wyszukanych pozycji: 100
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Reproduction, Technology, and Rights
ISBN: 9780896033269 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 157 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Reproduction, Technology, and Rights, philosophers and ethicists debate the central moral issues and problems raised by today's revolution in reproductive technology. Leading issues discussed include the ethics of paternal obligations to children, the place of in vitro fertilization in the allocation of health care resources, and the ethical implications of such new technologies as blastomere separation and cloning. Also considered are how parents and society should respond to knowledge gained from prenatal testing and whether or not the right to abort should relieve men of the duty to...
In Reproduction, Technology, and Rights, philosophers and ethicists debate the central moral issues and problems raised by today's revolution in repro...
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534,05 |
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Care of the Aged
ISBN: 9781617374449 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In virtually all the developed countries of the Western world, people are living longer and reproducing less. At the same time, costs for the care of the elderly and infirm continue to rise dramatically. Given these facts, it should come as no surprise that we are experi encing an ever-increasing concern with questions relating to the proper care and treatment of the aged. What responsibilities do soci eties have to their aging citizens? What duties, if any, do grown chil dren owe their parents? What markers should we use to determine one's status as "elderly"? Does treatment of pain in aged...
In virtually all the developed countries of the Western world, people are living longer and reproducing less. At the same time, costs for the care of ...
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444,86 |
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Alternative Medicine and Ethics
ISBN: 9780896034402 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Leading bioethicists and philosophers examine and debate the question of how the health care system should deal with using complimentary and alternative medicines. The distinguished authorities writing here both defend and criticize alternative medicine, with some arguing that the medical system should change substantially in order to accommodate alternative medicine, and others claiming that virtually all alternative treatments are worthless. In the heat of the debate many fundamental issues are raised concerning our health care system, among them the questions of therapeutic effectiveness,...
Leading bioethicists and philosophers examine and debate the question of how the health care system should deal with using complimentary and alternati...
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404,42 |
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Privacy and Health Care
ISBN: 9780896038783 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Western societies generally recognize both a legal and a moral right to privacy. However, at the present time there is no settled opin ion in the United States regarding how these rights should relate to medical information. On the one hand, virtually everyone agrees that one' s medical records should not be open to just any interested person' s inspection. On the other hand, most also agree that some sacrifices in medical privacy are necessary for scientific advancement, public health protection, and other social goals. However, what limits should be set upon those sacrifices, and how those...
Western societies generally recognize both a legal and a moral right to privacy. However, at the present time there is no settled opin ion in the Unit...
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534,05 |
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Care of the Aged
ISBN: 9781588292407 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In virtually all the developed countries of the Western world, people are living longer and reproducing less. At the same time, costs for the care of the elderly and infirm continue to rise dramatically. Given these facts, it should come as no surprise that we are experi encing an ever-increasing concern with questions relating to the proper care and treatment of the aged. What responsibilities do soci eties have to their aging citizens? What duties, if any, do grown chil dren owe their parents? What markers should we use to determine one's status as "elderly"? Does treatment of pain in aged...
In virtually all the developed countries of the Western world, people are living longer and reproducing less. At the same time, costs for the care of ...
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404,42 |
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Allocating Health Care Resources
ISBN: 9781475744798 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, leading authorities and researchers expose the basic philosophical, ethical, and economic issues underlying the current health care debate. The contributors wrestle with such complicated issues as whether it is ethical to ration health care, the morality of the worldwide bias against children in allocating health care resources, whether sin taxes can be defended morally, and how to achieve a just health care system. The book also includes an insightful analysis of the Clinton health care reform plan. ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES will be of...
In ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, leading authorities and researchers expose the basic philosophical, ethical, and economic issues underlying the c...
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202,19 |
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Mental Illness and Public Health Care
ISBN: 9781617373107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 149 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Is the involuntary commitment of the mentally ill morally proper? How can we determine proper psychiatric care in a managed health care system? And can a mental health professional violate patient's confidentiality when they believe a patient is a threat to someone? In six non-ideological essays, leading bioethicists, including one with practical experience in medical administration, search for clear moral and legal guidelines for dealing with the complex issues presented when treating mentally ill patients. Objective and readily understandable, Mental Illness and Public Health Care...
Is the involuntary commitment of the mentally ill morally proper? How can we determine proper psychiatric care in a managed health care system? And ca...
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202,19 |
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Allocating Health Care Resources
ISBN: 9780896032606 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, leading authorities and researchers expose the basic philosophical, ethical, and economic issues underlying the current health care debate. The contributors wrestle with such complicated issues as whether it is ethical to ration health care, the morality of the worldwide bias against children in allocating health care resources, whether sin taxes can be defended morally, and how to achieve a just health care system. The book also includes an insightful analysis of the Clinton health care reform plan. ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES will be of...
In ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, leading authorities and researchers expose the basic philosophical, ethical, and economic issues underlying the c...
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266,99 |
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Build Your Playbook for Managing Supply Chain Transactions: With Desktop Tools, References and Sample Forms
ISBN: 9780692412947 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. BUILD, EVALUATE OR REDESIGN YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSACTIONS USING THE PLAYBOOK APPROACH In -PLAYBOOK- the authors apply their decades of experience with procurement, supply chains, contract management and risk mitigation to provide a well-defined methodology for safely and effectively entering into and managing supply chain transactions from -cradle to grave-. There is often a gap between the theory of supply chain management and its actual application in a contracting or commercial context. In -PLAYBOOK-, the authors bridge that gap and provide a clear process for engaging in sound supply...
BUILD, EVALUATE OR REDESIGN YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSACTIONS USING THE PLAYBOOK APPROACH In -PLAYBOOK- the authors apply their decades of experience wit...
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161,81 |
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What Is Disease?
ISBN: 9780896033528 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 361 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Renowned philosophers and medical ethicists debate and discuss the profoundly important concepts of disease and health. Christopher Boorse begins with an extensive reexamination of his seminal definition of disease as a value-free scientific concept. In responding to all those who criticized this view, which came to be called "naturalism" or "neutralism," Boorse clarifies and updates his landmark ideas on this crucial question. Other distinguished thinkers analyze, develop, and oftentimes defend competing, nonnaturalistic theories of disease. Their combined thoughts review and update an issue...
Renowned philosophers and medical ethicists debate and discuss the profoundly important concepts of disease and health. Christopher Boorse begins with...
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534,05 |
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Mental Illness and Public Health Care
ISBN: 9781588290212 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 149 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Is the involuntary commitment of the mentally ill morally proper? How can we determine proper psychiatric care in a managed health care system? And can a mental health professional violate patient's confidentiality when they believe a patient is a threat to someone? In six non-ideological essays, leading bioethicists, including one with practical experience in medical administration, search for clear moral and legal guidelines for dealing with the complex issues presented when treating mentally ill patients. Objective and readily understandable, Mental Illness and Public Health Care...
Is the involuntary commitment of the mentally ill morally proper? How can we determine proper psychiatric care in a managed health care system? And ca...
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202,19 |
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Stem Cell Research
ISBN: 9781588294012 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This interdisciplinary collection of essays deals with the moral issues associated with stem cell research. Renowned philosophers and medical ethicists debate and discuss the profoundly important concepts of the on-going debate between the pro- and anti- stem cell research factions and introduce the principal arguments used by both sides of the dispute. Also discussed are the preeminent issues that arise with the arguments for and against the moral propriety of stem cell research.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays deals with the moral issues associated with stem cell research. Renowned philosophers and medical ethicist...
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534,05 |
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The Regeneration Imperative: Revitalization of Built and Natural Assets
ISBN: 9781482231212 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book on urban regeneration takes an approach that captures the increasing urbanization of modern living in all parts of the world. Revitalization of built and natural surroundings needs to take place to achieve resilient environmental, social, and economic success. The book looks at proactive natural and built regeneration strategies to increase biocapacity as well as contribute to quality urbanism. Adapting and coping approaches found within big city success stories illustrate the challenges of modern urban living. This book on urban regeneration takes an approach that captures the increasing urbanization of modern living in all parts of the world. Revitalizat... |
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592,52 |
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The Regeneration Imperative: Revitalization of Built and Natural Assets
ISBN: 9780367737498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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251,77 |
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Reproduction, Technology, and Rights
ISBN: 9781475764031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 157 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Reproduction, Technology, and Rights, philosophers and ethicists debate the central moral issues and problems raised by today's revolution in reproductive technology. Leading issues discussed include the ethics of paternal obligations to children, the place of in vitro fertilization in the allocation of health care resources, and the ethical implications of such new technologies as blastomere separation and cloning. Also considered are how parents and society should respond to knowledge gained from prenatal testing and whether or not the right to abort should relieve men of the duty to...
In Reproduction, Technology, and Rights, philosophers and ethicists debate the central moral issues and problems raised by today's revolution in repro...
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202,19 |
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A History of Western Philosophy of Education in Antiquity
ISBN: 9781350365865 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A History of Western Philosophy of Education comprises five volumes which traces the development of philosophy of education through Western culture and history. The historical periods covered are: Antiquity (500BCE-500CE) The Middle Ages and Renaissance (1000-1600) The Age of Enlightenment (1700-1850) The Modern Era (1850-1914) The Contemporary Landscape (1914-present) Focusing on philosophers who have theorized education and its implementation, the series constitutes a fresh, dynamic, and developing view of educational philosophy. It expands our educational possibilities by...
A History of Western Philosophy of Education comprises five volumes which traces the development of philosophy of education through Western culture an...
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140,28 |
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Physician-Assisted Death
ISBN: 9780896032651 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 155 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted...
Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the ye...
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266,99 |
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Physician-Assisted Death
ISBN: 9781617370021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 155 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted...
Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the ye...
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202,19 |
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Human Cloning
ISBN: 9780896035652 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Human Cloning a panel of distinguished philosophers, medical ethicists, religious thinkers, and social critics tackle the thorny problems raised by the now real possibility of human cloning. In their wide ranging reviews, the distinguished contributors critically examine the major arguments for and against human cloning, probe the implications of such a procedure for society, and critically evaluate the "Report and Recommendations of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission." The debate includes both religious and secular arguments, as well as an outline of the history of the cloning...
In Human Cloning a panel of distinguished philosophers, medical ethicists, religious thinkers, and social critics tackle the thorny problems raised by...
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266,99 |
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Democracy and Defiance: Ranciere, Lefort, Abensour and the Antinomies of Politics
ISBN: 9781474477239 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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129,89 |