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Medical profession
Hardback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDP; MBP; MJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702778
- ISBN
- 9781501702778
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Condition: New
€ 40.25
€ 40.25
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
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€ 74.36
€ 74.36
Paperback. Draws insights from both religious and feminist scholarship in order to propose fresh approaches to the ethics of medical care. This title embraces an "ethics of care", which regards emotional engagement in the lives of others as basic to discerning what we ought to do on their behalf. Editor(s): Cates, Diana Fritz; Lauritzen, Paul. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown Univ Pr
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408252
- ISBN
- 9780878408252
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Condition: New
€ 72.69
€ 72.69
Paperback. This volume covers the following topics: moral standings of animals, history of the methods of argumentation, knowledge of the animal mind, nature and value of regulatory structures, and how respect for animals can be converted from theory to action in the laboratory. Editor(s): Gluck, John P.; DiPasquale, Tony; Orlans, F. Barbara. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; MBDC; MZF; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531377
- ISBN
- 9781557531377
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.09
€ 16.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. Where should physicians get their ethics? While the Hippocratic Oath continues to be cited by a wide array of professional associations, scholars, and medical students, the author contends that the pledge is such an offensive code of ethics that it should be summarily excised from the profession. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019461
- ISBN
- 9781589019461
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Condition: New
€ 71.54
€ 71.54
The Story of Bioethics. From Seminal Works to Contemporary Exploration...
. Ed(S): Walter, Jennifer K.; Klein, Eran P.
Paperback. A collection that is based on the notion that the future of bioethics is inseparable from its past. It features a number of the pioneers in bioethics who reflect on their early work and how they fit into the past and future of bioethics. It provides a broad overview of the history and the state of the field. Editor(s): Walter, Jennifer K.; Klein, Eran P. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878401383
- ISBN
- 9780878401383
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Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. Used primarily to decide to abort a fetus that would have been born with mental or physical impairments, prenatal tests arguably reinforce discrimination against and misconceptions about people with disabilities. This title presents a debate about prenatal testing and selective abortion. Editor(s): Parens, Erik; Asch, Adrienne. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBDC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408047
- ISBN
- 9780878408047
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Condition: New
€ 73.10
€ 73.10
The Health Care Professional as Friend and Healer: Building on the Wor...
. Ed(S): Thomasma, David C.; Kissell, Judith ...
paperback. Illuminates issues in medical ethics revolving around the complex bond between healer and patient, focusing on friendship and other important values in the healing relationship. This book explores the role of the health professional, the moral basis of health care, and greater emphasis on the humanities in medical education. Editor(s): Thomasma, David C.; Kissell, Judith Lee. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408108
- ISBN
- 9780878408108
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Condition: New
€ 72.80
€ 72.80
Hardcover. Profiles 30 careers for students interested in becoming physicians. Series: Careers in focus. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBD; VSC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ferguson Publishing
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816080274
- ISBN
- 9780816080274
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Condition: New
€ 52.84
€ 52.84
Hardback. Editor(s): Weisz, George. Series: Culture, Illness & Healing. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792305668
- ISBN
- 9780792305668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.55
€ 246.55
Hardback. Religious beliefs and attitudes have long been recognized as playing an important role in sexual functioning. This volume features essays that bring the views of sex counsellors, therapists. theologians, and bioethicists to bear on the relationship between religion and sexuality. Editor(s): Green, Ronald M. Series: Theology and Medicine. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317524
- ISBN
- 9780792317524
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Condition: New
€ 226.51
€ 226.51
Hardback. Offers an effective operational model of informed consent. This text examines and evaluates, in detail, the agendas, arguments and supporting materials of its proponents and detractors. It reviews empirical studies of informed consent, and reflects on the common clinician experience. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792320296
- ISBN
- 9780792320296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.73
€ 126.73
Hardback. Progress in biomedical science has called for an international discussion, addressed in this volume, of the medical, ethical, and legal problems that confront physicians, medical researchers, infertile couples, pregnant women, and parents of premature or disabled infants. Editor(s): Beller, Fritz K.; Weir, Robert F. Num Pages: 418 pages, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321651
- ISBN
- 9780792321651
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Condition: New
€ 195.10
€ 195.10
Hardback. Focusing on the concept of consensus, this text reflects on the difficulties and complexity of moral decision-making, offers views on the problem of why decision-making does not take place more harmoniously and asks if there can be any hope of a solution. Editor(s): Bayertz, Kurt. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326151
- ISBN
- 9780792326151
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Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardback. Despite reservoirs of moral discourse about duties in religious communities, professional caregiving traditions, and philosophical perspectives, the dominant moral language in contemporary biomedical ethics is that of 'rights'. This book presents a continual engagement of theological, professional, and philosophical understandings of the duties. Editor(s): Campbell, Courtney S.; Lustig, B. Andrew. Series: Theology and Medicine. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326380
- ISBN
- 9780792326380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.79
€ 193.79
Hardback. Reviews both the background bioethical debates and the elements of the public policy making process that are essential to understanding New York's experience with the DNR law. This book features: debates between the exponents and critics of the law; and, case studies that examine the impact of New York's DNR law on hospitals and patients. Editor(s): Baker, Robert; Strosberg, Martin A. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 472 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDC; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329954
- ISBN
- 9780792329954
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Condition: New
€ 74.32
€ 74.32
Hardback. Highlights the importance of trust in physician-patient relationships. This book is of interest to moral philosophers, physicians, religious ethicists, and theologians. It is also suitable for use as a textbook and as supplementary reading in graduate courses in philosophy of medicine, theological ethics, and medical ethics. Series: Theology and Medicine. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331445
- ISBN
- 9780792331445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.03
€ 126.03
Hardback. Suitable for bioethicists, public policy analysts, lawyers and theologians, this title provides a summary of international and regional developments on specific topics in bioethics. It covers: new reproductive technologies, abortion, maternal-fetal conflicts, case of severely disabled newborns, consent of treatment and experimentation, and more. Series: Bioethics Yearbook. Num Pages: 433 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 433
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792332374
- ISBN
- 9780792332374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.56
€ 243.56
Hardback. Deals with the relevance of 'embodiment' to bioethics, considering both the historical development and contemporary perspectives on the mind-body relation. This book emphasises on the importance of the body in defining personal identity as well as on the role of social context in shaping experience of the body. Editor(s): Sowle Cahill, Lisa; Farley, Margaret A. Series: Theology and Medicine. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792333425
- ISBN
- 9780792333425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.74
€ 191.74
Hardback. This second survey of pre-20th century modern medical ethics presents historical research and philosophical analyses of the evolution of medical ethics in 19th-century America, and the development of a different, but parallel, tradition of medical jurisprudence in 19th-century Britain. Editor(s): Baker, Robert. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335283
- ISBN
- 9780792335283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Paperback. This second survey of pre-20th century modern medical ethics presents historical research and philosophical analyses of the evolution of medical ethics in 19th-century America, and the development of a different, but parallel, tradition of medical jurisprudence in 19th-century Britain. Editor(s): Baker, Robert. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335290
- ISBN
- 9780792335290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
Hardback. "Sanctity of life" and "human dignity" are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in bioethical discussions. This work provides the reader with analyses of these two concepts from different philosophical, professional and cultural points of view. Editor(s): Bayertz, Kurt. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337393
- ISBN
- 9780792337393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.13
€ 247.13
Hardback. This text brings together a diverse group of clinicians, theologians, and philosophers to examine the use of reproductive technologies in the light of the Roman Catholic moral tradition and recent teaching. Editor(s): Wildes, Kevin Wm. Series: Philosophy and Medicine / Catholic Studies in Bioethics. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340614
- ISBN
- 9780792340614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
hardcover. The essays in this volume, while exploring bioethical issues bearing on death and dying, the use of scarce resources, and genetic interventions, also compare approaches to bioethics in Japan versus Western countries. Editor(s): Hoshino, Kazumasa. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341123
- ISBN
- 9780792341123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.20
€ 192.20