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Medical profession
Paperback. This book is the British Medical Association's statement on the ethics related to care of the elderly, written and reviewed by a panel of renowned medical ethicists. As such it is an authoritative and considered reference, written in an accessible, non jargon so as to be useful for anyone charged with looking after the elderly. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG; MBDC; MQCL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176279
- ISBN
- 9781405176279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.23
€ 40.23
Hardback. Drawing on core concepts from bioethics, political philosophy, public health, sociology, and medicine, this timely book lays the groundwork for a new vision of official disaster response based on preventing and minimizing the need for coercive action. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885518
- ISBN
- 9780801885518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.08€ 46.40
€ 50.08
€ 46.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Peset, Jose Luis; Guillen, Diego Gracia. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141104
- ISBN
- 9789048141104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.33
€ 186.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 158 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JKSN1; JNF; JNMN; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319483627
- ISBN
- 9783319483627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.76
€ 38.76
Hardback. This volume is a multidisciplinary and multinational collection of papers on aspects of genetic screening, with special reference to the situation in Europe. Starting from the situation in practice, the book proceeds to examine what lessons, if any, can be learned from historical precedents. Editor(s): Chadwick, Professor Ruth; Shickle, Darren; Have, H. A. Ten; Wiesing, Urban. Series: Library of medical ethics & theoretical medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792356141
- ISBN
- 9780792356141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.85
€ 192.85
hardcover. Deriving from a Hastings Center research project, this text explores the ethical aspects of decisions made by hospital trustees. Editor(s): Jennings, Bruce; Sharpe, Virginia Ashby; Gray, Bradford Hitch; Fleischman, Alan R. (New York Academy of Science, New York, USA); Kaebnick, Gregory E.; Callahan, Daniel. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, Nine illustrations--covers of Hospital Management magazine--all to appear at the end of C. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781589010154
- ISBN
- 9781589010154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
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
€ 126.15
€ 126.15
The Ethics of New Reproductive Technologies. Cases and Questions.
Dooley, Dolores; Etc.; Dalla-Vorgia, Panagiot...
Hardback. Structured around a variety of guided activities and real-life cases, this text presents an introduction to the ethical implications of new reproductive technologies. Written by a team of European ethicists, lawyers, and clinical practitioners, it addresses such topics as donor insemination, embryo Series: Teaching Ethics: Material for Practioner Education. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: MBDC; MFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815996
- ISBN
- 9781571815996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.98
€ 156.98
Paperback. Steven J. Jensen is associate professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston and specializes in the areas of ethics and medieval philosophy. He is the author of Good and Evil Actions: A Journey through Saint Thomas Aquinas (CUA Press). Editor(s): Jensen, Steven J. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813218748
- ISBN
- 9780813218748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.10
€ 35.10
Paperback. This anthology examines the normative and conceptual issues raised by recent innovation in human reproduction, including such practices as in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, and parenting through contract (surrogate motherhood). Editor(s): Alpern, Kenneth D. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MFKC; MQW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and sunning
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- SKU
- KOC0011097
- ISBN
- 9780195074352
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. This book investigates some of the ethical, legal and social challenges raised by research biobanking. It presents a comprehensive look at the issue of biobanking in an analogical approach and clarifies the institutional nature of research biobanks. Editor(s): Solbakk, Jan Helge; Holm, Dr. Soren; Hofmann, Bjorn. Num Pages: 375 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387938714
- ISBN
- 9780387938714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.18
€ 246.18
The Ethics of Screening in Health Care and Medicine. Serving Society o...
Juth, Niklas (G??Teborgs Universitet, Sweden ...
Paperback / so. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400738126
- ISBN
- 9789400738126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.52
€ 188.52
The Ethics of Screening in Health Care and Medicine: Serving Society o...
Juth, Niklas; Munthe, Christian. Ed(S): Munth...
hardcover. This book applies philosophical methods of conceptual analysis to the ethical, political and philosophical questions that surround health-oriented screening programs, including issues that arise when health care interacts with other societal institutions. Editor(s): Munthe, Christian. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400720442
- ISBN
- 9789400720442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.54
€ 188.54
Paperback. The Ethics of Sport explores moral issues that arise in sports in a manner that is accessible to a wide audience but which also explores and evaluates arguments on different sides of major controversies in the world of sports, such as the controversy over the use of performance enhancing drugs. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; LNJS; MBDC; WSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190270193
- ISBN
- 9780190270193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.40
€ 14.99
€ 12.40
The Ethics of Terminal Care. Orchestrating the End of Life.
Loewy, Erich H.; Springer Loewy, Roberta
Hardback. While much about life is biologically determined, much else is determined by the social circumstances surrounding it. This volume examines some of the medical social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die. It covers topics such as attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; and hospice and pain management. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306464355
- ISBN
- 9780306464355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.94
€ 69.94
Paperback. Inter-disciplinary in approach. Blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. Constructs a thorough picture of the procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments. Includes a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible advantages and risks related to the new eugenics. Editor(s): MacKellar, Calum; Bechtel, Christopher. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332029
- ISBN
- 9781785332029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Hardback. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments, including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible advantages & risks related to the new eugenics. Editor(s): MacKellar, Calum; Bechtel, Christopher. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782381204
- ISBN
- 9781782381204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.36
€ 157.36
Hardback. An examination of the morality surrounding the issue of diagnosis and treatment of illness in utero. In this text, the author also critically analyses writings over the past 20 years by ten North American theologians on moral dilemmas in prenatal diagnosis. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; MBDC; MJTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819197801
- ISBN
- 9780819197801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.40
€ 129.40
Hardback. This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521957
- ISBN
- 9780742521957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.18€ 85.98
€ 103.18
€ 85.98
paperback. A collection of articles, essays, speeches and testimony, chronicling the start of America's national debate on genetics. It begins with selections from Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis, then looks to the future, moving on to the questions surrounding the debate over human cloning and stem cells. Editor(s): Kristol, William; Cohen, Eric. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521964
- ISBN
- 9780742521964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.21
€ 30.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. Num Pages: 136 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; MBDC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629872
- ISBN
- 9780745629872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.71
€ 21.71
Hardback. In this book Jurgen Habermas - the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today - takes up the question of genetic engineering and its ethical implications and subjects it to careful philosophical scrutiny. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; MBDC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629865
- ISBN
- 9780745629865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.65
€ 52.65
Paperback. Asks basic questions about the purposes and ends of medicine and shows that the answers have practical implications for health care delivery, medical research, and the education of medical students. This book touches on a range of diverse issues such as genetic technology, Chinese medicine, care of the elderly, and prevention and public health. Editor(s): Hanson, Mark J.; Callahan, Daniel. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408450
- ISBN
- 9780878408450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.17
€ 72.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807035047
- ISBN
- 9780807035047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.05
€ 26.99
€ 20.05