Every accredited American hospital is required to have a mechanism for handling ethical concerns; most hospitals satisfy this requirement by constituting an institutional healthcare ethics committee (HEC), a pattern which is repeated in most western countries. This text provides…
"Completely revised and updated, the fifth edition of Practicum and Internship is an eminently practical resource that provides students and supervisors with thorough coverage of the theoretical and practical aspects of the practicum and internship process. New in this edition a…
Questions about the dignity of the human person give rise to many of the most central and hotly disputed topics in bioethics. In this book, the author investigates whether each human being has intrinsic dignity and whether the very concept of "dignity" has a useful place in cont…
"Every day clinicians encounter ethical dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient care. This timely Fourth Edition will give you expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan even when competing points of view have equal merit.…
"Every day clinicians encounter ethical dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient care. This timely Fourth Edition will give you expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan even when competing points of view have equal merit.…
"Every day clinicians encounter ethical dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient care. This timely Fourth Edition will give you expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan even when competing points of view have equal merit.…
"Every day clinicians encounter ethical dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient care. This timely Fourth Edition will give you expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan even when competing points of view have equal merit.…
"Every day clinicians encounter ethical dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient care. This timely Fourth Edition will give you expert guidance in approaching a wide range of ethical dilemmas and developing an action plan even when competing points of view have equal merit.…
At the heart of 'Punishing Disease' is a central question: Why punishment? Although public health and medical institutions are designed to manage epidemics and viruses, punishment as an institution is built to manage crime. The tools designed for one job - pills versus handcuffs…
"The first volume in this revised suite of the best-selling MRCP PACES revision guides is now fully updated. It reflects both feedback from PACES candidates as to which cases frequently appear in each station. Also taken into account is the new marking system introduced in which…
"The first volume in this revised suite of the best-selling MRCP PACES revision guides is now fully updated. It reflects both feedback from PACES candidates as to which cases frequently appear in each station. Also taken into account is the new marking system introduced in which…