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This book takes a case-based palliative care approach to discuss common and important topics in the investigation, investigation and treatment of children with serious illness. Each chapter includes a discussion of diagnosis, key points to remember and selected...

Recent scientific developments, particularly advances in pharmacogenetics and molecular genetics, have resulted in numerous predictive procedures for detecting predisposition to disease in patients. The aim of this volume is to analyse issues related to ...

Few things require more knowledge, delicacy and compassion than caring for an infant, child or young adult with a life-limiting illness. This practical guide, written by leading researchers, clinicians from relevant disciplines,...

Talking openly with sick and dying children about their illness is always difficult and often painful. Dietrich Niethammer, a prominent paediatric oncologist, explains why it is so important to speak frankly and respectfully to young patients about their illness. The crux of this...

The second edition of Medical Ethics addresses a wide range of important bioethics issues in an accessible way and introduces the reader to the latest developments. It includes an accessible introduction for beginners, offering a combination of important established essays and new essays....

The medical care of the terminally ill is one of the most emotive and controversial issues facing the public today. As medicine advances and technology develops, end-of-life care is becoming increasingly individualised....

This textbook addresses the topic of death and dying from the late 20th to early 21st century, with a particular focus on the United States. Respect for patients' values has been identified as an important moral component of clinical decision-making. It is apparent that the promise of ...

This book is a collection of original, interdisciplinary essays on medical error. Given the complexity of understanding medical error, preventing it and responding to it ethically, the scope of this book is quite broad. The co-authors are top...

Issues in medical ethics, from moral dilemmas surrounding euthanasia and the morality of killing, to political dilemmas such as the fair distribution of healthcare, are rarely beyond the reach of today's media. This area of ethics covers a wide range of...

Written by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this accelerated course is a valuable tool. It includes both brief overviews and detailed explanations of issues and topics that are fundamental to ethics....

death as part of life and to make the process of dying as bearable as possible. Central to this conflict is the development of scientific medicine and the decline of religious discourses and associated morals. Many Anglo-Saxon countries are characterised by ...

This book challenges notions of dignity and informed consent and discusses new insights into the categories that allow ethical debates in medicine to overcome morality.... The book argues that we need to be careful when thinking about situations in terms of concepts and...

Autonomy is a fundamental principle of medical law and ethics. It occupies an important place in the whole medico-legal and ethical debate. This book reviews the main issues of medical law, highlighting the power exercised by autonomy in relation to...

In this important book, Hans-Georg Gadamer discusses the transformation in human self-understanding brought about by the scientific worldview, focusing in particular on the unparalleled achievements of modern medicine. He explores the ethical and humanistic issues that arise from...

What ethical issues are raised by the increasing use of big data and artificial intelligence in healthcare? How should doctors respond when ] express conscientious objection to an intervention requested by a patient? How should care organisations ...