In spite of rapid technological advances and widespread media coverage, the moral issues raised by our choices over life and death in health care remain obscure. This book aims to provide concise, provocative and accessible guide to these moral issues. The author assesses the choices taken by health care professionals, patients and clients which lead to the shortening of life. She does this by drawing on a number of highly topical and controversial real-life examples which include: euthanasia and letting die; the problem of patients in a persistent vegetative state; abortion and the...
In spite of rapid technological advances and widespread media coverage, the moral issues raised by our choices over life and death in health care rema...
Teacher Motivation: Theory and Practice provides a much needed introduction to the current status and future directions of theory and research on teacher motivation. Although there is a robust literature covering the theory and research on student motivation, until recently there has been comparatively little attention paid to teachers. This volume draws together a decade of work from psychological theorists and researchers interested in what motivates people to choose teaching as a career, what motivates them as they work with students in classrooms, the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic...
Teacher Motivation: Theory and Practice provides a much needed introduction to the current status and future directions of theory and research on teac...
Teacher Motivation: Theory and Practice provides a much needed introduction to the current status and future directions of theory and research on teacher motivation. Although there is a robust literature covering the theory and research on student motivation, until recently there has been comparatively little attention paid to teachers. This volume draws together a decade of work from psychological theorists and researchers interested in what motivates people to choose teaching as a career, what motivates them as they work with students in classrooms, the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic...
Teacher Motivation: Theory and Practice provides a much needed introduction to the current status and future directions of theory and research on teac...
Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer are rare, both in original form and in print. This edited collection of 255 letters, written by seamen in the British Navy and their correspondents between 1793 and 1815, gives voice to a group of men whose lives and thoughts are otherwise mostly unknown. The letters are extremely valuable for the insights which they give into aspects of life below decks and the subjects close to the writers' hearts: money matters, ties with home and homesickness. They also provide eye-witness accounts of events during a tumultuous and important period...
Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer are rare, both in original form and in print. This edited collection of 255 letters, written ...
The Ethics of Pregnancy, Abortion and Childbirth addresses the unique moral questions raised by pregnancy and its intimate bodily nature. From assisted reproduction to abortion and 'vital conflict' resolution to more everyday concerns of the pregnant woman, this book argues for pregnancy as a close human relationship with the woman as guardian or custodian. Four approaches to pregnancy are explored: 'uni-personal', 'neighborly', 'maternal' and 'spousal'. The author challenges not only the view that there is only one moral subject to consider in pregnancy, but also the idea that...
The Ethics of Pregnancy, Abortion and Childbirth addresses the unique moral questions raised by pregnancy and its intimate bodily nature. ...
