This book defines important terms in the language of inequality and explains how these conditions can be fatal"--

Healthcare ethics is constantly evolving to keep pace with new issues as they arise, as well as new policies and laws. The fourth edition has been completely revised to reflect the evolution of nursing ethics within health care.

Or, when you or a loved one is on life support, Who says you’re dead? In short, engaging scenarios, Dr. Appel takes on hot-button issues that many of us will confront: genetic screening, sexuality, privacy, doctor-patient confidentiality.

Explores how recent advances in forensic science can solve the crucial questions in a criminal case with startling accuracy.

This is the first full history of the euthanasia movement in the U.S. It tells for the first time the dramatic story of those reformers who struggled throughout the twentieth century to change the nation's attidues towards mercy-killing and ...

This book traces the origins of the Nazi eugenics state, working backward down the timeline, tracing from leaf down to the root.

Thoughtful and persuasive, this book urges the medical profession to improve palliative care and develop a more humane response to the complex issues facing those who are terminally ill.

Andrew Malleson contends that whiplash is nothing more than a neck strain that heals in a matter of days or weeks and argues that medical and legal professionals foster and create illnesses by dangling illusive fortunes in front of would-be ...

This is no longer true, and medical schools and postgraduate training programs in the developed world are now actively teaching professionalism to students and trainees.

The scope of the book is comprehensive and international. The authors describe the conceptual basis for a rational alcohol policy and present new epidemiological data on the global dimensions of alcohol misuse.