Published June, 2009
By Friedrich Freier
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Der Autor untersucht die Legitimationsbedingungen kontrollierter Therapiestudien sowie die Rechtsprobleme von Trendaufklarung, Randomisierung, Verblindung und Placebokontrolle.

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Published June, 2009
By Dale E. Brashers and Daena Goldsmith
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group)
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This edited volume advances the theoretical bases of health communication in two key areas: communication, identity, and relationships; and health care provider patient interaction. Chapters aim to underscore the theory that communication processes are a link between personal, social, cultural, and institutional factors and various facets of health and illness.

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Published June, 2009
By Dale E. Brashers and Daena Goldsmith
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group)
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This edited volume advances the theoretical bases of health communication in two key areas: communication, identity, and relationships; and health care provider patient interaction. Chapters aim to underscore the theory that communication processes are a link between personal, social, cultural, and institutional factors and various facets of health and illness.

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Published June, 2009
By Vicki D. Lachman
Publisher: Springer (Springer Publishing Co Inc)
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Presents the issues and dilemmas facing nurse practitioners and health care managers in identifying and sustaining ethical practice and management. This handbook outlines both personal and organizational strategies to develop moral courage when facing such dilemmas. It combines discussions of ethical contexts with practical case studies.

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Published June, 2009
By Denis G. Arnold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The twentieth century saw sweeping changes in health care worldwide, from pharmaceuticals, to new technologies, to increasing health care costs in industrialised nations. These essays examine costs and profits in relation to just health care, the often controversial practices of pharmaceutical companies, and corruption in the professional practice of medicine.

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Published June, 2009
By Denis G. Arnold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The twentieth century saw sweeping changes in health care worldwide, from pharmaceuticals, to new technologies, to increasing health care costs in industrialised nations. These essays examine costs and profits in relation to just health care, the often controversial practices of pharmaceutical companies, and corruption in the professional practice of medicine.

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Published May, 2009
By Lindy McAllister, Richard Body and R Body
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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Ethics in Speech and Language Therapy is a key text for students, practitioners and managers alike. The demands of practice, legislation, registration and the recognition of competencies all point to the need for speech and language therapists to be explicitly educated about ethics.

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Published May, 2009
By Muhammad Asim Khan
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford American Rheumatology Library
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This pocket-sized book provides practical, evidence-based information for clinicians to aid diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care for patients with AS and SpA. The book includes advice on early diagnosis, prognosis, clinical manifestations, socioeconomic aspects, and disease management.

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Published May, 2009
By Tsong Kwong, Ann O'Brien, Qiang Kwong, Kate Hill and Joanne Haswell
Publisher: Elsevier (Churchill Livingstone)
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Communication skills are an important part of the medical curriculum. This book gives didactic guidance on the appropriate style and content of communication for medical students and F1 doctors in those common situations they are likely to encounter both on the ward and in OSCE examinations.

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Published April, 2009
By Leonard M. Fleck
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Should everyone with advanced heart disease have a $300,000 artificial heart? Should everyone with advanced cancers have $100,000 cancer drugs for extra months of life? How should a "just" and "caring" society with limited resources respond? This book addresses the central moral and political challenges of health reform today.

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