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  • Organization Ethics in Health Care

    by Edward M. Spencer, Ann E. Mills, Mary V. Rorty, Patricia H. Werhane ...
    The ethical aspects of the operation of healthcare organizations (HCOs) are central to the delivery of health care. Organization Ethics in Health Care begins by assessing the shortcomings of clinical ethics, business ethics, and professional ethics as a basis for solving problems that have emerged in healthcare delivery systems since the advent of managed care. The text focuses on the meaning of ... Read more

    $60.79 CAD

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    How Medicine Changed the End of Life

    by Haider Warraich ...
    "Elegant and poignant . . . [Warraich] succeeds in humanizing a complex topic and gives us remarkable insights about the changing nature of 'modern death'." ―Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times –bestselling author of The Emperor of All MaladiesThere is no more universal truth in life than death but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today's modern age.... ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Health Humanities Reader

    by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood, Rhonda L. Soricelli, Lisa Keränen, Michael Sappol, Shelley Wall, Martha Stoddard Holmes, Joseph N. Straus, Martin F. Norden, Felicia Cohn, Martha Montello, John Lantos, Amy Haddad, Rebecca Garden, Mark Clark, Howard Brody, Jack Coulehan, Rosemarie Tong, Sander L. Gilman, Gretchen A. Case, Alice Dreger, Marjorie Levine-Clark, Susan M. Squier, Rafael Campo, Sayantani DasGupta, Jonathan M. Metzl, Daniel Goldberg, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Thomas R. Cole, Benjamin Saxton, E. Ann Kaplan, Jerald Winakur, Bradley Lewis, Anne Hudson Jones, Michael Rowe, Ian Williams, Tod Chambers, Raymond C. Barfield, Lucy Selman, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Audrey Shafer, Catherine Belling, Paul Root Wolpe, Jeff Nisker, Julie M. Aultman, Michael Blackie, Erin Gentry Lamb, Alan Bleakley, Jay Baruch, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Bernice Hausman, Allison B. Kavey, Rebecca J. Hester ...
    Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • A Joosr Guide to… The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

    by Joosr ...
    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.Henrietta Lacks lived an unremarkable life, but ... Read more

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  • The Ethics of Surgical Practice

    Cases, Dilemmas, and Resolutions

    by James W. Jones, Laurence B. McCullough, Bruce W. Richman ...
    Surgical ethics is the application of ethics to issues specific to surgery. This volume provides a collection of clinical case studies representing a wide range of the ethical issues surgeons confront today. It is an excellent text for teaching surgical ethics to surgical residents and medical students and a fascinating read for practicing surgeons. It is intended to engage the reader into ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD

  • Ethical Issues in Rural Health Care

    Edited by Craig M. Klugman, Pamela M. Dalinis ...
    Series series Bioethics
    Klugman and Dalinis initiate a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural United States.This volume initiates a much-needed conversation about the ethical and policy concerns facing health care providers in the rural United States. Although 21 percent of the population lives in rural areas, only 11 percent of physicians practice there. ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Practical Autonomy and Bioethics

    by James Stacey Taylor ...
    Series series Routledge Annals of Bioethics
    This is the first volume in which an account of personal autonomy is developed that both captures the contours of this concept as it is used in social philosophy and bioethics, and is theoretically grounded in, and a part of, contemporary autonomy theory. James Stacey Taylor’s account is unique as it is explicitly a political one, recognizing that the attribution of autonomy to agents is dependent ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • On the Nature of Health

    An Action-Theoretic Approach

    by L.Y Nordenfelt ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    GENERAL INTRODUCTION This study of the concept of health is an attempt to combine central ideas in modern philosophy of medicine with certain results from analytical action theory. What emerges from the study is a concept 'of health based on an action-theoretic foundation. A person's health is characterized as his ability to achieve his vital goals. The general conception is not new. This study ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Telling Genes

    The Story of Genetic Counseling in America

    by Alexandra Minna Stern ...
    The history of contemporary genetic counseling, including its medical, personal, and ethical dimensions.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLFor sixty years genetic counselors have served as the messengers of important information about the risks, realities, and perceptions of genetic conditions. More than 2,500 certified genetic counselors in the United States work in ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in African Americans®

    by Elijah Saunders, MD, Wallace R. Johnson, MD ...
    Studies have shown that hypertension appears to be more prevalent in African Americans and that this population group may have different outcomes from conventional treatments. Thus, hypertension in African Americans demands unique treatment considerations. This handy, pocket-sized reference reviews the intricacies of diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in the African-American population, with ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes®, 2nd edition

    by Christopher P. Cannon, MD ...
    Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the United States. Acute coronary syndromes are a group of conditions and disorders that are associated with myocardial infarction. This handbook explores the many disorders that constitute acute coronary syndromes, including angina, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, and heart disease, and features current information of symptoms, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Technicians of Human Dignity

    Bodies, Souls, and the Making of Intrinsic Worth

    by Gaymon Bennett ...
    Series series Just Ideas
    Technicians of Human Dignity traces the extraordinary rise of human dignity as a defining concern of religious, political, and bioethical institutions over the last half century and offers original insight into how human dignity has become threatened by its own success. The global expansion of dignitarian politics has left dignity without a stable set of meanings or referents, unsettling ... Read more

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