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Paperback. The Perfect Baby is the most popular introduction to ethical issues in genetics. This new edition has been updated to discuss and debate advances in high tech reproduction, genetic testing, gene therapy, human cloning, and stem cell research. It includes a new epilogue by cloning pioneer Ian Wilmut and Glenn McGee. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JF; MBDC; MFK; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697595
- ISBN
- 9780847697595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.40
€ 36.40
Hardcover. This volume explores the many ethical issues involving the elderly, their care, and their role in society - urgent concerns that have only recently come to the forefront. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBDC; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896032019
- ISBN
- 9780896032019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.65
€ 135.65
Paperback. With hospital medicine growing rapidly in both scale and complexity, the learning curve for students is steeper, while experienced physicians are often called upon to act as mentors and caregivers in areas outside their primary fields of expertise. Editor(s): Goldberger, Ary L.; Goldberger, Zachary D. Series: Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118011430
- ISBN
- 9781118011430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.49
€ 91.49
Hardcover. In this book, Susanne Lundin explores the murky world of organ trade. She tracks exploited farm workers in Moldova, prosecutors in Israel and surgeons in the Philippines. Utilizing unique source material she depicts a rapidly growing organ market characterized by both advanced medical technology and human trafficking. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBDC; MBQ; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539847
- ISBN
- 9781137539847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.03
€ 77.03
Hardcover. Ectogenesis refers to the artificial gestation of a fetus outside the womb. Despite certain advantages for women's reproductive liberty, feminist groups remain divided regarding this technology. This book argues that reproduction imposes unjust burdens on women, and thus the ideals of equal opportunity demand continued research into ectogenesis. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; MBDC; MFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549860
- ISBN
- 9781137549860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
hardcover. This text explores the field of medical ethics and health care decision-making through hypothetical case studies. The volume covers a variety of issues including HIV, the health care rights of minors, consent and confidentiality, assisted reproductive technology, and research ethics. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9781402000881
- ISBN
- 9781402000881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.98
€ 132.98
Hardback. Offers a variety of explorations on the nature of the human person as related to health care, medicine, and mental health. This book collects different viewpoints about the intriguing puzzle that is the concept of person, human dignity, and the place human beings hold in the goals of healing and the social structures of medical delivery. Editor(s): Thomasma, David C.; Weisstub, David N.; Herve, Christian. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 466 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402000980
- ISBN
- 9781402000980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.51
€ 236.51
Hardback. Part of the trilogy on aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. This work examines some of the most emotive topics in the study of aging: assessing quality of life, improving end-of-life care, palliative care, euthanasia, and consent to research. Editor(s): Weisstub, David N.; Thomasma, David C.; Gauthier, Serge; Tomossy, George F. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001826
- ISBN
- 9781402001826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.45
€ 199.45
Hardback. Addresses a number of issues - the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genetics - from the perspective of the scientific community itself. It also discusses bioethical methods and is aimed at philosophers, bioethicists, geneticists and also science policymakers, since it addresses broad policy issues. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002014
- ISBN
- 9781402002014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.87
€ 199.87
Paperback. Challenges one of the most widely accepted conclusions of contemporary bioethics: the position that brain death marks the death of the human person. This work features eleven chapters by physicians, philosophers, and theologians, who present the case against brain-based criteria for human death. Editor(s): Potts, Michael; Byrne, P.A. (Neonatologist, St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, OH, USA); Nilges, R.G. (Retired Neurologist, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA). Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402003660
- ISBN
- 9781402003660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.67
€ 130.67
Ethical Issues in Health Care on the Frontiers of the Twenty-first Cen...
. Ed(S): Wear, Stephen; Bono, James J.; Logue...
Paperback. Focusing on issues that can have a fundamentally pivotal character as we move into the new millennium, this work covers three main topic areas: the dilemma of funding health care; the human genome project; and the physician/patient relationship. Editor(s): Wear, Stephen; Bono, James J.; Logue, Gerald (Logue,Gerald Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA Edited by); McEvoy, Adrianne (Department of Philosphy, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA). Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402003677
- ISBN
- 9781402003677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 198.28
€ 198.28
Cross-cultural Perspectives on the (Im)Possibility of Global Bioethics
Julia Tao Lai . Ed(S): Po-Wah
Hardback. Evaluates the controversy between the claim that there is a common morality accepted by all and the opposing view that there are different moral visions and moral rationalities, within which complex bioethical issues demand a solution. This book analyzes the impact of moral loss and moral diversity on the character of bioethics. Editor(s): Po-Wah, Julia Tao Lai. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402004988
- ISBN
- 9781402004988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.63
€ 257.63
Hardback. Provides an analysis of both the concept of autonomy and the principle of respect for autonomy. This book focuses on autonomy in non-decision making situations - patient control over small everyday aspects of care, authenticity and existential aspects of illness, and autonomy and the 'ethics of care'. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402009846
- ISBN
- 9781402009846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.14
€ 132.14
Hardback. Employs philosophical and historical perspectives to shed light on classic social, ethical, and philosophical issues raised with renewed urgency against the backdrop of the mapping of the human genome. Editor(s): Parker, Lisa S.; Ankeny, Rachel A. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010408
- ISBN
- 9781402010408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.54
€ 256.54
The Ethics of Managed Care. Professional Integrity and Patient Rights....
. Ed(S): Bondeson, W. B.; Jones, James W., Md
Hardback. Provides a philosophical and historical analysis of the development and situation of managed care. This book discusses the relationship between physician professionalism and patient rights to affordable, high quality care. It analyses the development of the philosophical, social, and economic issues of managed care. Editor(s): Bondeson, W. B.; Jones, James W., MD. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010453
- ISBN
- 9781402010453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.49
€ 131.49
Hardback. Captures an exchange between Paul Ramsey and his prominent colleagues. This volume is a vehicle for conversation and argument about issues of human birth, life, suffering, and death. Editor(s): Stenberg, Mark; Vaux, Sara A. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010538
- ISBN
- 9781402010538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.13
€ 133.13
Hardback. Brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced. This work develops a theoretical basis for public health and then examines cutting-edge issues of practice that include social and political issues of public health. Editor(s): Boylan, Michael. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017629
- ISBN
- 9781402017629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.45
€ 199.45
Paperback. Intended for those interested in a review of the field of bioethics. This book is useful for philosophers who wish to understand the conceptual issues in health care ethics, and for bioethicists who wish to understand classical problems in philosophy that have a bearing on health care ethics. Editor(s): Khushf, George. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 570 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018930
- ISBN
- 9781402018930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 202.81
€ 202.81
Hardback. Discusses about the sedation of dying patients, with contributions from distinguished bioethicists, doctors and nurses with experience of terminal sedation, some, in favour of, and others in strong opposition to, voluntary euthanasia. This book contains strong defences by very competent thinkers of the most important and influential positions. Editor(s): Tannsjo, Torbjorn. Series: Developments in Hydrobiology. Num Pages: 148 pages, 148 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402021237
- ISBN
- 9781402021237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.94
€ 130.94
Hardback. Combines ethics and political philosophy in its approach to patient selection for transplantable organs. This book addresses the question of whether we should choose between lives on the basis of fair chances or best outcomes. It argues that final selection criteria should be based on fair chances. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402029707
- ISBN
- 9781402029707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.09
€ 132.09