Medical Ethics

All investigators funded by the National Institutes of Health are now required to receive training about the ethics of clinical research. Based on a course...

The first edition of this casebook reflected the complexities and increasing litigiousness of the modern workplace and was designed to stimulate thought and...

When Three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived At The County Hospital Emergency Room In Merced, California, A Chain Of Events Was Set In Motion From Which Neither She...

The bitter national debates over abortion, euthanasia, and stem cell research have created an unbridgeable gap between religious groups and those who insis...

Examines Ethical Dilemmas Found Within The Field Of Medicine In Canada. The Author Includes Real-life Stories As Well As His Own Experiences As A Patient Wi...

For many health care professionals and social service providers, the hardest part of the job is breaking bad news. The news may be about a condition that i...

Every day bioethical conflicts arise in Canadian hospitals and courtrooms; they are debated in newspaper columns and argued in private. This updated edition...

This Comprehensive And Much-needed Resource Helps Health Care Ethicists To Meet The Demand Of Challenges Such As Managed Care, Medical Technology, And Patie...

In Stoned, palliative care physician Dr. David Casarett sets out to do anything-- including experimenting on himself-- to find evidence of marijuana's medic...

Embryologist Magdalena Zernicka-goetz Has Spent Two Decades Unraveling The Mysteries Of Fetal Development. By Studying Embryonic Mouse Cells, She Witnessed ...

Antipsychotic medications are sometimes imposed on psychiatric patients deemed dangerous to themselves and others. This is based on the assumption that tre...

An argument that more people should have children with Down syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective. The rate at which parents...