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Another volume in the 'Library of the Midwife' series. In this one you will find a discussion of the psychological skills necessary in the work of a midwife, including the function of interpersonal communication, the required assertive and negotiation skills, the issue of stress in her work....

Pregnancy and the birth of a child are one of the most beautiful and at the same time most difficult periods in a person's life. Although this period is short in comparison to the whole of life, lasting only about nine months, there are many dangers "lurking" for mother and child during this time. Z...

Wise care for a dying patient is one in which the quality and fullness of life is nurtured until the end. It is care that is chosen in an informed and planned way, taking into account the progression of the illness, changes in the caring environment and the medical and...

When leaning over a neonate in the intensive care unit who is dying or who is about to die in an inpatient hospice or at home, we should call to mind the contents of the chapters in this book. Superbly selected, by the scientific editors, authors with different...

To read or not to read? In relation to the presented publication, the answer is clear: read and encourage others to read. Which is also emphasised in the Foreword by the JM Rector of the Jagiellonian University, Prof. Dr. habil. n. med. Wojciech Nowak:: "I present to you the publication ...

This publication will be an excellent resource for members of the interdisciplinary palliative care team, especially nurses, who play an important role, often a leadership one, in this team. The knowledge presented will provide them with the tools to exercise...

Palliative medicine deals with the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of symptoms that accompany progressive and life-threatening diseases. As a new field of knowledge, it is developing rapidly, with a need to update the information that relates to it....

A patient with a terminal illness requires a specific, individualised way of caring for them to keep them active for as long as possible, taking into account the preferences and wishes of the patient and their family. Patients in the end-stage of their illness usually remain...

A Practical Guide to Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care is dedicated to the treatment and psychological, social and spiritual support for patients with chronic illnesses that cause suffering to patients and loved ones....

Biotechnological experiments on 'human material'1 are therefore linked to a particular socio-cultural, legal, scientific and religious responsibility, as they potentially awaken a logic of self-creation that can lead to the exclusion of ...

The dynamic development of biology, medicine and technology is one of the main reasons for the ethical reflection on interference with the natural processes of life, which has led to the emergence of a new interdisciplinary field - bioethics. This approach combines scientific knowledge with the values of ...

There is still no single clear answer to the question of at what point in the development of human life we can speak of a human being. It is not obvious to everyone that a new human being begins to exist at the moment of conception. Treating the prenatal period as a phase in which, according to ...

The study covers the scope of the concept and the meaning and development of bioethics, its impact on social life as well as on other areas of human life. The arguments for the development of medical science and the use of new therapeutic methods are presented, as well as...

The aim of this article is to attempt a natural approach based on the categories of bioethics, namely the quality of life, the value of human life and the sanctity of life (the quality of life constitutes its sanctity). Through an in-depth analysis of the biological aspect of right and wrong and...

Man is now confronted with ethical problems which hitherto ethics either failed to recognise at all or, if it did, made no serious attempt to resolve. The role of medicine (and thus the importance of the problems associated with it in...