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Birth to Death: Science and Bioethics
ISBN: 9780521555562 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The explosive growth of science and medicine in recent times has raised a host of ethical issues. This book reviews major advances in biology and medicine and explores their ethical implications. Organized by stage of human life--from birth to death--it guides the reader through the critical issues that face our technologically advanced society. Each section contains a sketch of the scientific research in a particular field and then discusses the issues that challenge our ethical and moral principles, social frameworks, and public policies. A world-class group of contributors from biology,...
The explosive growth of science and medicine in recent times has raised a host of ethical issues. This book reviews major advances in biology and medi...
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278,60 zł |
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The Health Care Professional as Friend and Healer: Building on the Work of Edmund D. Pellegrino
ISBN: 9780878408108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book illuminates issues in medical ethics revolving around the complex bond between healer and patient, focusing on friendship and other important values in the healing relationship. Embracing medicine, philosophy, theology, and bioethics, it considers whether bioethical issues in medicine, nursing, and dentistry can be examined from the perspective of the healing relationship rather than external moral principles. Distinguished contributors explore the role of the health professional, the moral basis of health care, greater emphasis on the humanities in medical education, and... This book illuminates issues in medical ethics revolving around the complex bond between healer and patient, focusing on friendship and other impor... |
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264,10 zł |
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The Influence of Edmund D. Pellegrino's Philosophy of Medicine
ISBN: 9789048147960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This volume is dedicated to the philosophy of medicine advanced by Edmund D. Pellegrino, a renowned physician educator and philosopher. Pellegrino's thinking about the philosophy of medicine centers on the importance of illness in the life of the patient, and the professional relationship established by promising to alleviate suffering. From this relationship norms are established that contribute to the staying power of medicine as a moral enterprise.
Chapters are included from established thinkers and newcomers to the field, all of whom have been influenced by Pellegrino. Some chapters... This volume is dedicated to the philosophy of medicine advanced by Edmund D. Pellegrino, a renowned physician educator and philosopher. Pellegrino's t...
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389,09 zł |
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The Variables of Moral Capacity
ISBN: 9789048166770 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Moral capacity is an important feature of what it means to be human. In this volume, the contributors have taken on the daunting task of trying to distinguish between legal and moral capacity. This distinction is difficult at times for clinicians, philosophers and legal scholars alike. Part of the challenge of defining moral capacity lies in the difficulty of adequately categorizing it. For this reason, the editors have chosen to divide the book into three parts. The first looks at the concepts involved in the discussion of moral capacity; the second considers the role of moral capacity in...
Moral capacity is an important feature of what it means to be human. In this volume, the contributors have taken on the daunting task of trying to dis...
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583,65 zł |
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The Christian Virtues in Medical Practice
ISBN: 9780878405664 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Christian health care professionals in our secular and pluralistic society often face uncertainty about the place religious faith holds in today's medical practice. Through an examination of a virtue-based ethics, this book proposes a theological view of medical ethics that helps the Christian physician reconcile faith, reason, and professional duty. Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma trace the history of virtue in moral thought, and they examine current debate about a virtue ethic's place in contemporary bioethics. Their proposal balances theological ethics, based on the... Christian health care professionals in our secular and pluralistic society often face uncertainty about the place religious faith holds in today's ... |
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162,31 zł |
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The Virtues in Medical Practice
ISBN: 9780195082890 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In recent years, virtue theories have enjoyed a renaissance of interest among general and medical ethicists. This book offers a virtue-based ethic for medicine, the health professions, and health care. Beginning with a historical account of the concept of virtue, the authors construct a theory of the place of the virtues in medical practice. Their theory is grounded in the nature and ends of medicine as a special kind of human activity. The concepts of virtue, the virtues, and the virtuous physician are examined along with the place of the virtues of trust, compassion, prudence, justice,...
In recent years, virtue theories have enjoyed a renaissance of interest among general and medical ethicists. This book offers a virtue-based ethic for...
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328,17 zł |
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The Variables of Moral Capacity
ISBN: 9781402025518 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Moral capacity is an important feature of what it means to be human. In this volume, the contributors have taken on the daunting task of trying to distinguish between legal and moral capacity. This distinction is difficult at times for clinicians, philosophers and legal scholars alike. Part of the challenge of defining moral capacity lies in the difficulty of adequately categorizing it. For this reason, the editors have chosen to divide the book into three parts. The first looks at the concepts involved in the discussion of moral capacity; the second considers the role of moral capacity in...
Moral capacity is an important feature of what it means to be human. In this volume, the contributors have taken on the daunting task of trying to dis...
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583,65 zł |
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Aging: Decisions at the End of Life
ISBN: 9781402001826 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines examine some of the most emotive topics in the study of aging: assessing quality of life, improving end-of-life care, palliative care, euthanasia, and consent to research.
Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, an...
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583,65 zł |
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Personhood and Health Care
ISBN: 9781402000980 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 451 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH CARE This book arose as a result of a pre-conference devoted to the topic held June 28, 1999 in Paris, France. The pre-conference preceded the Annual Congress of the International Academy ofLaw and Mental Health. Other chapters were solicited after the conference in order to more completely explore the relation of personhood to health care. The pre conference was held in honor of Yves Pelicier who led so many of our French colleagues in medicine, philosophy, and ethics as Christian Herve notes in his Tribute. As health care is aimed at healing persons, it is important to...
PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH CARE This book arose as a result of a pre-conference devoted to the topic held June 28, 1999 in Paris, France. The pre-conferenc...
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700,39 zł |
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Aging: Caring for Our Elders
ISBN: 9781402001819 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address some of the major issues in elder care facing modern nations: familial duties of care, the future of social welfare systems, housing, dementia, abuse and neglect.
Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics,...
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583,65 zł |
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Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change
ISBN: 9781402001802 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social health policy. How we approach and understand "aging" will have indelible effects on existing and future elder citizens. Acknowledging the cultural variances that exist in the human experience of aging is therefore of vital importance in order to...
Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Librar...
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583,65 zł |
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Aging: Decisions at the End of Life
ISBN: 9789048158980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines examine some of the most emotive topics in the study of aging: assessing quality of life, improving end-of-life care, palliative care, euthanasia, and consent to research.
Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, an...
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583,65 zł |
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Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change
ISBN: 9781402001833 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social health policy. How we approach and understand "aging" will have indelible effects on existing and future elder citizens. Acknowledging the cultural variances that exist in the human experience of aging is therefore of vital importance in order to respond to individual...
Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law...
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778,22 zł |
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Aging: Caring for Our Elders
ISBN: 9789048158973 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address some of the major issues in elder care facing modern nations: familial duties of care, the future of social welfare systems, housing, dementia, abuse and neglect.
Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics,...
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583,65 zł |
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Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change
ISBN: 9789048158966 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social health policy. How we approach and understand "aging" will have indelible effects on existing and future elder citizens. Acknowledging the cultural variances that exist in the human experience of aging is therefore of vital importance in order to...
Culture, Health, and Social Change is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Librar...
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583,65 zł |
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Personhood and Health Care
ISBN: 9789048158584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 451 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH CARE This book arose as a result of a pre-conference devoted to the topic held June 28, 1999 in Paris, France. The pre-conference preceded the Annual Congress of the International Academy ofLaw and Mental Health. Other chapters were solicited after the conference in order to more completely explore the relation of personhood to health care. The pre conference was held in honor of Yves Pelicier who led so many of our French colleagues in medicine, philosophy, and ethics as Christian Herve notes in his Tribute. As health care is aimed at healing persons, it is important to...
PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH CARE This book arose as a result of a pre-conference devoted to the topic held June 28, 1999 in Paris, France. The pre-conferenc...
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700,39 zł |
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Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia
ISBN: 9780792351863 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 588 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. claim was that he had faced a conflict of duties pitting his legal duty not to kill against his duty as a physician to relieve his patient's unbearable suffering. He was acquitted on the important grounds of conflict of duty. These grounds are based on a concept in Dutch law called "force majeure" 4 which recognizes extenuating circumstances such as conflicts of duty. The acquittal was upheld by the Lower Court of Alkmaar, but revoked by an Amsterdam court of appeal. The case went on to the Supreme Court, but before the Supreme Court's decision was issued, the Royal Dutch Medical Association...
claim was that he had faced a conflict of duties pitting his legal duty not to kill against his duty as a physician to relieve his patient's unbearabl...
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389,09 zł |
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The Influence of Edmund D. Pellegrino's Philosophy of Medicine
ISBN: 9780792344124 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This volume is dedicated to the philosophy of medicine advanced by Edmund D. Pellegrino, a renowned physician educator and philosopher. Pellegrino's thinking about the philosophy of medicine centers on the importance of illness in the life of the patient, and the professional relationship established by promising to alleviate suffering. From this relationship norms are established that contribute to the staying power of medicine as a moral enterprise.
Chapters are included from established thinkers and newcomers to the field, all of whom have been influenced by Pellegrino. Some chapters... This volume is dedicated to the philosophy of medicine advanced by Edmund D. Pellegrino, a renowned physician educator and philosopher. Pellegrino's t...
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cena:
389,09 zł |
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