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This analysis of the law's approach to healthcare decision-making critiques its liberal foundations in respect of three categories of people: adults with capacity, adults without capacity and adults who are subject to mental health legislation. Focussing primarily on the law in England and Wales, the analysis also draws on the law in the United States, legal positions in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland and on the human rights protections provided by the ECHR and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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To what extent should we use technology to try to make better human beings? Because of the remarkable advances in biomedical science, we must now find an answer to this question. Human enhancement aims to increase human capacities above normal levels.
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Advances in medical treatment now enable physicians to prolong life to a previously unknown extent, however in many instances these new techniques mean not the saving of life but prolonging the act of dying. In the eyes of many, medical technology has run out of control and contributes to unnecessary suffering.
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Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, have more stamina, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. To some of us, these prospects are heartening; to others, they are dreadful.
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University researchers in the United States seeking to observe, survey, or interview people are required first to complete ethical training courses and submit their proposals to an institutional review board (IRB) that has the power to demand modifications under the threat of the denial of funding, degrees, or promotion. This volume explains how this system of regulation arose and discusses its chilling effects on research in the social sciences and humanities.
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News of financial entanglements among biomedical companies and researchers has increasingly called into question the worth and integrity of medical studies, nearly three-fifths of which are funded by industry. This volume assesses the ethical, quantitative, and qualitative questions posed by the current financing of biomedical research.
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"Three Shots at Prevention" explores the national arguments and global disputes surrounding the hotly controversial HPV vaccine. The most common sexually transmitted infection, HPV causes cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus.
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"Three Shots at Prevention" explores the national arguments and global disputes surrounding the hotly controversial HPV vaccine. The most common sexually transmitted infection, HPV causes cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus.
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In vrijwel elk decennium wordt wel de vraag gesteld naar het bestaansrecht van ethici en wordt hun expertise ook door ethici zelf ter discussie gesteld. Sommigen twijfelen openlijk aan het nut van ethici en hun ethische expertise, omdat hun inbreng niet meer gewicht in de schaal legt dan wat een gemiddelde burger naar voren zou brengen.
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Ethical issues facing anesthesiologists are more far-reaching than those involving virtually any other medical specialty. In this clinical ethics textbook, authors from across the USA, Canada and Europe draw on ethical principles and practical knowledge to provide a realistic understanding of ethical anesthetic practice.
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This is a complete guide on how to become a health care professional. This book is also meant to be a tool for professionals as they continue in their own pursuit of lifelong involvement in their chosen healthcare profession, as well as students they will be supervising in the clinical arena.
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This new edition of The Cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook builds on the success of the first edition by working from the 'bottom up', with a widely praised case-based approach. A variety of guided exercises are supplemented by short papers and commentaries on legal and ethical issues, challenging readers to develop their own analyses and recommendations.
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Are you confused about medical ethics and law? Are you looking for a definitive book that will explain clearly medical ethics and law? This book offers a unique guide to medical ethics and law for applicants to medical school, current medical students at all stages of their training, those attending postgraduate ethics courses and clinicians involved in teaching. It provides comprehensive coverage of the core curriculum (as recently revised) and clear demonstration of how to pass examinations, both written and practical.
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