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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Book SynopsisThis resource gives parents and families access to the authors' expertise so they can reach a meaningful understanding of their child's DSD and make informed decisions about their child's health.Trade ReviewThis is essential reading for any family that has a child with DSD. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPreface1. An Introduction to DSDWhat is DSD?How are children with DSD identified?Did I cause my child to have DSD?Is my child a boy or a girl?Will my child grow up to be healthy and happy?2. What Type of DSD Does My Child Have?What is 46,XX DSD?What is 46,XY DSD?What other types of DSD are there?3. How Will My Newborn Baby Be Evaluated?How are different types of DSD identified?What testing is used to establish a diagnosis?How are these tests done?What will these tests tell me about my baby's condition?4. Gender Development in DSDWhat is gender?What is known about long-term gender development in people with DSD?5. Understanding and Weighing the Treatment OptionsWhat medical treatments are available for infants and children with DSD?What surgical treatments are available for infants and children with DSD?What are the pros and cons associated with these treatments?6. Educating Children about DSDIs my child healthy?Why does my child need all these doctors?Will my child grow up to look like other people?Will my child grow up to behave like other people?7. Long-term Health of People with DSDIs life expectancy different for people with DSD?Is my child at risk for other medical conditions because of DSD?How will hormone replacement affect long-term health?8. Challenges and Special CircumstancesShould I get a second opinion?What if I want to change doctors?What if I think my baby was assigned the wrong gender?What if my child thinks he or she was assigned the wrong gender?Should my child participate in a research study?9. Peer SupportWhat can peer-support groups offer?How do I find these groups?How can I start my own peer-support group?ReferencesIndex

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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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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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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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Book SynopsisExploring the interconnectedness of human health, biodiversity, and bioethics. We all depend on environmental biodiversity for clean air, safe water, adequate nutrition, effective drugs, and protection from infectious diseases. Today's healthcare experts and policymakers are keenly aware that biodiversity is one of the crucial determinants of healthnot only for individuals but also for the human population of the planet. Unfortunately, rapid globalization and ongoing environmental degradation mean that biodiversity is rapidly deteriorating, threatening planetary health on a mass scale. In Wounded Planet, Henk A.M.J. ten Have argues that the ethical debate about healthcare has become too narrow and individualized. We must, he writes, adopt a new bioethical discourseone that deals with issues of justice, equality, vulnerability, human rights, and solidarityin order to adequately reflect the serious threat that current loss of biodiversity poses to planetary health. Exploring modern eTable of ContentsPreface 1. Global Bioethics and the Environment2. Biodiversity 3. Health 4. Disease 5. Drugs 6. Food 7. Water 8. Global Bioethics in PracticeNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisDeveloping best practices and ethical systems to protect and enhance patient safety. Human errors occur all too frequently in medical practice settings. One sobering recent report claimed that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Hoping to reverse this disturbing trend but wondering why it is that things usually go well despite errors, John D. Banja's Patient Safety Ethics lays out a model that advocates vigilance, mindfulness, compliance, and humility as core ethical principles of patient safety. Arguing that the safe provision of healthcare is one of the most fundamental moral obligations of clinicians, Banja surveys the research literature on harm-causing medical errors to explore the ethical foundations of patient safety and to reduce the severity and frequency of medical error. Drawing on contemporary scholarship on quality improvement, risk management, and medical decision making, Banja also relies on a novel source of information to illustrTable of ContentsPrefacePart I. Patient Safety and Ethical Theory: The Significance of Vigilance, Mindfulness, Compliance, and HumilityChapter 1. Ethical Foundations of Patient SafetyChapter 2. VigilanceInterview with Richard CookChapter 3. MindfulnessInterview with Pat CroskerryChapter 4. ComplianceChapter 5. HumilityInterview with June Price TangneyPart II. Some Theoretical Musings on Harm and Risk, Medical Error, and Medical Malpractice Litigation as an Ethical ExerciseChapter 6. Some Theoretical Aspects of Vigilance and Risk AcceptabilityChapter 7. Fifty Shades of ErrorInterview with Fran CharneyChapter 8. The Standard of Care and Medical Malpractice Law as Ethical AchievementInterview with Tommy MaloneChapter 9. The Present and the FutureInterview with Bob WachterReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow can the example of Morehouse School of Medicine help other health-oriented universities create ideal collaborations between faculty and community-based organizations?Among the 154 medical schools in the United States, Morehouse School of Medicine stands out for its formidable success in improving its surrounding communities. Over its history, Morehouse has become known as an institution committed to community engagement with an interest in closing the health equity gap between people of color and the white majority population. In The Morehouse Model, Ronald L. Braithwaite and his coauthors reveal the lessons learned over the decades since the school's foundinglessons that other medical schools and health systems will be eager to learn in the hope of replicating Morehouse's success. Describing the philosophical, cultural, and contextual grounding of the Morehouse Model, they give concrete examples of it in action before explaining how to foster the collaboration between community-baTable of ContentsDedicationForeword, by Valerie Montgomery Rice, MDPreface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction to the Morehouse School of Medicine ModelChapter 2. Social Accountability, Medical Education, and Public Health Chapter 3. Community-Based Participatory Research Chapter 4. Evolution of the Morehouse Model for Community Engagement Chapter 5. Engaging Micropolitan and Rural Communities in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Chapter 6. Educational and Leadership Development—for Communities, by Communities: The Strategic Engagement of Community Health WorkersChapter 7. The Medical School of Tomorrow AfterwordAppendixesIndex

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Book SynopsisLeading experts reveal ways that the future of food production for the world's burgeoning population can (and must) be both sustainable and ethical. In the United States, food is abundant and cheap but loaded with hidden costs to the environment, human health, animal welfare, and the people who work in our food systems. The country's current food production systems lack diversity in crops and animals and are intensified but not sustainable, inhumane in the treatment of animals, and inconsiderate of labor. In order to feed the world's rapidly growing population with high-quality, ethically produced food, new food production systems are urgently needed. These new systems must be genetically diverse and environmentally sustainable, and they need to follow internationally recognized animal welfare and labor practices. Feeding the World Well examines these costs of cheap food while presenting a unique framework for ethical food systems: the Core Ethical Commitments, which are designed tTable of ContentsList of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Alan M. GoldbergPart I. The Big Picture1. Feeding the World (Well): The Moral ImperativeJessica Fanzo2. Malnutrition, Food Systems, and Climate ActionMartin W. BloemPart II. Food Systems in Context3. The Agriculture We DeserveEllen K. Silbergeld4. The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production in America: Lessons LearnedRobert Martin5. Agriculture in TransitionFrederick L. Kirschenmann6. Agricultural Exceptionalism and the US Regulatory Landscape Susan A. Schneider and Meredith Kaufman7. US Oversight of GM CropsJennifer Kuzma8. Conflicts of Interest in Food and Nutrition ResearchMarion Nestle9. Global Food Demand Projections: A ReviewMichiel van Dijk, Yashar Saghai, Marie Luise Rau, and Tom MorleyPart III. Contemporary Challenges and Complexities in Food Ethics Part III.A. Environment10. Food, Environment, and EthicsTara Garnett11. Water Utilization and FoodKees van Leeuwen12. The Impact and Opportunity of Wasted FoodJonathan Bloom13. Climate Change and Food Production: Big Worries, Uncertain ImpactsEvan FraserPart III.B. Producers and Laborers14. Primary Agricultural Production: Crops and FarmersPaul B. Thompson15. Ethics over Exploitation: Urgent Moral Issues Associated with Labor and Communities in the Food SystemNicole M. Civita16. Equitable Food InitiativePeter O'DriscollPart III.C. Public Health17. How Food Systems Support and Undermine Public Health, Nutrition, and Community Well-Being: Some Ethical Concerns and ControversiesAnne Barnhill18. Food SafetyHerman B. W. M. Koëter19. Antibiotic ResistanceLance B. Price20. Farm Animal Welfare and Human HealthAlan M. GoldbergPart III.D. Animal Welfare21. Animal WelfareBernard Rollin22. Biotechnology and Animal Well-BeingKevin Esvelt23. Certified HumaneAdele DouglassPart IV. Case Studies 24. Niman RanchPaul Willis25. Menus of ChangeAnne E. McBride26. Bon Appétit Management CompanyMaisie Ganzler27. WegmansGillian Kelleher28. US FoodsSylvia Wulf29. Water Recirculating Aquaculture Systems and the Future for Land-Based, Closed-Containment Salmon ProductionChristopher GoodPart V. The Core Ethical Commitments: A Framework for Ethical Food Systems30. The Ethical Basis for Choose FoodAnne Barnhill, Nicole M. Civita, and Ruth Faden31. The Core Ethical CommitmentsAnne Barnhill, Nicole M. Civita, Claire Davis, Shauna Downs, Ruth Faden, Sara Glass, Alan M. Goldberg, Herman B. W. M. Koëter, Bernard Rollin, Paul B. Thompson, Kees van Leeuwen, and Suzanne McMillanndex

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Book SynopsisThis renowned history of intersex in America has been comprehensively updated to reflect recent shifts in attitudes, bioethics, and medical and legal practices. In Bodies in Doubt, Elizabeth Reis traces the changing definitions, perceptions, and medical management of intersex (atypical sex development) in America from the colonial period to the present. Arguing that medical practice must be understood within its broader cultural context, Reis demonstrates how deeply physicians have been influenced by social anxieties about marriage, heterosexuality, and same-sex desire throughout American history In this second edition, Reis adds two new chapters, a new preface, and a revised introduction to assess recent dramatic shifts in attitudes, bioethics, and medical and legal practices. Human rights organizations have declared early genital surgeries a form of torture and abuse, but doctors continue to offer surgical repair, and parents continue to seek it for their children. While many are hTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionA Note About Terminology and IllustrationsChapter 1. Hermaphrodites, Monstrous Births, and Same-Sex Intimacy in Early AmericaChapter 2. From Monsters to Deceivers in the Early Nineteenth CenturyChapter 3. The Conflation of Hermaphrodites and Sexual Perverts at the Turn of the CenturyChapter 4. Cutting the Gordian Knot: Gonads, Marriage, and Surgery in the 1920s and 1930sChapter 5. Psychology, John Money, and the Gender of Rearing in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960sChapter 6. Bioethics, Informed Consent, and Children's RightsChapter 7. Who Stands Under the Umbrella? The Politics of Naming and Categorizing IntersexNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisFor caregivers of deeply forgetful people: a book that combines new ethics guidelines with an innovative program on how to communicate and connect with people with Alzheimer's. How do we approach a deeply forgetful loved one so as to notice and affirm their continuing self-identity? For three decades, Stephen G. Post has worked around the world encouraging caregivers to become more aware ofand find renewed hope insurprising expressions of selfhood despite the challenges of cognitive decline. In this book, Post offers new perspectives on the worth and dignity of people with Alzheimer's and related disorders despite the negative influence of hypercognitive values that place an ethically unacceptable emphasis on human dignity as based on linear rationality and strength of memory. This bias, Post argues, is responsible for the abusive exclusion of this population from our shared humanity. With vignettes and narratives, he argues for a deeper dignity grounded in consciousness, emotional pTrade ReviewEssential reading for all caregivers, family, and healthcare providers for deeply forgetful people.—Library JournalTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter One. In Praise of Caregivers and DignityChapter Two. Hope in Caring for Deeply Forgetful People: Why It Matters and Where to Find ItChapter Three. Answers to Sixteen Questions Caregivers Ask from Diagnosis to DyingChapter Four. The Seventeenth Question: Preemptive Physician-Assisted Suicide (PPAS) for Alzheimer's Disease: A CautionChapter Five. A Caregiver's Ethical Purpose: Preserving Dignity, Ten Manifestations of Care, and Respect for the Whole Story of a Life Chapter Six. Respecting the Preferences of Deeply Forgetful People in Health Care and ResearchChapter Seven. "Is Grandma Still There?" The Mystery of Continuing Self-IdentityAn Epilogue. North WindA Caregiver Resilience Program: Meeting Alzheimer's: Learning to Communicate and Connectby Rev. Dr. Jade C. AngelicaReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisFor caregivers of deeply forgetful people: a book that combines new ethics guidelines with an innovative program on how to communicate and connect with people with Alzheimer's. How do we approach a deeply forgetful loved one so as to notice and affirm their continuing self-identity? For three decades, Stephen G. Post has worked around the world encouraging caregivers to become more aware ofand find renewed hope insurprising expressions of selfhood despite the challenges of cognitive decline. In this book, Post offers new perspectives on the worth and dignity of people with Alzheimer's and related disorders despite the negative influence of hypercognitive values that place an ethically unacceptable emphasis on human dignity as based on linear rationality and strength of memory. This bias, Post argues, is responsible for the abusive exclusion of this population from our shared humanity. With vignettes and narratives, he argues for a deeper dignity grounded in consciousness, emotional pTrade ReviewEssential reading for all caregivers, family, and healthcare providers for deeply forgetful people.—Library JournalTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter One. In Praise of Caregivers and DignityChapter Two. Hope in Caring for Deeply Forgetful People: Why It Matters and Where to Find ItChapter Three. Answers to Sixteen Questions Caregivers Ask from Diagnosis to DyingChapter Four. The Seventeenth Question: Preemptive Physician-Assisted Suicide (PPAS) for Alzheimer's Disease: A CautionChapter Five. A Caregiver's Ethical Purpose: Preserving Dignity, Ten Manifestations of Care, and Respect for the Whole Story of a Life Chapter Six. Respecting the Preferences of Deeply Forgetful People in Health Care and ResearchChapter Seven. "Is Grandma Still There?" The Mystery of Continuing Self-IdentityAn Epilogue. North WindA Caregiver Resilience Program: Meeting Alzheimer's: Learning to Communicate and Connectby Rev. Dr. Jade C. AngelicaReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisRevealing the dark truth about the impact of predatory private equity firms on American health care. Won Gold from the Axiom Book Award in the Category of Business Ethics, the Benjamin Franklin Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association and the North American Book Award in the Catergory of Business Finance, Finalist of the American Book Fest Best Book Social Change and Current Events by the American Book FestPrivate equity (PE) firms pervade all aspects of our modern lives. Unlike other corporations, which generally manufacture products or provide services, they leverage considerable debt and other people's money to buy and sell businesses with the sole aim of earning supersized profits in the shortest time possible. With a voracious appetite and trillions of dollars at its disposal, the private equity industry is now buying everything from your opioid treatment center to that helicopter that helps swoop you up from a car crash site. It may even control how and when you caTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Hiding in Plain SightChapter 1. Who Even Are They? Private Equity from Soup to NutsChapter 2. The Emergence of the Alternative Asset ClassChapter 3. Consolidating Health CareChapter 4. It's between Me and My Doctor?Chapter 5. Drilling for Gold: Corralling DentistsChapter 6. Frail Elderly and Children: Homecare and HospiceChapter 7. Public Crisis, Private Gain: Substance Abuse and Eating DisordersChapter 8. Capitalizing on Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersChapter 9. Hijacking an Industry: Medical Ambulances and Emergency Air TransportConclusion. Infiltrating Our Health Care SystemAppendix. Selected Private Equity Firms Buying Health Care BusinessesAbbreviationsGlossaryNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe focus of bioethical debates on exceptional cases neglects the underlying valueslike justice and communitythat would lend to a broader, more well-rounded understanding of today's world. Discussions of ethical problems in health care too often concentrate on exceptional cases. Bioethical controversies triggered by experimental drugs, gene-edited babies, or life extension are understandably fascinating: they showcase the power of medical science and technology while addressing anxieties concerning health, disease, suffering, and death. However, the focus on rare individual cases in the media spotlight turns attention away from more pressing ethical issues that impact global populations, such as access to health care, safe food and water, and the prevention of emerging infectious diseases. In Bizarre Bioethics, Henk A.M.J. ten Have argues that this focus on bizarre cases leads to bizarre bioethics with a narrow agenda for ethical debate. In other words, although these extreme cases aTable of ContentsChapter 1. Questioning the Paradigm of BioethicsChapter 2. The Establishment of BioethicsChapter 3. GhostsChapter 4. MonstersChapter 5. PilgrimsChapter 6. ProphetsChapter 7. RelicsChapter 8. Critical BioethicsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe focus of bioethical debates on exceptional cases neglects the underlying valueslike justice and communitythat would lend to a broader, more well-rounded understanding of today's world. Discussions of ethical problems in health care too often concentrate on exceptional cases. Bioethical controversies triggered by experimental drugs, gene-edited babies, or life extension are understandably fascinating: they showcase the power of medical science and technology while addressing anxieties concerning health, disease, suffering, and death. However, the focus on rare individual cases in the media spotlight turns attention away from more pressing ethical issues that impact global populations, such as access to health care, safe food and water, and the prevention of emerging infectious diseases. In Bizarre Bioethics, Henk A.M.J. ten Have argues that this focus on bizarre cases leads to bizarre bioethics with a narrow agenda for ethical debate. In other words, although these extreme cases aTable of ContentsChapter 1. Questioning the Paradigm of BioethicsChapter 2. The Establishment of BioethicsChapter 3. GhostsChapter 4. MonstersChapter 5. PilgrimsChapter 6. ProphetsChapter 7. RelicsChapter 8. Critical BioethicsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBrazil's Zika outbreak revealed extreme health disparities and reproductive injustice across racial and socioeconomic lines. Brazil's 2015 Zika outbreak led to severe illnesses for many and the birth of several thousands of children with severe brain damage. Even though mosquito-borne diseases such as the Zika virus affect people across society, these children were born almost exclusively to poor, and usually non-white, women. In Viruses and Reproductive Injustice, Ilana Löwy explores the complicated health disparities and reproductive injustice that led to these cases of congenital Zika syndrome. Löwy examines the history of the outbreak in Brazil and connects it to broader questions concerning reproductive rights, the medical science behind understanding new pathogens, and the role of international health organizations in battlingor ignoringpublic health crises. The explanation behind the strongly skewed distribution of cases among social classes was far from straightforward or oTable of ContentsContentsPreface: A Forgotten Virus and Expunged MemoriesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Framing an EpidemicChapter 1. Viruses and Mosquitoes: From Yellow Fever to ZikaChapter 2. Fetuses: Women, Doctors, and the LawChapter 3. Surprises: "I've never seen anything like this"Chapter 4. Zika in Brazil: Producing Partial KnowledgeChapter 5. Stratified Reproduction: Class, Ethnicity, and RiskChapter 6. Mães de Micro: Zika and Maternal CareChapter 7. After Zika: Open Questions, Complex LegacyConclusion. Embodied InequalityFurther ReadingNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores human dignity and care in the face of disease and disability. Complex contemporary experiences with disease, death, and disability in the United States have made the concept of human dignity seem outdated. In Doing Dignity: Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care, Christa Teston challenges conventional notions of dignity and, based on analyses of clinical observations, interviews, and focus groups, encourages a new understanding of care. This thought-provoking book presents a practice-based approach to human dignity through three compelling case studies: US health care professionals' COVID-19 caretaking experiences, legislative debates about medical aid in dying, and clinical interactions between wheelchair users and health care professionals. Teston demonstrates how dignity is not an abstract idea but rather is a set of practices embedded in the politics and complexities of care. Drawing from feminist care ethics, rhetorical theory, disability studies, and critical Black

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Book SynopsisNew and experienced psychotherapists alike can find themselves overwhelmed by an ethical quandary where there doesn't seem to be an easy solution. This book presents positive ethics as a means to overcome such ethical challenges. The positive approach focuses on not just avoiding negative consequences, but reaching the best possible outcomes for both the psychotherapist and the client.Trade Review“This volume is a worthwhile addition to the bookshelves of psychologists wanting to expand their understanding of ethical dilemmas in psychotherapy.” —PsycCRITIQUES®Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Problem, Pitfalls, and PotentialsI. Three Models for Addressing Complex Ethical Situations What Makes Ethical Choices so Hard? The Ethical Decision-Making Model The Quality Enhancement Model The Ethics Acculturation Model II. Applications of the Three Models Professional Competence Boundary Issues Informed Consent General Beneficence With Dangerous Patients Social Justice AfterwordReferencesIndexAbout the Authors

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Book SynopsisPublic Health in the Age of Anxiety enhances both the public and scholarly understanding of the motivations behind vaccine hesitancy in Canada.Table of ContentsIntroduction and Theory Introduction: Seeking a Better Conversation Paul Bramadat 1. Crises of Trust and Truth: Religion, Culture, and Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada Paul Bramadat 2. Vaccine Hesitancy: Ethical Considerations from Multiple Perspectives Kieran C. O'Doherty, Christine Smith, and C. Meghan McMurtry 3. The Role of Risk Perception in Vaccine Hesitancy and the Challenge of Communication Conrad G. Brunk HISTORY 4. Learning from Smallpox Inoculation Refusal: Early Scientific Debates and the Evolution of Vaccine Refusal Real Roy 5. Not Without Risk: The Complex History of Vaccine Resistance in Central Canada, 1885-1960 Heather MacDougall and Laurence Monnais Biomedicine, the State and Vaccine Hesitant/Rejecting Communities 6. A Portrait of Vaccine-hesitant Canadians Maryse Guay, Eve Dube, and Caroline Laberge 7. Vaccine Hesitancy and the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Eve Dube, Chantal Sauvageau, and Dominique Gagnon 8. Epidemiologic Trends in Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization in Canada Julie A. Bettinger and Shannon E. MacDonald 9. Canada's Vaccine Safety System Monika Naus, Barbara Law, and Aline Rifret vaccine politics IN Clinical, MEDIA, and community SETTINGS 10. "It's Your Body, Your Decision": An Anthropological Exploration of HPV Vaccine Hesitancy: Jennafer Roberts and Lisa M. Mitchell 11. Approaching Vaccine-hesitant Parents - The Clinician's Perspective Francois D. Boucher 12. The Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy Andre Picard 13. Public Health and Personal Heuristics Noni E. MacDonald CONCLUSION 14. Continuing the Conversation Paul Bramadat, Julie A. Bettinger, and Maryse Guay APPENDIX INDEX Contributors

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Book SynopsisOrgans for Sale is a study of the bioethical question of how to increase human organ supply. But it is also an inquiry into public moral deliberation and the relationship between economic worth and the value systems of a society. Looking closely at human organ procurement debates, the author offers a critique of neoliberalism in bioethics and asks what kind of society we truly want. While society has shown concern over debates surrounding organ procurement, a better understanding of the rhetoric of advocates and philosophical underpinnings of the debate might indeed improve our public moral deliberation in general and organ policy more specifically. Examining public arguments, this book uses a range of source material, from medical journals to congressional hearings to newspaper op-eds, to provide the most up-to-date and thorough analysis of the topic. Organs for Sale posits that deciding together on the limits of markets, and on what is and ought to be for saTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Section One: Morals, Markets, and Medicine 1. Organs for Sale? Normative Entanglements in the Public Sphere 2. Public Morality: Altruism, Rhetoric, and Bioethics Section Two: The Rhetorical Positions, Arguments, and Justifications in Human Organ Procurement 3. The Case for an Altruistic Supply System 4. The Case for a Market-Based Supply System Section Three: Morality, Neoliberalism, and the Prospects of Reasoning Together in a Democracy 5. The Neoliberal Graft: Medicine, Morality, and Markets in Liberal-Democratic Regimes 6. Good Reasons: Metanormativity and Categoricity 7. Weighing Reasons: Telic Orientation, Rhetorical Force, and Normative Force Section Four: Weighing Reasons in the Organ Debate 8. The Scope of the Market: Exploitation, Coercion, Paternalism, and Legal Consistency 9. What Money Cannot Buy and What Money Ought Not Buy: Dignity, Motives, and Markets Conclusion: What Kind of Policy for What Kind of Society? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Kidney to Share, Martha Gershun tells the story of her decision to donate a kidney to a stranger. She takes readers through the complex process by which such donors are vetted to ensure that they are physically and psychologically fit to take the risk of a major operation. John D. Lantos, a physician and bioethicist, places Gershun''s story in the larger context of the history of kidney transplantation and the ethical controversies that surround living donors. Together, they help readers understand the discoveries that made transplantation relatively safe and effective as well as the legal, ethical, and economic policies that make it feasible. Gershun and Lantos explore the steps involved in recovering and allocating organs. They analyze the differences that arise depending on whether the organ comes from a living donor or one who has died. They observe the expertiseand the shortcomingsof doctors, nurses, and other professionals and describe theTrade ReviewKidney to Share provides an account of organ donation that is both personal and analytical. The combination of perspectives leads to a profound and compelling exploration of a largely opaque practice. [The authors] pull back the curtain to offer readers a more transparent view of the fascinating world of organ donation. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Why Not Me? 2. The Arcane Process of Screening Living Donors 3. Meeting "My" Recipient 4. Do I Own My Organs? 5. Evaluation at Mayo 6. Are "Stranger Donors" Irrational? 7. What Are the Risks? 8. Unnecessary Bureaucratic Barriers or Appropriate Patient Protection? 9. The Endgame 10. Paired Exchanges, Chain Donations, and Organ Markets 11. The Odyssey Continues 12. Complexities of Increasing Organ Supply 13. Going Public, Moving Forward 14. The Countdown Begins 15. Ethics, Organ Markets, and Dry Ice 16. Staying Healthy 17. First Attempt 18. Second Attempt 19. Follow-Up 20. Lessons Learned Epilogue

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Enveloped Care Interlude 1: The Circulating Chocolate Box 1. From Bribes to Copayments: Transforming Health Care in Lithuania Interlude 2: The Surprise 2. Being Caught: Envelopes and Illness Interlude 3: Of Envelopes and Greedy Doctors 3. "I Am a Doctor": Caught in Ambivalence 4. Collective Care: Relations of Obligation Epilogue: From Litai to Euros

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Book SynopsisHanding envelopes containing money or gifts to doctors in public health care is often seen as a remnant of socialism that continues as an integral part of the Lithuanian health care system. Rima Praspaliauskiene uses the envelope to explore complex doctor-patient interactions that go beyond notions of the gift or the bribe. She reshapes our definition of corruption and encourages seeing these practices as emerging forms of care that impede the neoliberal health care reforms effected in the post-Soviet era. Enveloped Lives extends the analytical categories of gift, care, money, and transparency, shifting attention away from material transactions by prioritizing relations and practices that transcend economic rationality. At a time when health care reforms and the costs of care are being widely debated, this book is a contribution to the larger discussion about the ethics and future of health care around the world.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Enveloped Care Interlude 1: The Circulating Chocolate Box 1. From Bribes to Copayments: Transforming Health Care in Lithuania Interlude 2: The Surprise 2. Being Caught: Envelopes and Illness Interlude 3: Of Envelopes and Greedy Doctors 3. "I Am a Doctor": Caught in Ambivalence 4. Collective Care: Relations of Obligation Epilogue: From Litai to Euros

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Book SynopsisCompassion draws physicians into medicine, but then they believe they must jettison that compassion to survive. Paradoxically, science has now shown that losing that compassion not only harms the patient, it also harms the doctor. How Doctors Care: The Science of Compassionate and Balanced Caring in Medicine explains what physicians and other clinicians can do to provide balanced and compassionate caring for patients without becoming emotionally detached or overwhelmed.The text provides a research-informed and non-sentimental description of physician/clinician compassion. Bringing together cutting-edge scientific research for practicing physicians and those in training, How Doctors Care provides the first full articulation of what constitutes optimal compassionate mental performance in the practice of medicine. It argues how maintaining this internal state is the key to physician resilience and fulfillment in a dysfunctional healthcare system. Rather than blaming clinicians for burnout, How Doctors Care argues that healthcare organizations must provide organizational protection and support to clinicians so that they are able to maintain the compassionate internal state they desire so much and that benefits patients the most.

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Book SynopsisMedical ethics and feminist ethics are both comparatively new disciplines. In this pioneering study, Susan Sherwin explores for the first time the relationship between them and suggests their implications for the structures of medical care delivery and the allocation of health care resources. "No Longer Patient" is certain to influence public policy makers and the public, as it examines such controversial subjects as abortion, new reproductive technologies, surrogate motherhood, and in vitro fertilization. Sherwin observes that "medicine has become one of our most powerful and significant institutions. Thus a feminist ethics of health care must examine health care practices as they relate to the entire power structure and the problems that may be invisible to those without a feminist perspective. Accordingly, Sherwin examines many issues central to bioethics today, maintaining that feminist ethics allows a deeper and broader analysis. Feminist ethics focuses on and analyzes these issues differently from the non-feminist literature and ultimately draws different conclusions from those indicated by traditional medical ethics. A leader in the fields of feminist theory and ethics, Sherwin demonstrates that an anti-woman bias is deeply rooted in the history of philosophy. Her careful building of positions, her unique approaches to analyzing problems, and her excellent insights make this an important work for feminists, those working in bioethics, and health care professionals. Author note: Susan Sherwin is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Dalhousie University.Trade Review"[Sherwin] seeks to educate her readers and to recruit them to join her efforts at reform. The result is an excellent introduction to applied feminism for anyone willing to entertain a fresh perspective on health care ethics." --The New England Journal of Medicine "A broad and solid account of the relevance of feminist ethics to health care ethics... Throughout, the emphasis is on the dominance relations that permeate the system of health care and constitute a major obstacle to fair and appropriate provision of care." --Choice "Susan Sherwin addresses the enormous gap between the field that has developed as 'bioethics' and the concern of feminist ethicists addressing these same issues... Sherwin shows where the women are missing, where traditional bioethics as a developing field has gone afield. In doing this, she makes an important statement." --Barbara Katz Rothman, Professor of Sociology, Baruch College, CUNY "Sherwin evaluates feminist and non-feminist views about abortion, the new procreative technologies, the doctor/patient relationship, and other important subjects, always stressing the different meanings these experiences can have for different women... A must for anyone who wants to understand and think clearly about the ethical dimensions of contemporary biomedicine." --Ruth Hubbard, Professor of Biology Emerita, Harvard University "No other book gives a feminist analysis of the field of medical ethics. This book is ground-breaking and could become the classic source in an important new subfield." --Helen B. Holmes, Editor, Feminist Ethics & Medicine (special issue of Hypatia) "A strong contribution to the literature on feminist ethics and on bioethics." --Kathleen Okruhlik, University of Western OntarioTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: Theoretical Beginnings 1. Understanding Feminism 2. Ethics, "Feminine" Ethics, and Feminist Ethics 3. Feminism and Moral Relativism 4. Toward a Feminist Ethics of Health Care Part II: Traditional Problems in Health Care Ethics 5. Abortion 6. New Reproductive Technologies 7. Paternalism 8. Research Part III: Feminist Expansions of the Bioethics Landscape 9. Ascriptions of Illness 10. Medical Constructions of Sexuality 11. Gender, Race, and Class in the Delivery of Health Care Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAn annotated English translation of the autobiography of Polish microbiologist Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884-1954), with a focus on his contributions to international public health. Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884-1954), one of the most prominent serologists of the twentieth century, discovered the inheritance and established the nomenclature of blood groups and opened the field of human population genetics. He also carried out groundbreaking research in the genetics of disease and immunology. Following World War II, he founded Poland's first Institute of Immunology in Wroclaw, which now bears his name. His autobiographical memoir, The Story of One Life, first published in Poland in 1946, immediately became a bestseller and has been reedited several times since. It is an outstanding account of a Holocaust survivor and a writer capable of depicting the uniqueness and the tragedy of countless individuals caught up in the nightmare of 1939-45. He recollects his time as a physician in the Serbian army in 1915 and his satisfaction as a scientist who helped rebuild Poland after the Treaty ofVersailles; the contrast between the world before and the world after World War II could not be starker. Hirszfeld escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943; he hid the manuscript for this book and retrieved it only after the war. Drawing on unpublished documents, as well as interviews with Hirszfeld's former students and family, this translation is annotated and has an introduction written by two scholars with unique qualifications to understand both the immediate setting in which Hirszfeld lived his life, and the broader implications of his work to the history of medicine. Marta A. Balinska is a writer and an international consultant in public health. William H.Schneider is Professor of History at Indiana University.Trade ReviewBalinska and Schneider should be applauded. . . today's readers will find it an intriguing piece of cutting-edge experimental science, an example of the relation between political context and individual fate, while the contemporary story makes for a fascinating read. . . a major achievement. * COMPTES RENDUS *A thoughtful and highly historical read that belongs in any biography collection. * MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW *Fascinating on many accounts. . . The University of Rochester Press's Studies in Medical History series has just attained new heights. * FORWARD.COM *Table of ContentsForeword by Arthur E. Mourant Introduction by Marta A. Balinska and William H. Schneider Foreword by Ludwik Hirszfeld to the original 1946 edition University Years Assistantship in Heidelberg Sojourn in Zurich The Great War Armée d'Orient Home Again Life in Warsaw Life within the Institute Scientific Activities Scientific Meetings International Congress of Anthropologists in Amsterdam; Opening of Schools of Hygiene in Budapest and Zagreb The 1935 Blood Transfusion Congress in Rome The 1937 International Congress in Paris The 1937 International Cancer Congress in Brussels The 1939 General Pathology Congress in Rome Medical Academy in Paris; French Youth A Home in the Sun The Autumn Draws On Before the Storm The Siege of Warsaw Ousted The City of Death Lectures and Courses Typhus in the District The Health Council In the Shadow of the Church of All Saints Race or Tradition? The Beginning of the End Leap into the Unknown The Life of an Obscure Man My Evening Song My Greatest Defeat The Origins of This Book Extermination Camps The Last Upsurge of a Perishing Nation A Chased Animal The Turning Point for the Jewish Nation The Great Guilt Afterword Appendix: Biographical Annex of Frequently Cited Names

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a range of linguistic, sociological, and professional views on communication in surgical practice. It aims to provide an insight into the complexity of communication in surgery, covering the variety of communicative activities required in everyday surgical work.The selection of authors from a variety of interactive sociolinguistic disciplines in collaboration with clinicians explores a broad range of topics and the methodologies currently used to understand communication in surgical practice.The intended audience for this book includes surgeons, medical educators, communication researchers, linguists, sociologists, and others with an interest in surgical and medical communication.Trade ReviewThis volume has significant academic merit and fills a gap that currently exists in the academic literature - pulling together a variety of perspectives on communication in surgery. Marcy E. Rosenbaum, Professor of Family Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and Chair of tEACH, the teaching committee for European Association for Communication in HealthcareTable of Contents1. Examining Communication in Surgical PracticeSarah J. White and John A. CartmillSection I2. The Referred ConsultationSarah J. White, Maria Stubbe, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Lindsay Macdonald, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Tony Dowell, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Kevin Dew, Victoria University of Wellington, and Rod Gardner, Griffith University3. Doing Patient-centred ConsultationsLynda Yates, Macquarie University, and Maria R. Dahm, Macquarie University4. Psychological Effects in Surgical Decision-making: Evidence, Ethics, and OutcomesY. Gavriel Ansara, National LGBTI Health Alliance, Australia5. Breaking Informed Consent: Some Challenges for International Medical GraduatesMaria R. Dahm and Israel Berger, Macquarie University6. Do Surgeons Want to Operate? Negotiating the Treatment Plan in Surgical ConsultationsMaria Stubbe, Sarah J. White, Lindsay Macdonald, Tony Dowell, Rod Gardner, and Kevin Dew7. Negotiating Treatment Recommendations in Orthopaedic Surgery RecommendationsShannon Clark, University of Canberra, and Pamela Hudak, Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario, Toronto, CanadaSection II8. Transactions between Matter and Meaning: Surgical Contexts and Symbolic ActionDavid G. Butt, Macquarie University, Alison R. Moore, University of Wollongong, and John A. Cartmill9. Operating Together: The Collective Achievement of Surgical ActionLorenza Mondada, University of Basel10. "Coming Up!": Why Verbal Acknowledgement Matters in the Operating TheatreTerhi Korkiakangas, Institute of Education, University College London, Sharon-Marie Weldon, Imperial College London, Jeff Bezemer, Institute of Education, University College London, and Roger Kneebone, Imperial College London11. Lovers, Wrestlers, Surgeons: A Contextually Motivated View of Interpersonal Engagement and Body Alignment in Surgical InteractionAlison R. Moore12. Who's Who?: Constructing Roles during Minor Awake SurgeriesIsrael Berger and Sarah J. White13. Toward a Language of Operative SurgeryDavid G. Butt and John A. CartmillSection III14. Interprofessional Clinical Handovers in Surgical PracticePeter Roger, Macquarie University, Maria R. Dahm, Lynda Yates and John A. Cartmill15. Open Disclosure in Surgical PracticeStewart Dunn, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney16. Clinical Communication Education for SurgeonsSuzanne Kurtz, Washington State University

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Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of fictionalised case studies of everyday ethical dilemmas and challenges, encountered in the process of conducting global health research in places where the effects of global, political and economic inequality are particularly evident. It is a training tool to fill the gap between research ethics guidelines, and their implementation 'on the ground'. The case studies, therefore, focus on 'relational' ethics: ethical actions and ideas that emerge through relations with others, rather than in regulations.Trade ReviewThis workbook is an essential tool for those committed to the hard work of scientific collaboration across steep global inequalities, and an inspirational example of engaged anthropology. --Johanna Crane, University of Washington, author of 'Scrambling for Africa: AIDS, Expertise, and the Rise of American Global Health Science'"

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Book SynopsisIs the advancement of scientific knowledge and the development of biomedical technologies - known as the 'New Medicine' - desirable? George P. Smith asks this fundamental question while also confronting the distribution of these scarce medical resources. Law, economics, medical science, philosophy and ethics all coalesce in this discussion of how to structure normative standards of conduct that will improve the quality of human life. The author begins by examining various economic constructs as aids for achieving a fair and equitable delivery of health care services. He then assesses their level of practical application and evaluates the costs and benefits to society of pursuing the development and use of the 'New Medicine'. The book ends with a case study of organ and tissue transplantation that illustrates the implementation of distributive justice. The author concludes that as long as clinical medicine maintains its focus on healing and alleviating suffering among patients, a point of equilibrium will be reached that advances the common good. This timely and compelling exploration will be a must-read for scholars, researchers, policymakers and all those interested in advances in medical technology and the issues surrounding access to health care.Trade Review'Smith has packed an incredible amount of information into this relatively short and clearly written book. His erudition is unquestionable, and his knowledge of current trends in medical technology and the ethical issues surrounding them is obvious on every page.' -- P. Jenkins, Choice'George P. Smith is one of the world's leading experts on the legal and ethical issues raised by modern medicine. His book is a wide-ranging and deeply informed and considered analysis of those issues, with particular emphasis on the inequality with which the benefits of modern medicine are bestowed on the sick. Knowledgeable as well about the technical aspects of the biomedical revolution, Smith writes with insight and authority, and offers a perspective that will influence the policy debates.' -- Richard A. Posner, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and University of Chicago Law School, US'While much has been written about the various issues addressed in this book - genetics, cloning, informed consent, organ donation - Smith's book moves beyond traditional legal analysis, tying these issues together by examining them through the lens of distributive justice. He thus provides the reader with a unique and valuable perspective on this important area. Distributive Justice and the New Medicine will be of interest to all those interested in health law and bioethics and in particular for those interested in distributive justice.' -- Belinda Bennett, Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development'Professor George P. Smith's Distributive Justice and the New Medicine is a major new work by one of the world's leading medical lawyers. This book brings important new insights into the complex area of rationing health care resources and should be read by anyone interested in seeking to create a just society.' -- Jonathan Herring, Exeter College, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Normative Standards and Health Care Resource Management 3. The New Medicine and Scientific Research 4. Human Experimentation: Conflicts and Confluences 5. Organ and Tissue Transplantation: A Case Study in Distributive Justice Index

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Book SynopsisIs the advancement of scientific knowledge and the development of biomedical technologies - known as the 'New Medicine' - desirable? George P. Smith asks this fundamental question while also confronting the distribution of these scarce medical resources. Law, economics, medical science, philosophy and ethics all coalesce in this discussion of how to structure normative standards of conduct that will improve the quality of human life. The author begins by examining various economic constructs as aids for achieving a fair and equitable delivery of health care services. He then assesses their level of practical application and evaluates the costs and benefits to society of pursuing the development and use of the 'New Medicine'. The book ends with a case study of organ and tissue transplantation that illustrates the implementation of distributive justice. The author concludes that as long as clinical medicine maintains its focus on healing and alleviating suffering among patients, a point of equilibrium will be reached that advances the common good. This timely and compelling exploration will be a must-read for scholars, researchers, policymakers and all those interested in advances in medical technology and the issues surrounding access to health care.Trade Review'Smith has packed an incredible amount of information into this relatively short and clearly written book. His erudition is unquestionable, and his knowledge of current trends in medical technology and the ethical issues surrounding them is obvious on every page.' -- P. Jenkins, Choice'George P. Smith is one of the world's leading experts on the legal and ethical issues raised by modern medicine. His book is a wide-ranging and deeply informed and considered analysis of those issues, with particular emphasis on the inequality with which the benefits of modern medicine are bestowed on the sick. Knowledgeable as well about the technical aspects of the biomedical revolution, Smith writes with insight and authority, and offers a perspective that will influence the policy debates.' -- Richard A. Posner, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and University of Chicago Law School, US'While much has been written about the various issues addressed in this book - genetics, cloning, informed consent, organ donation - Smith's book moves beyond traditional legal analysis, tying these issues together by examining them through the lens of distributive justice. He thus provides the reader with a unique and valuable perspective on this important area. Distributive Justice and the New Medicine will be of interest to all those interested in health law and bioethics and in particular for those interested in distributive justice.' -- Belinda Bennett, Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development'Professor George P. Smith's Distributive Justice and the New Medicine is a major new work by one of the world's leading medical lawyers. This book brings important new insights into the complex area of rationing health care resources and should be read by anyone interested in seeking to create a just society.' -- Jonathan Herring, Exeter College, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Normative Standards and Health Care Resource Management 3. The New Medicine and Scientific Research 4. Human Experimentation: Conflicts and Confluences 5. Organ and Tissue Transplantation: A Case Study in Distributive Justice Index

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Book SynopsisWhile ethics has been addressed in the health care literature, relatively little attention has been paid to the subject in the field of social care. This book redresses the balance by examining theory, research, policy and practice in both fields. The analysis is set within the context of contemporary challenges facing health and social care, not only in Britain but internationally. Contributors from the UK, US and Australia consider ethical issues in health and social care research and governance; interprofessional and user perspectives; ethics in relation to human rights, the law, finance, management and provision; key issues of relevance to vulnerable groups such as children and young people, those with complex disabilities, older people and those with mental health problems and lifecourse issues - ethical perspectives on a range of challenging areas from new technologies of reproduction to euthanasia. This book is intended for academics, students and researchers in health and social care who need an up-to-date analysis of contemporary issues and debates. It will also be useful to practitioners in the public, private and voluntary sectors, including social workers, community workers, those working in the fields of disability and mental health and with older people.Trade Review"A compilation of essays written by a mix of academics and practitioners, the volume addresses the issue of ethics in both health and social care sectors. The editors argue that while debates on ethics have been addressed in healthcare publications, the field of social care has received scant attention. The aim of the book is to redress the balance. In this, it largely succeeds." Guardian Public"This book is an important contribution to the field of applied ethics ... The particular stength is its use of specialists to discuss particular areas of debate, offering useful guidlines to complex issues. It will undoubtedly be useful for students and workers across a range of professions related to health and social care." Health and Social Care in the Community Journal"This text is to be commended, with strong chapters relating to ethical dilemmas commonly addressed in the media and regularly confronted in health and social care. A stimulating read and one which will be of considerable use to students and practitioners." Susan Balloch, Professor of Health and Social Care, University of Brighton, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Introduction ~ Susan McLaren and Audrey Leathard (editors); Section one: Ethics: Research and provision in health and social care: Ethics and contemporary challenges in health and social care ~ Louise Terry; Ethical issues in health and social care research ~ Robert Stanley and Susan McLaren; Ethics: research governance for health and social care ~ Elaine Pierce; Ethics and primary health care ~ Charles Campion-Smith; Ethics and social care: political, organisational and inter-agency dimensions ~ Colin Whittington and Margaret Whittington; Ethics and interprofessional care ~ Audrey Leathard; Service users and ethics ~ Martin Stevens and Jill Manthorpe; Section two: Law, management and ethics in health and social care: Ethical and legal perspectives on human rights ~ Louise Terry; Multidisciplinary team practice in law and ethics: an Australian perspective ~ Robert Irvine and John McPhee; Ethics and the management of health and social care ~ Jeff Girling; Ethics and the social responsibility of institutions regarding resource allocation in health and social care: a US perspective ~ Mary Dombeck and Tobie Hittle Olsan; Ethics and charging for care ~ Bridget Penhale; Section three: Ethics: From the start of life to the end: Ethical challenges and the new technologies of reproduction ~ Brenda Almond: Ethics: caring for children and young people ~ David Hodgson; Ethical dilemmas in caring for people with complex disabilities ~ Keith Andrews; Mental health: safe, sound and supportive? ~ Jon Glasby, Helen Lester and Emily McKie; Ethics and older people ~ Anthea Tinker; Ethics and euthanasia ~ Clive Seale; Conclusion ~ Susan McLaren and Audrey Leathard.

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Book SynopsisThis is the second edition of the comprehensive guide to diabetes for nurses and is updated to take account of changes in dietary advice, legislation and terminology. The text addresses diabetes as both a biochemical disease and a psychosocial problem. It provides research-based information with suggestions for problem solving and planning. The book is divided into three sections. The first introduces diabetes and examines the altered physiology, the diagnosis, the treatments available and the complications of diabetes. The second section addresses the practice of patient education and the clinical management of diabetes. The third section puts diabetes in care into context. It examines the broader issues involved in diabetes care, including the psychological and ethical aspects of diabetes.Trade Review'...this is a very good book that provides a range of problem-solving strategies.' Professional NurseTable of ContentsDiagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus. The Treatment of diabetes. Complications of Diabetes. Education of The Person With Diabetes. Commonly Occurring Situations Which Make Diabetes More Difficult to Control. Care of Diabetes in Special Groups of People. Psychological Care. Diabetes care in The Community

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Book SynopsisWith contributions from: Eric Blyth, Ken Daniels, Julia Feast, Robert Lee, Nina Martin, Alexina McWhinnie, Derek Morgan, Clare Murray, Sharon Pettle, Claire Potter, Jim Richards and Francoise Shenfield The separation of procreation from conception has broadened notions of parenthood and created novel dilemmas. A woman may carry a foetus derived from gametes neither or only one of which came from her or her partner; or she may carry a foetus created using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with the purpose of handing it to two other parents one, neither or both of whom may be genetically related to the prospective child. Parents may consist of single-sex couples, only one of them genetically related to the child; the prospective mother may be past her menopause; and genetic parenthood after death is now achievable. In a world increasingly reliant on medical science, how can the argument that equates traditional with natural and novel with unnatural/unethical be justified? Should there be legislation, which is notoriously slow to change, in a field driven by dazzling new possibilities at ever faster rate; particularly when restrictions differ from country to country, so that those who can afford it travel elsewhere for their treatment of choice? Whose rights are paramount - the adults hoping to build a family or the prospective child(ren)s future well being? On what basis can apparently competing rights be regulated or adjudicated and how and to what extent can these be enforced in practice?Table of ContentsContributors. Foreword (Professor Susan Golombok). Introduction. Chapter 1: Assisted human reproduction: contemporary policy and practice in the UK (Eric Blyth, Nina Martin and Claire Potter). Chapter 2: Issues of gamete donation and sex selection: a clinician's view (Francoise Shenfield). Chapter 3: Ethical issues - the major faiths: a personal view (Jim Richards). Chapter 4: Human reproduction and human rights (Derek Morgan and Robert G. Lee). Chapter 5: Donor-assisted conception: what can we learn from adoption? (Julia Feast). Chapter 6: Children raised in assisted human reproduction families: the evidence (Clare Murray). Chapter 7: Disclosure and development: 'taking the bady home was just the beginning' (Alexina M. McWhinnie). Chapter 8: Psychological therapy and counselling with individuals and families afrter donor conception (Sharon A. Pettle). Chapter 9: Policy development in third party reproduction: an international perspective (Ken Daniels). Appendix: Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisHave you ever Wondered how to deal with a family that repeatedly fails to keep clinic appointments? Disagreed with colleagues over a proposed course of treatment for a child? Considered ways to 'bump' a child on a waiting to speed up their assessment? These are a few of the scenarios faced by clinicians in neurodisability on a daily basis. Ethics in Child Health explores the ethical dimensions of these issues that have either been ignored or not recognised. Each chapter is built around a scenario familiar to clinicians and is discussed with respect to how ethical principles can be utilised to inform decision-making. Useful "Themes for Discussion" are provided at the end of each chapter to help professionals and students develop practical ethical thinking. Ethics in Child Health offers a set of principles that clinicians, social workers and policy-makers can utilise in their respective spheres of influence.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 SECTION A: SETTING THE STAGE: ATTUNING MORAL AND ETHICAL THINKING 1 A parent’s perspective on everyday ethics 7 Jennifer Johannesen 2 Present-day health and neurodevelopmental disability 17Peter L. Rosenbaum and Gabriel M. Ronen with contributions by Barbara J. Cunningham 6 The importance of beliefs and relationships in the decision-making process 75 Howard Needelman and David Sweeney 7 Humanism in the practice of neurodevelopmental disability: examples of challenges and opportunities 85Garey Noritz 8 Truth with hope: ethical challenges in disclosing ‘bad’ diagnostic, prognostic and intervention information 97Iona Novak, Marelle Thornton, Cathy Morgan, Petra Karlsson, Hayley Smithers-Sheedy and Nadia Badawi SECTION C: ETHICAL ISSUES IN ADDRESSING FAMILIES’ PRIORITIES 9 Different perspectives, different priorities: using a strengths-based approach to gain trust and find common ground 111Dinah S. Reddihough and Jane Tracy 3 Can moral problems of everyday clinical practice ever be resolved? A proposal for integrative pragmatist approaches 33Eric Racine SECTION B: EARLY DAYS, THE START OF THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL JOURNEY 4 Prenatal consultation: ethical challenges and proposed solutions 49Jennifer Cobelli Kett, Hannah M. Tully and Dan Doherty 5 Evidence-based neonatal neurology: decision-making in conditions of medical uncertainty 61Isabelle Chouinard, Eric Racine and Pia Wintermark 10 The importance of patients’ and families’ narratives: developing a philosophy of care to support patient/family goals 123Jean C. Kunz Stansbury and Scott Schwantes SECTION D: RESPECTING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL VALUES 14 Terminology in neurodevelopmental disability: is using stigmatizing language harmful? 161Lisa Samson-Fang 15 Everyday ethics in Rwanda: perspectives on hope, fatigue, death and regrowth 169Emily Esmaili and Christian Ntizimira 16 When expectations diverge: addressing our cultural differences differently 177Laura S. Funkhouser with contributions by Suzanne Linett 17 Service provision for hard-to-reach families: what are our responsibilities? 193Michelle Phoenix 18 The obligation to report child abuse/neglect is more complex than it seems 203Lucyna M. Lach and Rachel Birnbaum 11 The ethics of patient advocacy: bending the rules on behalf of patients 133Raymond Tervo and Paul J. Wojda 12 Responding to requests for novel/unproven alternative and complementary treatments 143Edward A. Hurvitz and Garey Noritz 13 A miracle cure for neurological disability: balancing hype and hope for parents and patients in the absence of evidence-based recommendations 153Paul C. Mann, Russell P. Saneto and Sidney M. Gospe Jr. 19 The dilemmas for siblings of children with disabilities: personal reflections on ethical challenges 215Peter Blasco 20 Paying attention to parental mental health: is this our responsibility? 223Dinah S. Reddihough and Elise Davis SECTION E: THERAPIES, REHABILITATION AND INTERVENTIONS 21 Tensions regarding the processes associated with decision-making about intervention 233Lora Woo, Eunice Shen and Elizabeth Russel 22 Can’t you just do therapy? When there is disagreement about discharge from therapy 249Janey McGeary Farber and Harriet Fain-Tvedt 23 Concurrent therapy in pediatric neurorehabilitation 259Marilyn Wright, Sandra Gaik and Kathleen Dekker 24 Ethical considerations regarding surgical treatment of severe scoliosis in children with cerebral palsy 271M. Wade Shrader SECTION F: ETHICAL ISSUES IN SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AND CONTEXTS 25 Considering best interest, quality of life, autonomy and personhood in the intensive care unit 279Michael A. Clarke 26 How much is too much care? Interventions and life support in children with profound impairments and life-threatening conditions 291Christopher J. Newman and Eric B. Zurbrugg 27 Discussing sudden unexpected death in newly diagnosed epilepsy 303James J. Reese Jr. and Phillip L. Pearl 28 Ethical challenges of diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: when diagnosis has sociopolitical consequences 311Ilona Autti-Rämö SECTION G: EMERGING INDEPENDENCE AND PREPARING FOR ADULTHOOD 29 Growth and pubertal manipulation in children with neurodisabilities: what are the ethical implications? 323M. Constantine Samaan 30 Independence in adulthood: ethical challenges in providing transitional care for young people with neurodevelopmental impairments 335Jan Willem Gorter and Barbara E. Gibson 31 Conservatorship in emerging adults: ethical and legal considerations 349Henry G. Chambers Epilogue: Looking back to the future 353Bernard Dan

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