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This book offers a fully documented interpretation and explanation of patients' rights from birth to death. This concise reference covers topics such as informed consent, emergency treatment, refusal of treatment, human experimentation, privacy and confidentiality,...

In bioethics, the first decade of the 21st century was characterised by the emergence of interest in the ethical, legal and social aspects of neuroscientific research. At the same time, there has been a steady expansion of topics and phenomena addressed by neuroscientists and...

How can medical law and ethics address the empowerment and protection of children? What are the key factors when considering the balance between protecting the welfare of the youngest and granting them the right to autonomy? This book explores the role that the approach...

Human error happens all too often in medical practice. One recent sobering report indicates that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Hoping to reverse this disturbing trend, John D. Banja ...

Bioethics began when interdisciplinary scientists joined biomedical institutions to serve on newly formed bioethics committees and hospital ethics committees. These were outsiders, and their presence was initially opposed by...

The emergence of the discipline of 'neuroethics' is an intriguing development from the perspective of the sociology of medicine, science and bioethics. Despite calls for greater social science engagement with neuroethics, little attention has been paid to it so far. In order for sociologists to reflect ...

This thoroughly updated third edition provides a foundation for understanding law, ethics and patient rights in the context of everyday nursing and health care practice. The book uses an easy-to-read style that reflects key principles in an accessible way,...

Global mental health is a relatively new field that focuses on disparities in mental health services in different settings and on innovative ways to provide feasible, acceptable and effective services in settings with little...

The book provides an overview of the different forms of coercion, the conditions under which they are used, and their consequences for the health and wellbeing of older people. It then explores practical approaches to minimisation, highlighting the importance of person-centred care....

Neuroscientific research and its associated technological applications raise a number of philosophical, ethical, social and regulatory issues. The need to explore these has resulted in the emergence of a new field of research: neuroethics. A number of explanations have been proposed ...

George Annas, America's leading patient rights advocate, presents them in this revised, up-to-date edition of his groundbreaking classic. This book explores all aspects of being an informed patient: hospital organisation hospital principles emergency treatment ...

Over the past 50 years, ethical concerns about human experimentation have emerged with the development of new medical research and technology. Although the benefits of human experimentation are well known in the fields of biology, psychology, sociology and...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a clinically established procedure for the treatment of severe motor symptoms in patients suffering from end-stage Parkinson's disease, dystonia and spontaneous tremor. It is currently being tested for further indications, including disorders of...

Amy L. McGuire,Mark P. Aulisio, F. Daniel Davis ,Cheryl Erwin ,Thomas D. Harter ,Reshma Jagsi, Robert Klitzman ,Robert Macauley ,Eric Racine ,Susan M. Wolf ,Matthew Wynia ,Paul Root Wolpe The COVID-19 pandemic raised a number of ethical challenges, but a key one was...

Among those in thrall to neuroscience is a group of ethicists who are developing a new specialisation in bioethics: neuroethics. Neuroethics has taken it upon itself to keep an eye on neuroscience. Neuroethics, by virtue of its very existence, poses a threat to ...