Publications abroad

This book is a handbook that explores the best ways to promote the application of the Madrid Declaration, which defines ethical standards in psychiatric practice worldwide. The book is written with two questions in mind, both easy to ask,...

The second edition of Bioethics: Introduction to History, Methods and Practice provides readers with a sophisticated introduction to bioethics. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are planning a career in ethics and care...

Bioethics is extremely important in our time because it is a critical expression of interest in the appropriate use of medical science in the provision of health care. Secular humanism is important because it is central to the construction of a common...

Stem cell research. The influence of a pharmaceutical company. Miscarriage. Prevention of pregnancy. Long-term and end-of-life care. Human participant research. Informed consent. The list of ethical issues in science, medicine and public health is long and...

In the quarter century since the landmark Karen Ann Quinlan case, the ethical, legal and social consensus supporting patients' rights to refuse life-sustaining treatment has become a cornerstone of bioethics. Patients can now legally write preliminary 200 guidelines,...

A doctor states: "I have an ethical duty never to cause the death of a patient", while another replies: "It is my ethical duty to relieve pain even if the patient dies". The current dispute over the role of doctors in helping patients to die continually refers to...

One of the Wall Street Journal's top ten books of the year A leading expert on public bioethics argues for a new conception of human identity in American law and politics. The natural limitations of the human body make us vulnerable and by ...

Drawing on the author's experience in two decades of teaching medical ethics in America at top universities and medical schools and his work as a practising psychiatrist, this innovative book confronts readers with the complex, troubling...

This book is an insightful examination of bioethics and American healthcare and their profound impact on American culture over the past sixty years by two distinguished scholars. An eye-opening look at the inevitable choices ...

Principles of Biomedical Ethics is a highly original, practical and insightful guide to morality in the health professions. Acclaimed authors Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress thoroughly develop and advocate the four principles that underlie...

David Rothman presents us with a brilliant, finely etched study of the practice of medicine today. Since the mid-1960s, the practice of medicine in the United States has undergone a remarkable - and utterly controversial - transformation. The discretion that ...

This book is the first comprehensive history of the emerging field of bioethics. It covers the period 1947-1987 and examines the origins and evolution of debates about human experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, the end of life-sustaining treatment,...

The author of the book interviewed 45 surrogate mothers (SMs) who had completed 63 births and delivered 90 children from 2007 to 2017. All of the surrogate mothers had completed surrogacy when they were interviewed. This research indicates that they continue to ...

Bioethics was 'born in the USA' and the values that American bioethics holds are based on American law, including freedom and justice. This book crosses the boundaries between bioethics and the law, but goes beyond the national law / bioethics struggle for...

This book clarifies the meaning of the most important and ubiquitous concepts and tools in bioethical argumentation (principles, values, dignity, rights, duties, forethought, prudence) and assesses the methodological relevance of the main methods of clinical decision-making and...