Published January, 2011
By Christian Lenk, Nils Hoppe, Katharina Beier and Claudia Wiesemann
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The use of human tissue for medical research and scientific progress raises many ethical and legal challenges. This multi-authored interdisciplinary text provides a fascinating insight into interlinking research perspectives and serves as a comprehensive reference to the state of play ethically and legally in Europe.

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Published December, 2010
By R. M. Green, R.M Green and Ronald Green
Publisher: Springer
Series: Theology and Medicine
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Religious beliefs and attitudes have long been recognized as playing an important role in sexual functioning, but the relationship between religion and sexual behavior has rarely been studied in a comprehensive way.

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Published December, 2010
By D. Leder
Publisher: Springer
Series: Philosophy and Medicine
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In the second half of the 20th century, the body has become a central theme of intellectual debate. Its authors suggest that many of the problems often found in modern medicine -- dehumanized treatment, overspecialization, neglect of the mind's healing resources -- are directly traceable to medicine's outmoded concepts of the body.

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Published December, 2010
By Laurence B. McCullough
Publisher: Springer
Series: Philosophy and Medicine
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Published December, 2010
By Jose Luis Peset and Diego Gracia Guillen
Publisher: Springer
Series: Philosophy and Medicine
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A major focus of the philosophy of medicine and, in general, of the philosophy of science has been the interplay of facts and values. Broad social and individual goals, as well as diverse ethical frameworks, are shown to condition both the processes and results of diagnosis.

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Published December, 2010
By H.A Ten Have, Bert Gordijn and Henk A. M. J. ten Have
Publisher: Springer
Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
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This highlights not only particular bioethical themes such as social justice, choices in health care, and health policy (e.g., in post-communist countries), it also emphasizes specific approaches in ethical theory, in relation to Continental philosophies such as phenomenology and hermeneutics.

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Published December, 2010
By David C. Thomasma, Jurrit Bergsma and J. Bergsma
Publisher: Springer
Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
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Elsewhere the contemporary critique of autonomy appears in a variety of alternative ethical models like narrative ethics, casuist ethics, and contextualism.

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Published December, 2010
By Robert L. Sadoff and R.L. Sadoff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry analyzes the ethical issues affecting forensic psychiatric practice, especially those promulgated by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Within those guidelines, it looks at individual bias, vulnerability of the examinee, and potential harm to the mental health professional.

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Published December, 2010
By Keri Thomas and Ben Lobo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This is the first UK-based guide to Advance Care Planning, and provides practical advice on how this can be implemented by all professionals involved in end of life care, including GPs and specialists outside palliative care who are increasingly treating patients at the end of life.

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Published December, 2010
By Hans-Martin Sass, Robert U. Massey and R.U. Massey
Publisher: Springer
Series: Philosophy and Medicine
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