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Medical profession
paperback. This book explores the problematic triangle between doctors, patients and the illness, using illustrations from internal medicine, nephrology, cardiology, oncology and neurology. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343950
- ISBN
- 9780792343950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardback. As the field of bioethics has matured, increasing attention is being paid to how bioethical issues are treated in different moral and religious traditions and in different regions of the world. This volume discusses theological developments from 1992 to 1994 in Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Hindu, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, and Latter-Day Saint. Editor(s): Lustig, B. Andrew. Series: Bioethics Yearbook. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344285
- ISBN
- 9780792344285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.15
€ 193.15
Germ-Line Intervention and Our Responsibilities to Future Generations
. Ed(S): Agius, Emmanuel; Busuttil, S.
Hardback. Raises a number of ethical issues concerning the impact of genetic engineering on generations yet to be born. This volume focuses on the concept of human nature: theological and secular perspectives, genetic intervention and the common heritage view, and social responsibilities of geneticists towards future generations. Editor(s): Agius, Emmanuel; Busuttil, S. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348283
- ISBN
- 9780792348283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.99
€ 190.99
Hardback. A study of the medical ethics of John Gregory (1724-1773). It shows how Gregory invented professional medical ethics and, in the process, the concept of the profession of medicine as a fiduciary profession. It provides a biography of Gregory, placing his medical ethics in its eighteenth-century contexts of Scottish Enlightenment history. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349174
- ISBN
- 9780792349174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
hardcover. The essays in the volume explore the potentials and problems of forming consensus at various levels of health care in modern pluralist societies. They demonstrate the clinical, institutional and political context of consensus regarding ethical issues. Editor(s): Have, Henk A. M. J. ten; Sass, Hans-Martin. Series: Philosophy and 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: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349440
- ISBN
- 9780792349440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
John Gregory's Writings on Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine
Laurence B. . Ed(S): McCullough
Hardback. Includes John Gregory's "Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician" and on the "Method of Prosecuting Enquiries in Philosophy", and "Lectures on the Duties and Qualifications of a Physician". This title includes an introduction on Gregory's medical ethics and philosophy of medicine. Editor(s): McCullough, Laurence B. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792350002
- ISBN
- 9780792350002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. Tries to show that problematic evaluations of new technologies such as IVF may be as dangerous as no evaluation at all. This book offers an extensive evaluation of four prominent institutional assessments of IVF. It reveals how inadequate assessments may produce policies that are not in the public's best interests. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351160
- ISBN
- 9780792351160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.36
€ 191.36
Hardback. Modern medicine increasingly transforms the body and makes use of body parts for diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive purposes. This book addresses the moral issues regarding ownership of the human body. It reviews the ownership issues arising in clinical care (for example, donation policies and autopsy) and biomedical research. Editor(s): Have, Henk A. M. J. ten; Welie, Jos V. M. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351504
- ISBN
- 9780792351504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.00
€ 192.00
Paperback. In the Netherlands, euthanasia is legal, and doctors can openly and intentionally end the life of their patients. This book addresses the debate among Dutch physicians, policy-makers, lawyers, and bioethicists, as well as families, using academic papers as well as personal experiences. Editor(s): Thomasma, David C.; Kushner, Thomasine; Kimsma, G.L. (Free University Amsterdam, Medical Faculty, The Netherlands); Ciesielski-Carlucci, C. Num Pages: 588 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 281 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351863
- ISBN
- 9780792351863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.61
€ 125.61
Hardback. Tracing the rapid growth of knowledge and practice in human and medical genetics, this book raises significant questions about the social and ethical readiness of scientists, physicians, and others to make appropriate decisions concerning the utilization of this new genetic knowledge and technique. Editor(s): Fortun, Michael; Mendelsohn, Everett. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792353331
- ISBN
- 9780792353331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.68
€ 191.68
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
€ 192.38
€ 192.38
Hardback. Features essays compassing the views of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Locke, as well as such methodological approaches as the phenomenology of the body, natural law theory, and legal theory. This book explores the theoretical, normative, and historical foundations for alternative policies for procurement and transplantation of human organs. Editor(s): Cherry, Mark J. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357018
- ISBN
- 9780792357018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.01
€ 195.01
Hardback. Includes essays that discuss clinical ethics consultation. Editor(s): Zaner, Richard M. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 22
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357056
- ISBN
- 9780792357056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.46
€ 125.46
Hardback. Explores Confucian views regarding the human body, health, virtue, suffering, suicide, euthanasia, 'human drugs', human experimentation, and justice in health care distribution. This volume is of interest to the readers of bioethics, ethics, and Confucianism, as well as for philosophers and other scholars already familiar with the subject. Editor(s): Fan, Ruiping. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357230
- ISBN
- 9780792357230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.74
€ 193.74
Hardback. Clouser challenged many established approaches to moral theory and offered strategies for integrating the humanities into professional education, especially that of physicians and nurses. The contributions in this text contain a critical review of Clouser's work. Editor(s): Kopelman, Lorreta. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 263 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358534
- ISBN
- 9780792358534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.26
€ 192.26
Ethical Issues in Health Care on the Frontiers of the Twenty-First Cen...
. Ed(S): Wear, Stephen; Bono, James J.; Logue...
Hardback. Covers the topics such as: the dilemma of funding health care; the human genome project, and the physician/patient relationship. This edition focuses on the most fundamental unit of care - 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: 3JM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362777
- ISBN
- 9780792362777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.08
€ 196.08
hardcover. Editor(s): Friedman, Eli A. Series: Legal and Ethical Concerns in Medicine. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBQ; MJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365709
- ISBN
- 9780792365709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardback. 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; MMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365785
- ISBN
- 9780792365785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.69
€ 128.69
Hardback. Offers a study of ethical questions regarding mass screening, vaccination, and health policy programmes. This book provides an overview of moral problems in preventive medicine. It argues that moral concerns about prevention cannot be adequately grasped in terms of strict and binding moral norms. It is intended for professionals in public health. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366911
- ISBN
- 9780792366911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.05
€ 127.05
Bioethics and Moral Content, National Traditions of Health Care Morali...
. Ed(S): Engelhardt, H. Tristram; Rasmussen, ...
Hardback. Explores the plurality of moral perspectives shaping bioethics. This book includes contributions from Hong Kong, China, Japan, Texas, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. It offers a perspective of the range of approaches to bioethics. It brings into question whether there is unambiguously one ethics for bioethics to apply. Editor(s): Engelhardt, H. Tristram; Rasmussen, L. M. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368281
- ISBN
- 9780792368281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.22
€ 193.22
Hardback. This volume contains all the contributions from an international symposium in 1999 on the ethical issues facing the medical community: when and how to die, whose life to preserve, whether to modify genes to create life, and how to pay for it all. Editor(s): Willich, Stefan N.; Elm, Susanna. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369042
- ISBN
- 9780792369042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.29
€ 126.29
Hardback. Offers an understanding of the nature and the impact of sexual boundary violations. This book provides evidence that the embodiment of sexual violation experience is informed by situated logic and rationality. It argues that the universe of socio-culturally constituted meaning and that of scientifically constructed knowledge are incompatible. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; MBDC; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370192
- ISBN
- 9780792370192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.47
€ 196.47
Hardback. Examines critically the poverty of medical ethics. This book documents how commercialization of research, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, leads to seriously distorted information being disseminated to physicians. It makes radical proposals for reforming these problems. Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Temple, Norman J.; Shergill, Iqbal S. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370840
- ISBN
- 9780792370840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.67
€ 128.67
Paperback. This work documents how commercialized research, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, leads to seriously distorted information being disseminated to physicians. The book contrasts the exaggerated merits of certain medical practices with the clear advantages of a prevention approach. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792371038
- ISBN
- 9780792371038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.36
€ 123.36