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This historical and cultural analysis of premedical education in the United States is the crucial first step in questioning the appropriateness of continuing a hundred-year-old, empirically dubious pedagogical model for the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNM; MBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894169
- ISBN
- 9780801894169
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Based on sound, proven strategies and peppered throughout with illustrative examples, Practical Plans for Difficult Conversations in Medicine provides the tools and knowledge necessary to start and sustain a genuine conversation at a moment when the first thought is "I have no idea what to say now." Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895579
- ISBN
- 9780801895579
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
This considered, balanced discussion will interest scholars of bioethics, public health, and health policy. Editor(s): Murray, Thomas H.; Johnston, Josephine. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801896262
- ISBN
- 9780801896262
Condition: New
€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Paperback. Innovative and practical, A Medical Teacher's Manual for Success is an essential resource for medical school faculty members who want to teach well. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10, 7 black & white line drawings, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897665
- ISBN
- 9780801897665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.20
€ 36.20
Talking with Patients and Families About Medical Error
Truog, Robert D.; Browning, David M.; Johnson...
Narrative examples of common situations demonstrate how conversations about medical error can lead to healing. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: LNTJ; MBDC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898044
- ISBN
- 9780801898044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Based on the latest empirical research, Wrong Medicine continues to guide a broad range of health care professionals through the challenges of providing humane end-of-life care. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898501
- ISBN
- 9780801898501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.42
€ 73.42
Paperback. Based on the latest empirical research, Wrong Medicine continues to guide a broad range of health care professionals through the challenges of providing humane end-of-life care. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898518
- ISBN
- 9780801898518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.04
€ 42.04
Paperback. The Catholic Church has cared for the sick and dying of the world as an extension of the healing ministry of Jesus. This book is collection of contemporary essays that represent the efforts of Catholic scholarship in the field of health care and medical ethics. It addresses topics such as artificial reproduction, contraception, abortion, and more. Editor(s): Morris, John F. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813214832
- ISBN
- 9780813214832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71
Paperback. Considers some of the difficult and disputed questions in Catholic moral theology. This work addresses classic dilemmas including the morality of the procedure known as craniotomy, and of various treatments for tubal pregnancy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217185
- ISBN
- 9780813217185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
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
€ 34.49
€ 34.49
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
€ 131.94
€ 131.94
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
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
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
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
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
€ 228.22
€ 228.22
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
€ 190.61
€ 190.61
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
€ 192.90
€ 192.90
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
€ 126.01
€ 126.01
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
€ 191.14
€ 191.14
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
€ 248.60
€ 248.60
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
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
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
€ 247.55
€ 247.55
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
€ 126.93
€ 126.93
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
€ 128.52
€ 128.52
Hardback. This volume provides a critical overview of the nature of nanotechnology and its applications in the biomedical sciences, as well as the philosophical and ethico-legal issues it raises. The articles are an exploration by scholars from various disciplines. Editor(s): Jotterand, Fabrice. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MQW; PSAD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402086489
- ISBN
- 9781402086489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.35
€ 190.35