics, such as the notions of health and disease and the theory of the body. The majority of the book centers on more contemporary—some would say postmodern—issues, such as gender and sexuality, disability, and aging. Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsPART I: DISEASE AND ILLNESS Chapter 1 Being a Good Story: The Humanities as Therapeutic Practice Chapter 2 Illuminating the It, Thee, and We of Disease and Illness:The Metamorphosis and Related Works Chapter 3 “This Weird, Incurable Disease”: Competing Diagnoses in the Rhetoric of Morgellons Chapter 4 My Quest for Health PART II: DISABILITY Chapter 5 Disability in Two Doctor Stories Chapter 6 Music and Disability Chapter 7 American Narrative Films and Disability: An Uneasy History Chapter 8 Standout PART III: DEATH AND DYING Chapter 9 When the Doctor Is Not God: The Impact of Religion on Medical Decision-Making at the End of Life Chapter 10 Postmodern Death and Dying: A Literary Analysis Chapter 11 Second-Degree Block: Poem and Commentary PART IV PATIENT-PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS Chapter 12 Social Studies: The Humanities, Narrative, and the Social Context of the Patient-Professional Relationship Chapter 13 Humanities and the Medical Home Chapter 14 Occupational Medicine PART V: THE BODY Chapter 15 The Virtues of the Imperfect Body Chapter 16 Seeing Bodies in Pain Chapter 17 Public Fetuses Chapter 18 More Body: A Performance for Five (or More) Bodies PART VI: GENDER AND SEXUALITY Chapter 19 Adult Intake Form Chapter 20 What Is Sex For? or, The Many Uses of the Vag Chapter 21 “I Always Prefer the Scissors”: Isaac Baker Brown and Feminist Histories of Medicine Chapter 22 Comics in the Health Humanities: A New Approach to Sex and Gender Education Chapter 23 I Am Gula, Hear Me Roar PART VII: RACE AND CLASS Chapter 24 Listening as Freedom: Narrative, Health, and Social Justice Chapter 25 Race and Mental Health Chapter 26 Law’s Hand in Race, Class, and Health Inequities: On the Humanities and the Social Determinants of Health Chapter 27 Dark Rooms of Our Souls PART VIII: AGING Chapter 28 “Old Age Isn’t a Battle, It’s a Massacre”: Reading Philip Roth’s Everyman Chapter 29 “Do You Remember Me?”: Construction of Alzheimer’s Disease in Literature and Film Chapter 30 Love in the Time of Dementia PART IX MENTAL ILLNESS Chapter 31 Narrating Our Sadness, with a Little Help from Humanities Chapter 32 Teaching Narratives of Mental Illness Chapter 33 Community Psychiatry and the Medical Humanities Chapter 34 Culpability PART X SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION Chapter 35 Rites of Bioethics Chapter 36 Health and Humanities: Spirituality and Religion Chapter 37 Scientia Mortis and the ArsMoriendi: To the Memory of Norman Chapter 38 Meditations of an Anesthesiologist: Poem and Commentary PART XI: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Chapter 39 Andromeda’s Futures: A Story of Humanities, Technology, Science, and Art Chapter 40 Knowing and Seeing: Reconstructing Frankenstein Chapter 41 A Brief History of Love: A Rationale for the History of Epidemics Chapter 42 Calcedonies PART XII HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION Chapter 43 Teaching Autism through Naturalized Narrative Ethics: Closing the Divide between Bioethics and Medical Humanities Chapter 44 Courting Discomfort in an Undergraduate Health Humanities Classroom Chapter 45 The Medical Humanities in Medical Education: Toward a Medical Aesthetics of Resistance Chapter 46 In Defense of Cheaper Stethoscopes
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MW - Rutgers University Press Ethics and Law for Neurosciences Clinicians
Book SynopsisScience and technology are advancing more rapidly than regulations or the law can interpret and integrate them into a supportive or regulatory framework. This book is written for all clinicians in the neurosciences specialties who need to examine and re-examine the ethical and legal implications of advances in clinical neurosciences. Trade Review"Medical, ethical and legal issues interact acutely in neurological patients, and Dr. Szalados’s book on these issues is vital reading for the administrators, nurses, physicians, lawyers and ethicists who care for them." -- Denham Ward * M.D., Ph.D. *Table of ContentsDisclaimer Dedication Preface I. Morality, Ethics, and the Law: An Overview of the Foundations of Contemporary Clinical Ethical Analysis II. Case Studies: Ethical and Legal Challenges in the Care of the Neurologically Injured Critically Ill Patient III. Civil Law and Liability: The Law of Medical Malpractice IV. Legal Reasoning, Legal Process, Legal Proof and Why it is Confusing to Clinician Scientists V. Regulatory Law and the Clinical Practice of the Neurosciences VI. Digital Medicine and the Data Revolution Managing Digital Distraction and EMR Liability While Leveraging Opportunities in Teleneurology and Telecritical Care VII. Developing and Leading a Sustainable High Reliability High Performing Unit: Theories of Quality, Teamwork, Medical Error and Patient Safety VIII. Neurolaw and the Integration of Neuroscience, Ethics, and the Law: The New Frontiers IX. Conclusions and Afterword Acknowledgements About the Author Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd An Introduction to Veterinary Medical Ethics Theo
Book SynopsisOne of the most difficult issues that confronts veterinarians and staff today concerns the profession's obligation to the animal and the sometimes conflicting demands from clients, peers and society.Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Part I. Theory. Social, Personal, and Professional Ethics. Ethics1 and Ethics2. Ethical Vectors in Veterinary Medicine. The Anatomy of Ethical Decision Making. The Nature of Ethical Theory. Effecting Ethical Change. The Fundamental Question of Veterinary Ethics. New Patterns of Animal Use. Articulating a New Ethic for Animals. Veterinarians and the New Social Ethic for Animals. How Veterinary Medicine Should Respond to the New Ethic: The Case of Animal Research. Veterinarians and Farm Animal Welfare. Recent Progress. Veterinarians and Companion Animal Welfare. Subtle Advantages of Pursuing Companion Animal Welfare. The Changing Role of Companion Animals and Their Value. Pain in Veterinary (and Human) Scientific Medicine. Animal Distress and Animal Happiness. The Ethics of Critical Care. Aesculapian Authority in Veterinary Medicine. The Ethics of Alternative Medicine. Part II. Cases. Introduction. Case 1. Cow with Cancer Eye. Case 2. Substandard Husbandry for Sheep. Case 3. Fracture Fixation. Case 4. Farmer Using Illegal Growth Promotant. Case 5. Client Sells Known BVD Shedders. Case 6. Client Requests Dog Euthanasia Because She Is Moving. Case 7. Farmer Requests a Fetotomy. Case 8. Suspected Dogfighting. Case 9. Docking and Cropping of Dobermans. Case 10. Leaving a Sow Untreated. Case 11. Euthanasia of Cat Who Sprays. Case 12. Euthanasia of Treatable Horse for Insurance. Case 13. Euthanasia of Grieving Dog. Case 14. Supernumerary Teat Removal. Case 15. Breeder Seeking Euthanasia for Puppy with Overbite. Case 16. Veterinary Anatomist Spaying Farm Cats. Case 17. Breeder Asking for Anesthetics So She Can Crop Ears. Case 18. Penicillin Residue in Milk. Case 19. Marketing Heartworm Regimen. Case 20. Dairy Farmers Using Unauthorized Feed Additive Prescribed by a. Veterinarian. Case 21. Veterinarian’s Responsibility When a Dog Is Suspected to Be Overly Aggressive. Case 22. Painful Research Designed without Analgesia. Case 23. Clients Who Insist on Continuing Treatment for Failing Cancer Dog. Case 24. Tail Docking in Dairy Cattle. Case 25. Killing of Neonatal Buck Kids. Case 26. Veterinarian Discovers Violations in Religious Slaughter. Case 27. Using Information about Alternative Surgical Training in Hiring. Case 28. Pig Farmer Asking for Euthanasia Solution. Case 29. Feeding Kittens to Snakes. Case 30. Veterinarian Seeking Maternity Leave. Case 31. Surgical Procedures Performed by a Technician. Case 32. Veterinary Liaison with Pet Store Chain Providing Poor Animal Care. Case 33. Freeze-Firing Racehorses. Case 34. Performing Cat Castration on the Farm. Case 35. Irresponsible Veterinarian-Breeder. Case 36. Annual Rabies Vaccination. Case 37. Government Policy Regarding Export of Breeding Swine. Case 38. Improperly Labeled Prescriptions Swallowed by Child. Case 39. Referral Practice "Stealing" Clients. Case 40. Confidentiality and a Breeder Perpetuating a Line of Dogs with Seizures. Case 41. Should Veterinarians Be Required to Report Animal Abuse?. Case 42. Two Cases of Found Dogs. Case 43. Should a Biting Dog Be Adopted Out. Case 44. Euthanizing Sick Animals without their Owner’s Permission. Case 45. Partner’s Misdiagnosis. Case 46. Heavy Metal Toxicosis and Slaughter for Food. Case 47. Conflict of Interest. Case 48. Rabies Vaccine for Livestock. Case 49. Female Veterinarian Receiving Unwelcome Attention. Case 50. Female Veterinarian Offended by Colleagues’ Humor. Case 51. Client Refuses Euthanasia for Sick Cat. Case 52. Should Veterinarians Prescribe Drugs to Increase Productivity?. Case 53. Previous Practitioner Leaves Sponge in Dog’s Peritoneum. Case 54. Illicit Importation of Boar Semen. Case 55. Misreading of Radiograph. Case 56. Cattery Serving as Source of FIP. Case 57. Injured, Unowned Animal. Case 58. Writing Prescriptions for Branded Drugs in Return for Financial. Incentive. Case 59. Negligence of an Emergency Clinician in Treating Trauma, xx. Case 60. Poor Air Quality in Swine Barn. Case 61. Supplementing Income with Prescription Drugs. Case 62. Client’s Request to Euthanize His Dog after His Death. Case 63. Confidentiality and an Employee’s History of Drug Abuse. Case 64. Convenience Euthanasia of a Dog without Proper Permission. Case 65. Veterinarian Who Ignores Roundworms in Puppies. Case 66. Stray Tattooed Beagle. Case 67. Prescribing and Selling Pharmaceuticals. Case 68. Suspected Poisoning. Case 69. Euthanasia of Research Animal without Researcher’s Permission. Case 70. Anorexic Client Not Feeding Her Dog. Case 71. Improving Rural Euthanasia. Case 72. Second Commentary on Stray Tattooed Beagle. Case 73. Bull Mastiff with Osteosarcoma. Case 74. Financially Stressed Client and Annual Physical. Case 75. Botched Caesarean Section. Case 76. Farmer Asking Advice of "Experts". Case 77. Confidentiality in the Case of a Client Selling Sick Animals. Case 78. Conflict in Obligations to a Peer and a Client. Case 79. Reporting a Dog Being Used to Carry Drugs. Case 80. An Elderly Client Seeking "Unnecessary" Medical Advice. Case 81. A Cat Who Fractures Both Legs after a Surgical Procedure. Case 82. Can Annual Vaccinations Be Justified?. Case 83. An Organic Farmer Who Won’t Use Antibiotics for Foot Rot. Case 84. Using Woodchippers to Kill Chickens. Case 85. Should Shelters Place Animals in Less than Perfect Homes?. Case 86. Why Should We Worry about Animal Suffering Right before Death?. Case 87. "Good" versus "Natural" Death. Case 88. Is It Wrong to Modify Animals to Fit Production Systems?. Case 89. How Do Veterinarians Respond to Clients with Too Many Animals?. Case 90. Should a Veterinarian Wear Company Logos?. Case 91. Technicians Performing Management Procedures on Farm. Case 92. Extralabel Drug Use. Case 93. Animal Welfare versus Animal Rights. Case 94. Raw Diet. Case 95. Using an Elastrator on Older Bulls. Case 96. Finding Animals for Continuing Education. Case 97. Should Veterinarians Support Activist Groups?. Case 98. Auditability of Animal Welfare. Case 99. Producer Unwilling to Euthanize Sick Pigs. Case 100. Veterinarians and Laws Banning Pitbulls. Case 101. Giving Analgesics to Mask Pain in Horses. Case 102. Are Animals Raised in Confinement Happy in Confinement?. Case 103. Elderly Couple Adopting Many Animals. Case 104. The Ethics of Killing Healthy Animals. Appendix. References. Index
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John Wiley & Sons Schizophrenia
Book SynopsisSzasz argues that the word schizophrenia does not stand for a genuine disease. He believes psychiatry has invented the concept as a sacred symbol to justify the practice of locking up people against their will.Trade ReviewSzasz argues that the word schizophrenia does not stand for a genuine disease, that psychiatry has invented the concept as a sacred symbol to justify the practice of locking up people against their will and treating them with a variety of unwanted, unsolicited, and damaging interventions. . . . Szasz is an incisive, exciting, and dramatic writer. He loves the clever analogy, the well-turned phrase, the dramatic surprise. Szasz is a valuable critic and agent provocateur. . . . Szasz has much to say which requires answering. Dr. Szasz mounts an incisive two-pronged assault on modern psychiatry and what he regards as its mirror-image, the ‘anti-psychiatry’ of R. D. Laing and his followers. . . . Timely and urgent reading.
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Ethics of Psychoanalysis The Theory and
Book SynopsisAn exposition of the nature, possibilities and limitations of psychoanalytic treatment, defending the essence of psychoanalysis against moralistic and conformist misuse.
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Syracuse University Press Psychiatric Slavery
Book SynopsisMillions of Americans, diagnosed mentally ill, are drugged and confined by doctors for non-criminal conduct, go unpunished for crimes they commit, and are supported by the state - not because they are sick but because they are unproductive and unwanted. This study re-examines such interventions
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Facts On File Right to Die and Euthanasia Library in a Book
Book SynopsisThe United States, and indeed the Western world, is bitterly divided on the issues of the right to die and euthanasia. This work provides an overview of the history of this topic, as well as the opinions surrounding it, ranging from the trial of Socrates in ancient Greece to the battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo in Florida.
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Duke University Press Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers
Book SynopsisUses insights from the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein to rethink bioethics. While Wittgenstein produced little formal writing on ethics, this volume shows that, in fact, ethical issues permeate the entirety of his work. It brings startling insights and clarifications to contemporary ethical problems posed by the realities of modern medicine.Trade Review“Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers breaks new ground, contributing to a fresh understanding of familiar questions in and about bioethics. This is a high quality, useful work.”—Martin Benjamin, author of Splitting the Difference: Compromise and Integrity in Ethics and Politics“A startlingly original and very important collection of essays. Wittgenstein’s insights should help the field move away from fruitless battles and back to what its business really is: deepening our shared understanding of what would count as better health care and policy.”— Judith André, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University“Carl Elliott always writes intriguing essays at the intersection between ethics, medicine, and general philosophy, so it is a real pleasure to have a new installment in his continuing reflections on the fascinating problems that arise in this territory. Aside from anything else, he writes well for the general reader, who can enjoy and learn from his work.”—Stephen Toulmin, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Treating Bioethics / Carl Elliott 2. Religion, Superstition, and Medicine / James C. Edwards 3. Patient Multiplicity, Medical Rituals, and Good Dying: Some Wittgensteinian Observations / Larry Churchill 4. “Unlike Calculating Rules?”: Clinical Judgment, Formalized Decision Making, and Wittgenstein / James Lindemann Nelson 5. Wittgenstein’s Startling Claim: Consciousness and the Persistent Vegetative State / Grant Gillett 6. Attitudes, Souls, and Persons: Children with Severe Neurological Impairment / Carl Elliott 7. Why Wittgenstein’s Philosophy Should Not Prevent Us From Taking Animals Seriously / David DeGrazia 8. Injustice and Animals / Cora Diamond 9. Bioethics, Wisdom, and Expertise / Paul Johnston 10. Wittgensteinian Lessons on Moral Particularism / Margaret Olivia Little 11. Wittgenstein: Personality, Philosophy, Ethics / Knut Erik Tranöy Notes on Contributors Index
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Duke University Press Liminal Lives
Book SynopsisA study of the mutually constituitive relations between Western biomedicine and Ango- American literature in the 20th and early 21st centuries, tracing the interwoven processes by which both fields have transformed the course of human life.Trade Review“Liminal Lives offers very strong and important theoretical insights into relationships between scientific knowledge and practice and literary production. Its innovative methodology creates possibilities for better communication and exchange between scientific, literary, and social scientific knowledge in a way that will be very useful to others interested in interdisciplinary science studies.”—Catherine Waldby, author of AIDS and The Body Politic: Biomedicine and Sexual Difference“A brilliant and provocative exploration of how biomedicine and literature, particularly science fiction, are together reconfiguring the very shape of the entire life span, producing adoptable embryos, giant babies, interspecies pregnancies, and regenerated old bodies—all in the context of a new and grim bio-economy in which hearts and kidneys are for sale and earrings are fabricated out of fetal remains.”—Kathleen Woodward, author of Aging and Its Discontents: Freud and Other Fictions“Susan Merrill Squier’s Liminal Lives is compelling, timely, imaginative, and wonderfully provocative.”—Priscilla Wald, author of Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative FormTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Networking Liminality 1 1. The Uses of Literature for Feminist Science Studies: Tracing Liminal Lives 25 2. The Cultured Cell: Life and Death at Strangeways 58 3. The Hybrid Embryo and Xenogenic Desire 89 4. Giant Babies: Graphing Growth in the Early Twentieth Century 112 5. Incubabies and Rejuvenates: The Traffic between Technologies of Reproduction and Age Extension 146 6. Transplant Medicine and Transformative Narrative 168 7. Liminal Performances of Aging: From Replacement to Regeneration 214 Coda: The Pluripotent Discourse of Stem Cells: Liminality, Reflexivity, and Literature 253 Notes 281 Works Cited 315 Index 335
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Duke University Press The Professional Guinea Pig
Book SynopsisAn ethnography focused on professional guinea pigs, healthy, paid research subjects who earn their living by participating in multiple Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development.Trade Review“The book makes a compelling argument for why test subjects in the US should be given more protection - and I take my hat off to the author for arguing the case.” - Clint Witchalls, New Scientist“[An] intriguing and worrying book.” - Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed“[A]disturbing account. . . . The Professional Guinea Pig raises important questions.” - Meredith Wadman, Nature“Roberto Abadie has written an absorbing ethnographic study of clinical trials that focuses not on the clinic or the clinicians, the science or its development, but the research participants in phase one trials (the first stage of testing in humans). . . . [A] fascinating description of the subculture of regular drug-trial volunteers.” - Nathan Emmerich, Times Higher Education Supplement“The Professional Guinea Pig gives voice to volunteers skeptical of the current ethical protections in phase 1 trials, even as they endure the risks of those trials. . . . Readers will learn something about a fascinating counterculture. . . .” - Deborah R. Barnbaum, Nature Medicine“The Professional Guinea Pig tells a fascinating story at the entrepreneurial and pharmaceuticalized heart of neoliberal medicine. . . . It is a riveting read and makes important contributions to the anthropologies of neoliberalism, pharmaceuticals, and the body.” - Anne Pollock, American Anthropologist“Roberto Abadie has given us a deep, complex, and profoundly disturbing investigation into the dark underside of the clinical trials industry. The Professional Guinea Pig is not just ethnography. It is a call to action.” —Carl Elliott, author of Better than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream“The Professional Guinea Pig gives voice to volunteers skeptical of the current ethical protections in phase 1 trials, even as they endure the risks of those trials. . . . Readers will learn something about a fascinating counterculture. . . .” -- Deborah R. Barnbaum * Nature Medicine *“The Professional Guinea Pig tells a fascinating story at the entrepreneurial and pharmaceuticalized heart of neoliberal medicine. . . . It is a riveting read and makes important contributions to the anthropologies of neoliberalism, pharmaceuticals, and the body.” -- Anne Pollock * American Anthropologist *“[A]disturbing account. . . . The Professional Guinea Pig raises important questions.” -- Meredith Wadman * Nature *“Roberto Abadie has written an absorbing ethnographic study of clinical trials that focuses not on the clinic or the clinicians, the science or its development, but the research participants in phase one trials (the first stage of testing in humans). . . . [A] fascinating description of the subculture of regular drug-trial volunteers.” -- Nathan Emmerich * Times Higher Education *“The book makes a compelling argument for why test subjects in the US should be given more protection - and I take my hat off to the author for arguing the case.” -- Clint Witchalls * New Scientist *Table of ContentsA Note on Method ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction. A Guinea Pig's Wage: Risk, Body Commodification, and the Ethics of Pharmaceutical Research in America 1 1. Guinea-Pigging: The In/Formal Economy of Phase I Clinical Trials in Philadelphia 21 2. Market Recruitment, Identity, and Resistance among Professional Guinea Pigs 45 3. Local Knowledge and Risk Management among Professional Guinea Pigs 65 4. Big Pharma and HIV Clinical Trials: A Case Study 85 5. Strategies of Survival: HIV Clinical Trials and the Fight for Their Lives 97 6. From Prisoners to Professionals: A Brief History of the Clinical-Trial Enterprise 121 7. Ethics and the Exploitation of the Poor in Clinical Trials Research 137 Conclusion. Living in/off the Mild Torture Economy as Trial Subjects 157 Epilogue. Following Up: Robert Helms, Frank Little, Dave Onion, and Spam One Last Time 167 Bibliography 171 Index 181
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Duke University Press The Professional Guinea Pig
Book SynopsisAn ethnography focused on professional guinea pigs, healthy, paid research subjects who earn their living by participating in multiple Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development.Trade Review“The book makes a compelling argument for why test subjects in the US should be given more protection - and I take my hat off to the author for arguing the case.” - Clint Witchalls, New Scientist“[An] intriguing and worrying book.” - Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed“[A]disturbing account. . . . The Professional Guinea Pig raises important questions.” - Meredith Wadman, Nature“Roberto Abadie has written an absorbing ethnographic study of clinical trials that focuses not on the clinic or the clinicians, the science or its development, but the research participants in phase one trials (the first stage of testing in humans). . . . [A] fascinating description of the subculture of regular drug-trial volunteers.” - Nathan Emmerich, Times Higher Education Supplement“The Professional Guinea Pig gives voice to volunteers skeptical of the current ethical protections in phase 1 trials, even as they endure the risks of those trials. . . . Readers will learn something about a fascinating counterculture. . . .” - Deborah R. Barnbaum, Nature Medicine“The Professional Guinea Pig tells a fascinating story at the entrepreneurial and pharmaceuticalized heart of neoliberal medicine. . . . It is a riveting read and makes important contributions to the anthropologies of neoliberalism, pharmaceuticals, and the body.” - Anne Pollock, American Anthropologist“Roberto Abadie has given us a deep, complex, and profoundly disturbing investigation into the dark underside of the clinical trials industry. The Professional Guinea Pig is not just ethnography. It is a call to action.” —Carl Elliott, author of Better than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream“The Professional Guinea Pig gives voice to volunteers skeptical of the current ethical protections in phase 1 trials, even as they endure the risks of those trials. . . . Readers will learn something about a fascinating counterculture. . . .” -- Deborah R. Barnbaum * Nature Medicine *“The Professional Guinea Pig tells a fascinating story at the entrepreneurial and pharmaceuticalized heart of neoliberal medicine. . . . It is a riveting read and makes important contributions to the anthropologies of neoliberalism, pharmaceuticals, and the body.” -- Anne Pollock * American Anthropologist *“[A]disturbing account. . . . The Professional Guinea Pig raises important questions.” -- Meredith Wadman * Nature *“Roberto Abadie has written an absorbing ethnographic study of clinical trials that focuses not on the clinic or the clinicians, the science or its development, but the research participants in phase one trials (the first stage of testing in humans). . . . [A] fascinating description of the subculture of regular drug-trial volunteers.” -- Nathan Emmerich * Times Higher Education *“The book makes a compelling argument for why test subjects in the US should be given more protection - and I take my hat off to the author for arguing the case.” -- Clint Witchalls * New Scientist *Table of ContentsA Note on Method ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction. A Guinea Pig's Wage: Risk, Body Commodification, and the Ethics of Pharmaceutical Research in America 1 1. Guinea-Pigging: The In/Formal Economy of Phase I Clinical Trials in Philadelphia 21 2. Market Recruitment, Identity, and Resistance among Professional Guinea Pigs 45 3. Local Knowledge and Risk Management among Professional Guinea Pigs 65 4. Big Pharma and HIV Clinical Trials: A Case Study 85 5. Strategies of Survival: HIV Clinical Trials and the Fight for Their Lives 97 6. From Prisoners to Professionals: A Brief History of the Clinical-Trial Enterprise 121 7. Ethics and the Exploitation of the Poor in Clinical Trials Research 137 Conclusion. Living in/off the Mild Torture Economy as Trial Subjects 157 Epilogue. Following Up: Robert Helms, Frank Little, Dave Onion, and Spam One Last Time 167 Bibliography 171 Index 181
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Duke University Press Medicating Race
Book SynopsisIn Medicating Race, Anne Pollock traces the intersecting discourses of race, pharmaceuticals, and heart disease in the United States over the past century, from the founding of cardiology through the FDA's approval of BiDil, the first drug sanctioned for use in a specific race.Trade Review“Both provocative and important for the study of race and/in medicine. . . . Pollock’s book serves well in highlighting the importance of considering the entirety of the social world (including the biomedical) with the same political and moral concerns borne by more traditional social theory.” -- Colin Halverson * Somatosphere *"Medicating Race charts a new course in critical race studies in biomedicine, one that takes seriously the vital importance of healing, the 'durable preoccupation' with race, and the somatic toll of racism. Anne Pollock asks us to revisit some of our most cherished assumptions about race and biomedicine in this theoretically informed and usefully provocative exploration of the social meanings of heart disease."—Alondra Nelson, author of Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination“This book is masterfully performative and empirically rich, offering insight to scholars of race, feminist science and technology studies, medical anthropology and sociology.” -- Alexandra A. Choby * Sociology of Health & Illness *"Based on exceptionally thorough scholarship and full of thought-provoking ideas, Medicating Race addresses one of the most perplexing and contentious topics in biomedical research and medical practice during the past century: race and its implications for health, disease, and treatment. Anne Pollock is trained in science and technology studies and is sensitive to the complexities of knowledge, politics, markets, and social categories. In this original study, she reveals how the modern history of heart disease is intertwined not only with the emergence and growth of the field of cardiology but also with civil rights struggles, pharmaceutical drug development and marketing, and changing notions of the biological and social meanings of race."—Steven Epstein, author of Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research“[Pollock] offers a richer contextualization of the way race figures in medicine that positions medical science not as an exclusive or absolute authority, but one among many forms of ordering and reasoning about the simultaneously social and technical world we inhabit. .. Pollock above all makes clear how different forms of knowledge, belief and reasoning are woven through the forms of collective organization and stratification sociology seeks to understand.” -- Erik Aarden * Sociology *“Pollock provides insights for scholars interested in the mechanisms by which ‘race’structures medical practice, scientific knowledge development and pharmaceutical capital in the USA. She develops a compelling historical account of the varied meanings and significance of ‘race’ in the longer development of medical knowledge and practices constitutive of heart disease and, by extension, the wider field of American medicine.” -- James T. Roanea * Global Public Health *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Racial Preoccupations and Early Cardiology 28 2. Making Normal Populations and Making Difference in the Framingham and Jackson Heart Studies 52 3. The Durability of African American Hypertension as a Disease Category 83 4. The Slavery Hypothesis beyond Genetic Determinism 107 5. Thiazide Diuretics at a Nexus of Associations: Racialized, Proven, Old, Cheap 131 6. BiDil: Medicating the Intersection of Race and Heart Failure 155 Conclusion 180 Notes 197 Works Cited 225 Index 253
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ME - Fordham University Press Chagas Disease
Book SynopsisIn Chagas Disease: History of a Continent’s Scourge, François Delaporte describes how the interaction of public health policy with medical knowledge and epistemological transformations in the period 1900-1935 can account for the discovery of a continental endemic. It also deconstructs the myths that surround a number of major medical discoveries in both Brazil and Argentina.Trade ReviewDelaporte’s brilliant historical exploration of Chagas' disease covers the decisive period of 1909-1935. The strength of the study is the exhaustive discussion of the scientific literature, the subtle examination of fundamental shifts in conceptual frameworks, and the unrelenting interrogation of the crucial role that chance and error play in scientific research. What Delaporte has written is a comédie humaine of post-colonial science.---—Carlo Caduff, King's College, LondonSeveral points about the discovery of Chagas disease as described in the book are striking. * —The Lancet *In this finely crafted monograph, Francois Delaporte tackles one of the most complex diseases, American trypanosomiasis, known as Chagas Disease. Through his skillful dissection, he shows how complicated its discovery actually was, and offers wonderful insights into the international dimensions of Brazilian medical science in the early twentieth century. It is good to have this important work available in English.---—W. F. Bynum, MD, PhD, FRCP, Professor Emeritus, University College LondonIf Delaporte is correct then Chagas did not discover the causative organisms of American trypanosomiasis, did not work out the life cycle in the bug and did not discover the disease. So why is he so revered? Delaporte thinks that this is because Chagas was an expert at reformulating the past by rewriting history. * —Parasitology *'Chagas Disease' is a page-turner, where the reader is invited to wonder what will happen next. * —International Studies in the Philosophy of Science *
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Fordham University Press Confidentiality and Its Discontents Dilemmas of
Book SynopsisConfidentiality and Its Discontents: Dilemmas of Privacy in Psychotherapy explores the human stories arising from the psychotherapist’s dual allegiance to patient and society. These dilemmas include the hazards of publishing a case study without the patient’s permission and the unexpected problems arising from the therapist functioning as a "double agent."Trade Review"Confidentiality and Its Discontents is an excellent account of confidentiality. It is a must-read for all clinicians, especially those who struggle with this issue as the actors in these stories did." -Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association "Written by two of the leading individuals in the field, Confidentiality and Its Discontents is a clearly readable and well-argued account of the debates about confidentiality in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. The book is extremely well presented and adds immeasurably to the literature on the topic." -- -Sander Gilman Emory University "Confidentiality and Its Discontents provides careful descriptions and discussions of a range of privacy cases that demonstrate the rapidly-escalating problems associated with the supposed confidentiality of the psychotherapeutic relationship. Confidentiality and Its Discontents will be a useful and unique resource to many mental health training programs." -- -Paul Brinich Clin. Prof. (Emeritus), Depts. of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. We Have Met the Enemy and He (Is) Was Us 2. The Buried Bodies Case: Lawyers Risk Their Careers to Defend Their Ethical Commitment to Client Privacy 3. The Case of Joseph Lifschutz: A Psychoanalyst in Jail 4. "The Angry Act": The Psychoanalyst's Breach of Confidentiality in Philip Roth's Life and Art 5. Angry Acts and Counteracts in Philip Roth's Life and Art 6. The Case of Jane Doe v. Joan Roe and Peter Poe: The Most Extensive Violation Ever of a Psychotherapy Patient's Privacy 7. The Anne Sexton Controversy: "There Is Nothing Like This in the History of Literary Biography" 8. The Tarasoff Case: Must the Protective Privilege End Where the Public Peril Begins? 9. Jaffee v. Redmond: The Supreme Court Speaks 10. The People v. Robert Bierenbaum: "Long-Ago Warnings Cannot Justify Abrogating the Privilege Covering Still Confidential Communications" 11. U. S. v. Sol Wachtler: "This Chief Judge Is Either Crazy or Criminal" Conclusion Works Cited Index
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Kregel Publications,U.S. Basic Questions on Healthcare What Should Good
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Michigan State University Press Global Bioethics Building on the Leopold Legacy
Book SynopsisPotter's definition of bioethics from Global Bioethics is, Biology combined with diverse humanistic knowledge forging a science that sets a system of medical and environmental priorities for acceptable survival.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Health Care Professionalism at a Glance
Book SynopsisHealth Care Professionalism at a Glance offers accessible coverage of an increasingly important aspect of medical and health professional education. This concise text includes how to identify and develop professional behaviours, how they are assessed, and how to challenge unprofessional behaviours.Table of ContentsContributors vii Preface ix Part 1 Professionalism in context 1 1 What is professionalism? 2 2 Health professionalism 4 3 Brief history of the profession of medicine 6 4 Becoming a professional 8 5 Role of regulatory and professional bodies 10 6 Fitness to practise and health for practice 12 7 Revalidation and remediation 14 8 Social media and the professional 16 Part 2 Learning to be a professional 19 9 The formal curriculum 20 10 Learning and teaching professionalism 22 11 Informal learning, role models and the hidden curriculum 24 12 Assessing professionalism 26 13 Principles of selection 28 14 Academic writing and plagiarism 30 Part 3 Professionalism in practice 33 15 Professional behaviours 34 16 Empathy, compassion and altruism 36 17 Handling emotions 38 18 Self-care: looking after your own health 40 19 Reflective practice 42 20 Ethics and the law 44 21 Evidence-based practice 46 22 Values-based practice 48 23 Cultural competency, sensitivity and safety 50 24 Dealing with bias and prejudice 52 Part 4 Working with patients 55 25 Patient advocacy 56 26 Patient safety 58 27 Relationships with patients 60 28 The nature of autonomy: patient and doctor 62 29 Boundary crossings and violations 64 30 Compliance, adherence and shared decision-making 66 31 Prescribing: medication and management 68 32 Communication 70 Part 5 Working with others 73 33 Written communication 74 34 Teamwork and interprofessional collaborative practice 76 35 Leadership and followership 78 Part 6 Professional issues and dilemmas 81 36 When things go wrong 82 37 Dealing with complaints 84 38 Case studies: professional dilemmas 86 References 87 Further reading 90 Index 92
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Essential Clinical Oral Biology
Book SynopsisEssential Clinical Oral Biology is an accessible guide to oral biology, introducing the scientific knowledge necessary to succeed in clinical practice.Table of Contents Contributors, xxx Preface, xxx About the companion website, xxx 1 An Introduction to the Human DentitionStephen Creanor 2 Oral EmbryologyStuart McDonald 3 Tooth DevelopmentStephen Creanor and Kamran Ali 4 EnamelPaul Anderson and Stephen Creanor 5 The Dentine-Pulp ComplexStephen Creanor, Christopher Tredwin and Taher Elgalaid 6 CementumStephen Creanor 7 Alveolar BoneStephen Creanor and Kamran Ali 8 The Periodontal Ligament (PDL)Vehid Salih and Svetislav Zaric 9 Oral MucosaKamran Ali 10 The GingivaEwen McColl and Stephen Creanor 11 Tooth eruption and development of the occlusionDeclan Millett and Stephen Creanor 12 The Salivary GlandsStephen Creanor and Kamran Ali 13 SalivaStephen Creanor and Kamran Ali 14 Maxillary SinusStuart McDonald, Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali 15 The Temporomandibular JointStuart McDonald and Stephen Creanor 16 The TongueStuart McDonald and Stephen Creanor 17 Lymph Nodes of the Head and Neck and the TonsilsStuart McDonald 18 Dental Plaque and CalculusLouise Belfield 19 Dental Caries – the Biological BasisStephen Creanor 20 Introduction to Periodontal DiseaseGerry Linden and Lewis Winning Index, xxx
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Positive Ethics for Mental Health Professionals
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFrom a Master's Student in Counseling Psychology- "I thought ethics would be arduous and full of technical terms and rules...This book was transformative in the way I look at ethics. It was so easy to read/understand and the layout made it so readable. i really appreciate the Journal Entry prompts and the Food for Thought prompts as well! Who knew I would find an ethics book I couldn't put down?!" Table of ContentsContents About the Authors viiiPreface ix Introduction 1 Part I Taking Stock Chapter 1- Basics of Awareness: Knowing Yourself and Your CoreChapter 2- Basics of Awareness: Privilege, Discrimination, Oppression, and Social JusticeChapter 3- The Process of Acculturation: Developing Your Professional Ethical Identity Chapter 4- Navigating the Ethical Culture of Psychotherapy Part II The Nuts and Bolts of Psychotherapy Ethics Chapter 5- Boundaries and Multiple Relationships in the Psychotherapy Relationship Chapter 6- Confidentiality: A Critical Element of Trust in the Relationship Chapter 7- Informed Consent: The Three-Legged Stool Chapter 8- Making the Most of SupervisionChapter 9- Ending Psychotherapy: The Good, The Bad and the Ethical Part III The Ethical Ceiling Chapter 10- Putting It all Together: Toward Ethical Excellence Appendix A: Possible Information to be Shared with Clients Appendix B: Policy AreasReferences
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John Wiley & Sons Principles of Ethics and Personal Leadership
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Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc Health Care Ethics Critical Issues for the 21st
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John Wiley & Sons Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health
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John Wiley & Sons Ethics in Health Administration A Practical App
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£71.10
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics
Book SynopsisThe Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics is a collection of new essays from acknowledged leaders in the field, designed to guide students through the complexities of the current state of ethics in medicine.Trade Review"This volume...offers a rich array of perspectives from which to view the ethics of medicine. With twenty-three articles and a good deal of references for further reading, it will be a helpful tool for navigating the complex literature on the key issues in medical ethics." (Ethical Perspectives)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Introduction: Rosamond Rhodes (Mount Sinai School of Medicine), Leslie P. Francis (University of Utah) and Anita Silvers (San Francisco State University). Part I: Individual Decisions About Clinical Issues. I.1: Patient Decisions. 1. Autonomy, the Good Life and Controversial Choices: Julian Savulescu (University of Oxford). 2. Individual Responsibility and Reproduction: Rachel A. Ankeny (University of Sydney). 3. Patient and Family Decisions about Life-Extension and Death: Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Brown University). I.2: Individual Decisions of Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals. 4. The Professional Responsibilities of Medicine: Rosamond Rhodes (Mount Sinai School of Medicine). 5. Truth telling: Roger Higgs (Emeritus, King’s College, London). 6. Medical Confidentiality: Kenneth Kipnis (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 7. Patient Competence and Surrogate Decision-Making: Dan W. Brock (Harvard Medical School). 8. Ending Life: F.M. Kamm (Harvard University). 9. Discrimination in Medical Practice: Justice and the Obligations of Health Care Providers to Disadvantaged Patients: Leslie P. Francis (University of Utah). 10. Institutional Practices, Ethics, and the Physician: Mary V. Rorty (Stanford University), Ann E. Mills (University of Virginia), and Patricia H. Werhane (DePaul University). Part II: Legislative and Judicial Decisions About Social Policy. II.2: Liberty. 11. Reproductive Choice: Rebecca Bennett (University of Manchester) and John Harris (University of Manchester). 12. Public Policy and Ending Lives: Evert van Leeuwen (Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum), and Gerrit Kimsma (Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum). 13. Drug Legalization: Douglas N. Husak (Rutgers University). 14. Selling Organs, Gametes, and Surrogacy Services: Janet Radcliffe Richards (University College, London). 15. The Patient as Victim and Vector: The Challenge of Infectious Disease for Bioethics: Margaret P. Battin (University of Utah), Leslie P. Francis (University of Utah), Jay A. Jacobson (University of Utah), Charles B. Smith (Emeritus, University of Utah). 16. Uses of Science in Medical Ethics: Glenn McGee (Albany Medical College) and Dyrleif Bjarnadóttir. 11.2: Justice. 17. Allocation of Scarce Resources: Paul Menzel (Pacific Lutheran University). 18. Just Caring: The Challenges of Priority-Setting in Public Health: Leonard M. Fleck (Michigan State University). 19. Justice and the Financing of Health Care: Stephen R. Latham (Quinnipiac University). 20. Judgment and Justice: Evaluating Health Care for Chronically Ill and Disabled Patients: Anita Silvers (San Francisco State University). 21. Justice in Research on Human Subjects: David R. Buchanan (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda), and Franklin G. Miller (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda). 22. Ethics of Disclosure Following a Medical Injury: Time for Reform?: Troyen Anthony Brennan (Emeritus, Harvard Medical School). 23. Pre-existing Conditions: Genetic Testing, Causation and the Justice of Medical Insurance: Robert T. Pennock (Michigan State University). Index
£89.06
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ethics and Infectious Disease
Book SynopsisThis seminal collection on the ethical issues associated with infectious disease is the first book to correct bioethics' glaring neglect of this subject. Timely in view of public concern about SARS, AIDS, avian flu, bioterrorism and antibiotic resistance. Brings together new and classic papers by prominent figures.Trade Review"Altogether this set of essays would make compelling reading for any public-health practitioner or clinician interested in infectious diseases. I can give it unreserved recommendation.... The authors are to be commended for their attention to this topic and for inviting some of the best minds in bioethics to address some of the most difficult, but neglected, ethical issues in public health and medicine." Bulletin of the World Health OrganisationTable of ContentsPreface: Michael J. Selgelid, Margaret P. Battin and Charles B. Smith. Introduction: Michael J. Selgelid, Margaret P. Battin and Charles B. Smith. PART I: BIOETHICS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 1. Ethics and Infectious Disease: Michael J. Selgelid. 2. Are There Characteristics of Infectious Diseases That Raise Special Ethical Issues?: Charles B. Smith, Margaret P. Battin, Jay A. Jacobson, Leslie P. Francis, Jeffrey R. Botkin, Emily P. Asplund, Gretchen J. Domek and Beverly Hawkins. 3. How Infectious Diseases Got Left Out – and What This Omission Might Have Meant for Bioethics: Leslie P. Francis, Margaret P. Battin, Jay A. Jacobson,. Charles B. Smith and Jeffrey R. Botkin. PART II: ETHICS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL. 4. Individual Freedom or Collective Welfare? An Analysis of Quarantine as a Response to Global Infectious Disease: Evan S. Michelson. 5. Obligatory Precautions Against Infection: Marcel Verweij. 6. Reflecting on Ethical and Legal Issues in Wildlife Disease: Hamish McCallum and Barbara Ann Hocking. 7. Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Ethical Issues: Jaro Kotalik. 8. Addressing the Public Health Problem of Hepatitis C: Jason P. Lott and Julian Savulescu. 9. Tuberculosis, Public Health, and Civil Liberties: Ronald Bayer and Laurence Dupuis. PART III: DILEMMAS IN TREATMENT. 10. Duty to Treat or Right to Refuse?: Norman Daniels. 11. Diminishing Returns? Risk and the Duty to Care in the SARS Epidemic: Lynette Reid. 12. Medication Practice and Feminist Thought: A Theoretical and Ethical Response to Adherence in HIV/AIDS: Lauren M. Broyles, Alison M. Colbert and Judith A. Erlen. 13. Anti-Infective Therapy at End of Life: Ethical Decision-Making in Hospice-Eligible Patients: Paul J. Ford, Thomas G. Fraser, Mellar P. Davis and Eric Kodish. PART IV: VACCINATION POLICY. 14. Are Compulsory Immunisation and Incentives to Immunise Effective Ways to Achieve Herd Immunity in Europe?: Nicola E. Moran, Darren Shickle, Christian Munthe, Kris Dierickx, Carlo Petrini, Franz Piribauer, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Hilary Cowley, Sergi Blancafort and Elisabeth Petsetakis. 15. Public Communication, Risk Perception, and the viability of Preventive vaccination Against Communicable Diseases: Thomas May. 16. Some Ethical Issues Arising from Polio Eradication Programmes in India: Yash Paul and Angus Dawson. PART V: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND GLOBAL HEALTH. 17. Rethinking Medical Ethics: A view from Below: Paul Farmer and Nicole Gastineau Campos. 18. Human Rights and Global Health: A Research Program: Thomas Pogge. 19. Social values Embedded in Health Systems: Infectious Disease in Mexico and Cuba: Tim Anderson. PART VI: SECURITY AND BIOTERRORISM. 20. Securitizing Infectious Diseases: Christian Enemark. 21. The Ethics of Biodefense: Nicholas B. King. 22. Bioethics and Bioterrorism: George J. Annas. Notes on Contributors. Index.
£21.61
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ethics in Nursing Practice
Book SynopsisEvery day nurses are required to make ethical decisions in the course of caring for their patients. Ethics in Nursing Practice provides the background necessary to understand ethical decision making and its implications for patient care. The authors focus on the individual nurse's responsibilities, as well as considering the wider issues affecting patients, colleagues and society as a whole. This third edition is fully updated, and takes into account recent changes in ICN position statements, WHO documents, as well as addressing current issues in healthcare, such as providing for the health and care needs of refugees and asylum seekers, bioethics and the enforcement of nursing codes. This publication from the International Council of Nurses is the essential resource for nurses seeking to understand ethical decision making, written by world experts in nursing ethics.Trade Review?This is an excellent resource and a very informative book about the field of ethics and how ethical principles can be applied specifically to nursing.? (Doody?s, 2009)Table of ContentsContents 3e. Foreword. Preface. Part 1Preparation for ethical decision making. 1Value formation and value conflict. The nature of values. Cultural values. Religious values. Personal values. Professional values. Values conflicts 1. 2The discipline of ethics 1. Traditional ethics. Theories of ethics. Principles of ethics. Beyond traditional theories of ethics and principlism. Ethics and the law. Bioethics. 3Ethical concepts for nursing practice. Advocacy. Accountability/responsibility. Cooperation. Caring. Consensus on the concepts. 4Standards for ethical behaviour. Early standards for nurses' ethical behaviours. Development of nursing codes of ethics. Functions of a code of ethics. Common themes in nursing codes of ethics. Application and enforcement of nursing codes of ethics. 5Ethical analysis and decision making in nursing practice. Models for ethical analysis and decision making. A model for ethical analysis and decision making in. nursing practice. Taking ethical action. Part 2Ethical responsibilities of the nurse. 6Promoting health. 7Preventing illness. 8Restoring health. 9Alleviating suffering. Part 3Applying ethics to nursing practice. 10Nurses and people. Serving people who need nursing care. Individual versus collective good. Respecting values, customs and spiritual beliefs. Protecting human rights and dignity. 11Nurses and practice. Allocating nursing care. Delegating nursing authority to others. Accepting responsibility for nursing care. 12Nurses and the profession. Implementing desirable standards of nursing practice and nursing. education. Participating in research involving human subjects. Equitable social and economic working conditions in nursing. 13Nurses and co-workers. Cooperating with physicians. Cooperating with nurses and other co-workers. Reporting incompetent nursing care. Appendix 1Teaching ethics to nurses. Appendix 2Taking moral action. Appendix 3Glossary. Appendix 4 ICN Code of Ethics. Index.
£38.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Law and Ethics in Childrens Nursing
Book SynopsisLaw and Ethics in Children''s Nursing is an important and practical guide on the legal and ethical spects of child healthcare that enables nurses to understand the legal and ethical principles that underpin everyday nursing practice. It explores the concept of childhood and children''s rights, the extent to which their rights are upheld in a variety of settings, and the relationship between law and ethics and how they interact in resolving problems and dilemmas that commonly arise in practice. With case studies, learning outcomes and scenarios throughout, Law and Ethics in Children''s Nursing places the care and treatment of children in a legal and ethical framework, and explores the way in which legal and ethical aspects of children''s nursing differ from those of adults. It explores general principles such as autonomy and consent, confidentiality, accountability and negligence. It then goes on to look at specialist areas such as abortion, sterilisation, researTrade Review"This outstanding book helped illuminate many gray areas for me . . . Topics are easy to identify and the section on activities helps if there are further questions." (Doody's, 12 August 2011) "The content is clear, accessible and interesting. It is split into broad topics, with clear subheadings that make it easy to dip into as a reference . . . Overall, this is an excellent book". (Nursing Standard, 1 June 2011)Table of Contents1 An Introduction to Law and Ethics. Introduction. 1.1 What is law? 1.2 How the law is made – the sources of law. 1.3 Divisions within the law. 1.4 What is ethics? 1.5 Ethical toolkit. 1.6 The relationship between law and ethics. References. 2 Childhood, Children’s Rights and Welfare. Introduction. 2.1 Legal definitions of the child and childhood. 2.2 The relationship between law and childhood. 2.3 The nature of childhood. 2.4 Rights. 2.5 Children's rights. 2.6 Classification of children's rights. 2.7 Common themes. 2.8 Children and international law. 2.9 The welfare principle. References. 3 Responsibility, Accountability and Negligence. Introduction. 3.1 Beneficence: 'doing good'. 3.2 Non-maleficence: Avoiding harm and risk. 3.3 Moral responsibility and accountability. 3.4 Blame. 3.5 Ethical objectives of the law of negligence. 3.6 Legal responsibility and accountability. 3.7 The law of negligence. 3.8 Duty of care. 3.9 Breach of duty. 3.10 Causation. 3.11 Reform. 3.12 The relationship between law and ethics. References. 4 Autonomy and Consent. Introduction. 4.1 Autonomy. 4.2 Respecting and enhancing children's autonomy. 4.3 Challenging the pre-eminence of autonomy. 4.4 Paternalism. 4.5 The law of consent. 4.6 Essential requirements for consent to be legally valid. 4.7 Disagreements – the court's role. 4.8 Emergencies. 4.9 The relationship between law and ethics. References. 5 Confidentiality, Medical Records and Data Protection. Introduction. 5.1 Explaining confidentiality. 5.2 Children and confidentiality. 5.3 Ethical justifications for the duty of confidentiality. 5.4 The moral case for breaching confidentiality. 5.5 The law of confidentiality. 5.6 Children’s legal right to confidentiality. 5.7 Legal exceptions to the duty of confidentiality. 5.8 Access to records. 5.9 Relationship between law and ethics. References. 6 Justice and Access to Health Care. Introduction. 6.1 Children's health care services. 6.2 Defining terms. 6.3 Rationing health care resources. 6.4 Forms of rationing – how is health care rationed? 6.5 Distributing scarce resources – how to make ‘moral’ decisions. 6.6 Rationing and the law. 6.7 Using the law to gain access to treatment. 6.8 The relationship between law and ethics. References. 7 Young People and Sexuality. Introduction. 7.1 Abortion: Fetal rights. 7.2 Abortion: Maternal rights. 7.3 A compromise position. 7.4 The law of abortion. 7.5 When is an abortion legal? 7.6 Adolescents and the Abortion Act. 7.7 Other people's legal rights. 7.8 Sterilisation. 7.9 Family planning and the law. 7.10 The relationship between law and ethics. References. 8 Birth and its Regulation. Introduction. 8.1 Assisted reproduction. 8.2 Legal regulation of assisted reproduction. 8.3 Parentage. 8.4 Children's right to know their genetic parentage. 8.5 Surrogacy. 8.6 The legal regulation of surrogacy. 8.7 Pregnancy and childbirth. 8.8 Legal aspects of pregnancy. 8.9 Prenatal injuries. 8.10 The relationship between law and ethics. References. 9 Research, Organ Donation and Tissue Transplantation. Introduction. 9.1 Research. 9.2 Ethical considerations and principles. 9.3 Regulation of research. 9.4 Legal regulation of research. 9.5 Donation, storage and use of organs and tissue. 9.6 Human Tissue Act 2004. 9.7 Organ transplants from the dead. 9.8 The relationship between law and ethics. References. 10 Mental Health. Introduction. 10.1 Defining 'mental disorder'. 10.2 Incidence of mental disorders in young people. 10.3 Guidance governing children’s mental health. 10.4 The impact of a diagnosis of mental disorder. 10.5 Mental Health Act 1983. 10.6 Informal admission and treatment. 10.7 Compulsory admission – detaining young people against their will. 10.8 Treatments regulated by Part 4 of the MHA 1983. 10.9 Ethical issues. 10.10 Relationship between the law and ethics. References. 11 Child Protection. Introduction. 11.1 Development of children's welfare policies. 11.2 Models of state intervention. 11.3 Welfare services – family support and prevention. 11.4 Investigation of child abuse and neglect. 11.5 Protection of children in emergencies. 11.6 Long-term orders – care and supervision. References. 12 Death, Dying and the Incurably Ill Child. Introduction. 12.1 Definitions. 12.2 Is there an ethical obligation to prolong life? 12.3 Is there a moral distinction between killing and letting die? 12.4 Is there a moral distinction between intending and foreseeing a consequence? 12.5 What legal duties are owed at the end of life? 12.6 Is there a legal obligation to prolong life? 12.7 Is it lawful to withhold and withdraw life-saving treatment from children? 12.8 Can a child be deliberately killed? 12.9 What rights do parents have to determine treatment? 12.10 The court's role. 12.11 The relationship between law and ethics. References. Index.
£40.80
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing
Book SynopsisEthical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People is a comprehensive text on the ethics and philosophy behind paediatric nursing, aimed at student nurses and newly qualified nurses.Trade Review"This textbook should become a core text for CYP nursing." (Nursing Children and Young People, 1 November 2011) "This well-written resource addressing the ethical and moral issues arising in the care of children is a welcome addition to nursing literature on the care of children." (Doody's, 26 August 2011) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I The Philosophical Foundations of Caring for Children and Young People. 1 Histories and Philosophies of Childhood (Gosia Brykczyńska). 2 Theories of Moral Philosophy Applied to Paediatric Nursing (Gosia Brykczyńska). 3 A Review of Children's Rights as Applied to Paediatric Nursing (Jim Richardson). Part II Ethical Aspects of the Continuum of Care. 4 Beginning of Life: Ethical Issues in Neonatology Nursing (Amanda Williamson and Julie Mullett). 5 Ethical Issues in Caring for Toddlers and School Age Children: Ethical Aspects of the Role and Work of the Health Visitor (Monica Davis). 6 Promoting the Health of School-Aged Children: An Ethical Perspective (Gill Coverdale). 7 'To Be Like the Others': Children's Views of Nursing in Community Settings (Duncan Randall). 8 Care of the Severely Disabled Child: A Moral Imperative (Vicki Rowse). 9 Ethical Aspects of Care of the Adolescent (Yvonne Dexter). 10 Ethical and Legal Aspects of Working with Children and Young People with Emotional and Psychiatric Health Needs (Tim McDougall). Part III Ethical Issues in the Acute Care Setting. 11 Children's Experience of Hospitalisation and Their Participation in Health-Care Decision-Making (Imelda Coyne). 12 The Ethics of Family-Centred Care for Hospitalised Children (Linda Shields). 13 Above All Else do No Harm: An Ethical Evaluation of Paediatric Nurses Management of Children's Pain (Joan Simons). 14 Ethical Aspects in Children's and Young People's Cancer Care: Professional Views (Faith Gibson). 15 Withholding and Withdrawal of Treatment: Ethical, Legal and Philosophical Aspects of Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing (Karen Harrison-White). 16 Palliative Care of Children: Some Ethical Dilemmas (Vicki Rowse and Martin Smith). Part IV Philosophical Considerations in Professional Practice. 17 Researching Children and Young People: Exploring the Ethical Territory (Bernie Carter). 18 Philosophical and Epistemological Aspects of Children's Spirituality (Rita Pfund). 19 'Are you Sitting Comfortably?' Storytelling and the Power of Narratives – A Philosophical Analysis (Gosia Brykczyńska). 20 Who is Shaping Children's Nursing? (Duncan Randall). Appendices. Appendix I Summary of Possible Situations for Withdrawal and Withholding Treatment in Children According to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Guidelines. Appendix II United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Abridged). Appendix III Summary of the International Council of Nurses Ethical Code. Appendix IV Summary of the Principles for the Ethical Conduct of Medical Research Involving Children. Index.
£36.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Enhancing Human Capacities
Book SynopsisThis stimulating volume is the first to review the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement. It is unique in its examination of the ethical and policy implications of these technologies from a broad range of perspectives, including philosophy, the biological and neurosciences, and the social sciences.Trade Review"Indeed, the book itself is a cognitive enhancer par excellence and is sure to raise the level of debate on the use of enhancements and their potential risks and benefits for individuals and society itself." (Neuroethics, 14 December 2011) "This volume is appropriate for all who wish to reflect seriously on the prospects for enhancing human capacities. References in the articles range widely over the literature in bioscience and philosophy. Comprehensive index included. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." (Choice, 1 November 2011)Table of ContentsPreface (Guy Kahane, Julian Savulescu and Ruud ter Meulen). I. Key Concepts and Questions. 1. Introduction: Wellbeing and the Concept of Enhancement (Julian Savulescu, Anders Sandberg, and Guy Kahane). 2. The Concept of Nature and the Enhancement Technologies Debate (Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen). 3. Enhancement, Autonomy and Authenticity (Niklas Juth). 4. Breaking Evolution's Chains: The Promise of Enhancement by Design (Russell Powell and Allen Buchanan). II. Cognitive Enhancement. 5. Introduction: Cognition Enhancement--Upgrading the Brain (Anders Sandberg). 6. The Social and Economic Impacts of Cognitive Enhancement (Anders Sandberg and Julian Savulescu). 7. Cognitive Enhancing Drugs: Neuroscience and Society (Charlotte R. Housden, Sharon Morein-Zamir, and Barbara J. Sahakian). 8. Cognitive Bias and Collective Enhancement (Steve Clarke). 9. Smart Policy: Cognitive Enhancement in the Public Interest (Nick Bostrom and Rebecca Roache). III. Mood Enhancement. 10. Introduction: Feeling Better – Scientific, Ethical and Social Issues in Mood Enhancement (Ron Berghmans, Ruud ter Meulen, Andrea Malizia and Rein Vos). 11. Reasons to Feel, Reasons to take Pills (Guy Kahane). 12. What's In a Name- ADHD and the Grey Area Between Treatment and Enhancement (Maartje Schermer and Ineke Bolt). 13. What Is Good or Bad In Mood Enhancement? (Rein Vos). 14. Asperger's Syndrome, Bipolar Disorder and the Relation between Mood, Cognition and Well-Being (Laurens Landeweerd). 15. Is Mood Enhancement a Legitimate Goal of Medicine? (Bengt Brülde). 16. Cognitive Therapy and Positive Psychology Combined: A Promising Approach to the Enhancement of Happiness (Tony Hope). 17. After Prozac (S. Matthew Liao and Rebecca Roache). IV. Physical Enhancement. 18. Introduction: Physical Enhancement (Hidde J. Haisma). 19. Physical Enhancement – The State of the Art (Andy Miah). 20. Enhanced Bodies (Claudio Tamburriniand Torbjörn Tännsjö). 21. Physical Enhancement: What Baseline, Whose Judgement? (SørenHolm and Mike McNamee). 22. Le Tour and Failure of Zero Tolerance: Time to Relax Doping Controls (Julian Savulescu and Bennett Foddy). 23. Enhancing Skill (Bennett Foddy). 24. Can a Ban on Doping in Sport be Morally Justified? (Sigmund Loland). V. Life Extension. 25. Introduction: Looking for the Fountain of Youth: Scientific, Ethical and Social Issues in the Extension of Human Lifespan (Gaia Barazzetti). 26. Is Living Longer Living Better? (Larry Temkin). 27. Life Extension versus Replacement (Gustaf Arrhenius). 28. Life Span Extension: Metaphysical Basis and Ethical Outcomes (Christine Overall). 29. Lifespan Extension and Personal Identity (Gaia Barazetti and Massimo Reichlin). 30. Intergenerational Justice and Lifespan Extension (Roberto Mordacci). 31. The Value of Life Extension to Persons as Conatively-Driven Processes (Steven Horrobin). 32. Enhancing Human Ageing: The Cultural and Psychosocial Context of Life-Span Extension (John Bond). 33. Policy Making for a New Generation of Interventions in Age-Related Disease and Decline (Kenneth Howse). VI. Moral Enhancement. 34. Moral Enhancement (Tom Douglas). 35. Unfit for the Future?: Human Nature, Scientific Progress and the Need for Moral Enhancement (Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu). VII. General Policy. 36. Of Nails and Hammers: Human Biological Enhancement and American Policy Tools (Henry T. Greely). 37. The Politics of Human Enhancement and the European Union (Christopher Coenen, Mirjam Schuijff and Martijintje Smits). Notes on Contributors. Index.
£82.60
Johns Hopkins University Press Shrink Rap
Book SynopsisIf you've ever wondered how psychiatry really works, let the Shrink Rappers explain.Trade ReviewIt's a fascinating peek into the minds of those who study minds. -- Rachel Saslow Washington Post [Shrink Rap], the 'straight-talking guide to psychiatric care'... Although they explain psychiatry in all its merits and failings, acknowledging the limitations of their field, these are clearly three shrinks who love their jobs. -- Kristen Intlekofer Johns Hopkins Magazine An intriguing read. Midwest Book Review The public should have a general understanding of important illnesses as well as the relative roles of patients, clinicians, and the economic, medical and political environments in treating them. It would make the discussion of healthcare reform a great deal more meaningful. This edition of Shrink Rap is an excellent beginning.The bottom line: if you or anyone you know has any interest in the world of psychiatry, do them a favor and have them ' Shrink Rapped'. It's a very worthwhile read. -- Dr. Doug Perednia Road to Hellth Most of us easily understand how to treat a broken arm, but a fractured psyche? That's an entirely different matter. Or is it? This clear-headed presentation of psychiatric services and methods covers a lot of ground and achieves a conversational tone that's both educational and entertaining. -- John Lewis Baltimore Magazine While topics are addressed soundly for the professional reader, the authors' optimism and humor consistently shine through, creating an informative and entertaining resource for patients and families -- Margaret S. Chisolm International Review of Psychiatry The authors convey a rich and detailed picture of psychiatry. They use plain English and reduce the use of medical jargon to the minimum: the book is thus usable by anyone interested in the topic. -- Silvia Di Paola Metapsychology It is thoughtfully written and full of very useful practical advice in assessing patients both with and without cognitive impairment. Irish Journal of Psychological MedicineTable of ContentsIntroductionA Note about Our "Patients" and Our "Doctors"1. Melissa and Oscar: Getting Help2. Josh: A Walk through the System3. The Brandt Famil: Why People Seek Care4. Tara: Let's Talk5. Josh Revisited: "Ask Your Doctor to Prescribe"6. Becca: When Things Go Wrong7. Eddie: A Child at Risk8. Eddie: The Prison Patient9. Mitchell: Hospital-based Psychiatry10. Sharon: The Business of Psychiatry11. Things We Argue About12. The Future of PsychiatryAcknowledgmentsSources and Suggested ReadingAbout the Author'sIndex
£37.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Shrink Rap
Book SynopsisIf you've ever wondered how psychiatry really works, let the Shrink Rappers explain.Trade ReviewIt's a fascinating peek into the minds of those who study minds. -- Rachel Saslow Washington Post [Shrink Rap], the 'straight-talking guide to psychiatric care'... Although they explain psychiatry in all its merits and failings, acknowledging the limitations of their field, these are clearly three shrinks who love their jobs. -- Kristen Intlekofer Johns Hopkins Magazine An intriguing read. Midwest Book Review The public should have a general understanding of important illnesses as well as the relative roles of patients, clinicians, and the economic, medical and political environments in treating them. It would make the discussion of healthcare reform a great deal more meaningful. This edition of Shrink Rap is an excellent beginning.The bottom line: if you or anyone you know has any interest in the world of psychiatry, do them a favor and have them ' Shrink Rapped'. It's a very worthwhile read. -- Dr. Doug Perednia Road to Hellth Most of us easily understand how to treat a broken arm, but a fractured psyche? That's an entirely different matter. Or is it? This clear-headed presentation of psychiatric services and methods covers a lot of ground and achieves a conversational tone that's both educational and entertaining. -- John Lewis Baltimore Magazine While topics are addressed soundly for the professional reader, the authors' optimism and humor consistently shine through, creating an informative and entertaining resource for patients and families -- Margaret S. Chisolm International Review of Psychiatry The authors convey a rich and detailed picture of psychiatry. They use plain English and reduce the use of medical jargon to the minimum: the book is thus usable by anyone interested in the topic. -- Silvia Di Paola Metapsychology It is thoughtfully written and full of very useful practical advice in assessing patients both with and without cognitive impairment. Irish Journal of Psychological MedicineTable of ContentsIntroductionA Note about Our "Patients" and Our "Doctors"1. Melissa and Oscar: Getting Help2. Josh: A Walk through the System3. The Brandt Famil: Why People Seek Care4. Tara: Let's Talk5. Josh Revisited: "Ask Your Doctor to Prescribe"6. Becca: When Things Go Wrong7. Eddie: A Child at Risk8. Eddie: The Prison Patient9. Mitchell: Hospital-based Psychiatry10. Sharon: The Business of Psychiatry11. Things We Argue About12. The Future of PsychiatryAcknowledgmentsSources and Suggested ReadingAbout the Author'sIndex
£19.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Disorders of Sex Development
Book SynopsisThis resource gives parents and families access to the authors' expertise so they can reach a meaningful understanding of their child's DSD and make informed decisions about their child's health.Trade ReviewThis is essential reading for any family that has a child with DSD. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPreface1. An Introduction to DSDWhat is DSD?How are children with DSD identified?Did I cause my child to have DSD?Is my child a boy or a girl?Will my child grow up to be healthy and happy?2. What Type of DSD Does My Child Have?What is 46,XX DSD?What is 46,XY DSD?What other types of DSD are there?3. How Will My Newborn Baby Be Evaluated?How are different types of DSD identified?What testing is used to establish a diagnosis?How are these tests done?What will these tests tell me about my baby's condition?4. Gender Development in DSDWhat is gender?What is known about long-term gender development in people with DSD?5. Understanding and Weighing the Treatment OptionsWhat medical treatments are available for infants and children with DSD?What surgical treatments are available for infants and children with DSD?What are the pros and cons associated with these treatments?6. Educating Children about DSDIs my child healthy?Why does my child need all these doctors?Will my child grow up to look like other people?Will my child grow up to behave like other people?7. Long-term Health of People with DSDIs life expectancy different for people with DSD?Is my child at risk for other medical conditions because of DSD?How will hormone replacement affect long-term health?8. Challenges and Special CircumstancesShould I get a second opinion?What if I want to change doctors?What if I think my baby was assigned the wrong gender?What if my child thinks he or she was assigned the wrong gender?Should my child participate in a research study?9. Peer SupportWhat can peer-support groups offer?How do I find these groups?How can I start my own peer-support group?ReferencesIndex
£33.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares
Book SynopsisOur responsibility is to learn how to balance innovation with caution.Trade ReviewBioethicist Maxwell Mehlman thinks that we will inevitably reengineer the human species, and he writes about that and the mistakes we might make in the process... A deep and wide-ranging catalog of the implications of transhumanism as a philosophical doctrine and a careful analysis of potential pitfalls and concerns... Accessible while having enough scientific substance to be taken seriously, Transhumanist Dreams provides a thought-provoking read for genetics professionals, ethicists, interested scientists, and concerned citizens. -- Michael A. Goldman ScienceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: What Is to Come?1. Visions of Heaven and Hell2. Thinking about the UnthinkablePart II: The Hazards of Evolutionary Engineering3. Physical Harm to Children4. Psychosocial Harm to Children5. Broader Consequences for Society6. The End of the Human Lineage7. Evolution by Nature or by Human Design?Part III: Managing Risk in Evolutionary Engineering8. Protecting the Children9. Preserving Societal Cohesion10. Providing for Our Descendents11. Safeguarding the Human SpeciesEpilogueNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Artificial Hearts
Book SynopsisPacked with larger-than-life characters-from dedicated and ardent scientists to feuding Texas surgeons and brave patients-this book is a fascinating case study that speaks to questions of expectations, limitations, and uncertainty in a high-technology medical world.Trade ReviewMcKellar presents a compelling history of the development of artificial hearts from the 1950s to the present. Her account underscores the tension between the public's infatuation with and wariness of a controversial technology... McKellar’s engaging, thoroughly documented historical account will appeal to general readers, students, and academic professionals.—J. B. Hagen, Radford University, ChoiceShelley McKellar, a historian of medicine at the University of Western Ontario, offers a detailed study of social, cultural, and economic forces that propelled a series of "seductive devices": artificial hearts that fell short of expectations.—Jerome Groopman, New York Review of BooksThis book represents a very interesting and complete discussion of very important advances in therapies to save the "sickest of the sick" patients with heart failure, documenting both triumphs and failures, the necessary collaborations, the courageous patients, and innovative outsized physicians and surgeons involved in these efforts and how other therapies such as cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist devices developed as a result of the quest for the artificial heart. Anyone who wants to know where we have been and where we are going in this field should read this book.—Howard J. Eisen, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, American Journal of TransplantationA fine piece of work by a gifted historian of science that will most certainly stand out as a go-to source for those interested in a detailed history of surgical and bioengineering efforts to replace flawed, fleshy human hearts with those of mechanical design.—Lesley A. Sharp, Barnard College and Columbia University, Social History of MedicineThis book is far more than an inward-looking recitation of advance followed by advance. McKellar draws effectively on sociological and anthropological literature to explore the myriad controversies that accompanied the artificial heart's development. She tells us much about physicians, but also a bit about patients. The technological story is nicely imbedded within a changing social and economic context. And the story is a fascinating one.—Joel D. Howell, University of Michigan, Bulletin of the History of MedicineArtificial Hearts takes its place alongside, and in many respects surpasses, standard history of medical technology monographs . . . [McKellar's] historiographical perspective . . . will establish Artificial Hearts as the definitive text on the subject up to this point.—J.T.H. Connor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canadian Bulletin of Medical HistoryArtificial Hearts is an excellent contribution to our knowledge about the search for a high-technology solution to end-stage cardiac disease. By grounding that pursuit within a decades-long historical context, Shelley McKellar shows how those undertaking this highstakes endeavour fought for and gained authority, funding and public acclaim in the face of others' scepticism that an artificial heart might, one day, be the perfect substitute for the real thing.—Helen MacDonald, University of Melbourne, Medical HistoryTable of ContentsAbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Multiple Approaches to Building Artificial Hearts2. Dispute and Disappointment3. Technology and Risk4. Media Spotlight5. Clinical and Commercial Rewards6. Securing a Place7. Artificial Hearts in the Twenty-First Century Notes Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Fixing the Poor
Book SynopsisCombining innovative political analysis with a compelling social history of those caught up in Minnesota's welfare system, Fixing the Poor is a powerful reinterpretation of eugenic sterilization.Trade ReviewDespite its broad title, the book focuses solely on Minnesota and draws from information housed in the Minnesota State Archives. Ladd-Taylor, a professor of history at York University, sees this troubling past as part of Minnesota's efforts to reduce social welfare support for many vulnerable populations.—Minnesota HistoryWhile Fixing the Poor highlights the shifts in Minnesota's eugenics policies from the late nineteenth century through the 1970s, the book's conclusion presents a grim, though not entirely surprising, take on the continuity of thinly veiled eugenics policies in the United States. Instruments of control now take the shape of child welfare and criminal justice systems, which often brand welfare-dependent individuals as lazy, undeserving, and in some cases, unfit for parenthood. Fixing the Poor should appeal to historians of eugenics, social welfare, and disability and women's studies, but also readers who are interested in how local, 'ordinary' histories can complicate and broaden our understanding of national and global trends.—H-Net ReviewsStudies the impact of efforts to 'contain' and distinguish the variously and often incoherently defined problems of 'delinquency', 'immorality', 'imbecility', 'waywardness' and 'feeblemindedness'. Poor people, particularly women and girls, were suspected disproportionately of being the source of such conditions. Ideologically, 'treatment' was framed as an issue of public health, but Ladd-Taylor shows that an even greater concern was sparing the public purse.—Times Literary SupplementThis is a book that deserves to be read widely, and not only by historians of eugenics. Not only is it informative about a less-studied chapter in the history of sterilization in the USA but it also sets high standards of scholarship and establishes a point of reference for any future discussion of sterilization in the USA and elsewhere.—Reviews in HistoryLadd-Taylor's well-written book offers an excellent argument for Minnesota's sterilization history as showing the value of widening our sets of case-studies on eugenics practices. Her careful research makes Fixing the Poor essential reading for anyone interested in developing a more nuanced, thorough exploration of eugenics.—Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied SciencesMolly Ladd-Taylor has written a superb history of sterilization in Minnesota that has far-reaching implications for the study of both the history of eugenics in the United States and the history of the practice of sterilization throughout the country . . . I highly recommend this book for use in undergraduate courses in Minnesota history and in the history of eugenics and for graduate students and experts in the field as well as general readers interested in learning more about this deeply nuanced and troubling past.—Annals of IowaLadd-Taylor's novel and nuanced interpretation and the quality of her research make Fixing the Poor an outstanding contribution to the literature that explores sterilization as it was actually experienced both by agents of the state and their targets.—Bulletin of the History of MedicineLadd-Taylor's book is an admirable example of the significant insight that local studies can offer. So much of American welfare policy was first enacted at the state level and then, even when federalized, continued to be implemented through the states. Thus, studies like this one can reveal important new dimensions of policy and complicate established narratives.—American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Terminology and NamesIntroduction1. The Feebleminded Menace and the Innocent Child2. Two Roads to Sterilization3. Who Was Feebleminded?4. The Price of Freedom5. Sterilization and Welfare in Depression and War6. From Fixing the Poor to Fixing the System?ConclusionAppendixNotesIndex
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