Published March, 2008
By Tom L. Beauchamp, F. Barbara Orlans, Rebecca Dresser, David B. Morton and John P. Gluck
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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The Human Use of Animals presents case studies that look at the practical and ethical issues arising from the human use of animals. The case studies report the facts about some of the most compelling and difficult issues that confront society today in the human use of animals. Each case study combines the facts of the case with analysis of ethical issues.

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Published March, 2008
By Norman Daniels, James E. Sabin and James Sabin
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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The central idea behind this book is that we lack consensus on principles for allocating medical resources, and in the absence of such a consensus we must develop and rely on a fair decision-making process for setting limits on health care. The authors provide an analysis of the current situation, reviewing typical solutions, before describing their own approach.

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Published February, 2008
By John McMillan, Tony Hope, Guy Widdershoven and Lieke van der Scheer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Psychiatry presents a unique array of difficult ethical questions. A major challenge is to approach psychiatry in a way that does justice to the real ethical issues. This book show how ethics can engage more closely with the reality of psychiatric practice and how empirical methodologies from the social sciences can help foster this link.

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Published February, 2008
By Rita Charon
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Narrative medicine has emerged in response to a health care system that places corporate and bureaucratic concerns over the needs of patients. Charon argues that by making genuine contact with patients through storytelling, narrative medicine leads to more humane, ethical, and effective health care.

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Published February, 2008
By Derek Bolton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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With a new edition of the 'bibles' of psychiatric diagnosis - the ICD and DSM - under development, it is timely to take a step back and evaluate how we diagnose and define mental disorder. This new book by Derek Bolton tackles the problems involved in the definition and boundaries of mental disorder.

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Published February, 2008
By Dieter Birnbacher and Edgar Dahl
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Public policy surrounding the hotly debated issue of physician-assisted suicide is examined in detail. You'll find an analysis of the current legal standing and practice of physician-assisted suicide in several countries.

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Published January, 2008
By Peter A. Singer, A. M. Viens and Peter Singer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, bioethicists, and advanced students seeking a better understanding of ethics problems in the clinical setting.

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Published January, 2008
By Robin Gill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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How can Christian ethics contribute significantly to health care ethics in today's Western, pluralistic society? Gill explores the healing stories in the Synoptic Gospels, identifying four core virtues present within them - compassion, care, faith and humility - that might bring greater depth to a purely secular interpretation of health care ethics.

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Published January, 2008
By Marcus Radetzki, Marian Radetzki and Niklas Juth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics
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The genetic information that is available to insurance companies has often been regulated to avoid certain ethical difficulties. However, regulation may not be the solution, argue the authors, and suggest instead the resurrection of collectively funded public insurances. This will interest academic researchers and professionals involved with genetics and insurance.

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Published January, 2008
By Gerald P. Koocher and Patricia Keith-Spiegel
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Psychology
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Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions considers many of the ethical questions and dilemmas that psychologists encounter in their everyday practice, research, and teaching.

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