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What makes a good doctor Are there bad doctors out there - and if so how do we protect patients from them Can we inject more information, more trust and more assured competence into the medical system to solve these problems Drawing on his years of dealing with patient concerns, Ron Paterson tackles these important questions.

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One woman's powerful story of how her mother's death saved her life.

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The philosophical method is critical to ethics consulting. To be truly effective, ethicists need grounding in ethics theory, abstract reasoning and conceptual analysis. This work helps ethicists to understand problems from practitioners' points-of-view, and allows for an appreciation of the working life of practitioners.

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This volume is a collection of fourteen essays investigating the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of directives, the role of professionals in making and honoring them, policy issues that need to be addressed, and future directions which directives may take.

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James Harvey Young, the foremost expert on the history of medical frauds, finds quackery in the 1990s to be more extensive and insidious than in earlier and allegedly more naive eras. The modern quack isn't an outrageous-looking hawker of magic remedies operating from the back of a carnival wagon, but he knows how to use antiregulatory sentiment an

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This comprehensive introduction provides nursing students and practitioners with a firm grounding in the applied ethics of caring for vulnerable older people, and a thorough explanation and application of the policies, frameworks, standards and laws that govern safeguarding and care in the UK.

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.Written for health care professionals who want to learn more about ethics but who have not had extensive training in philosophical theory, this unique volume explores what ethics has to offer the practicing physician, nurse, and allied health care worker.

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A work by the author who has made the thanatology his consuming interest.

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and general readers in public libraries.

This easily accessible reference describes court cases, legislation, public policies, technologies, issues, key government agencies, and private organizations dealing with the complex economic, cultural, social, and political context for biomedical decisionmaking today.

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As society struggles to cope with the many repercussions of assisted life and death, the evening news is filled with stories of legal battles over frozen embryos and the possible prosecution of doctors for their patients' suicide.

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A well-organized, thoughtful, and logical discussion of a difficult ethical issue frequently encountered by clinicians.

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Walton has made a successful attempt to write about medical concerns without ever leaving the layperson to flounder in confusion.

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A work about the depth and complexity of the ethical issues that arise in illness and medicine. It provides an alternative to the abstract debates about principles and consequences that have long dominated ethical thought. It is suitable for those touched by illness or suffering.

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This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Medical Ethics contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on ethical reasoning and its key components; medical ethics, professional medical ethics, and bioethics; and topics in clinical ethics.

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The first volume in the rapidly growing field of philosophy of medicine to focus on the relationship between knowledge and clinical practice and policy.

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The first volume in the rapidly growing field of philosophy of medicine to focus on the relationship between knowledge and clinical practice and policy.

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Philosophical debates over the fundamental principles that should guide life-and-death medical decisions usually occur at a considerable remove from the tough, real-world choices made in hospital rooms, courthouses, and legislatures. This title seeks to change that.

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Responding to the increased public interest in the moral aspects of medical practice, this collection of essays focuses on questions of justice and injustice in the delivery and distribution of medical care and on problems concerning the rights of patients in their relationship to doctors, medical institutions, and government. Originally published

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This bibliography presents studies of nonmedical factors (patient, clinician, and practice variables) that influence medical decision-making. A chapter on methodological considerations in medical decision-making research and a chapter on models of medical decision-making are included.

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Every day, newspapers and television news programs present stories on the latest controversies over healthcare and medical advances, but they do not have the space to provide detailed background on the issues. This book provides an overview of the most controversial areas of healthcare.