Published January, 2008
By Jonathan Glover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics
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Genetic and reproductive technology now offers us the possibility of choosing what kinds of children we do and don't have. Should we welcome this power, or should we fear its implications? The renowned moral philosopher and best-selling author Jonathan Glover suggests how we should try to deal with this urgent problem.

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Published December, 2007
By Veikko Launis and Juha Raikka
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the ethical, social and philosophical issues related to modern genetic research and gene technology.

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Published December, 2007
By Graeme Laurie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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New concepts of privacy and property rights in the self deserve stronger legal protection following developments in genetics as these affect individuals, relatives, insurers, employers and the state. Of interest to lawyers, philosophers and doctors concerned with issues of genetics and privacy; also to genetic counsellors, researchers and policy makers.

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Published December, 2007
By Sophia Couzos, Richard Murray and Sophie Couzos
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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The third edition of Aboriginal Primary Health Care is an invaluable advocacy tool for students and practitioners of medicine and aboriginal health. Using a primary care approach, it aims to help general practitioners, nurses and aboriginal health workers to manage the important health problems faced by aboriginal people in the community.

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Published December, 2007
By Christopher Tollefsen
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Pope John Paul II surprised much of the medical world in 2004 with his strongly worded statement insisting that patients in a persistent vegetative state should be provided with nutrition and hydration.

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Published December, 2007
By Peter Angelos
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Cancer Treatment and Research
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Peter Angelos Numerous ethical issues arise in the care of oncology patients. Although much has been written in the last several decades on ethical issues in caring for patients, few volumes have sought to focus the exploration on ethical issues particularly relevant to the care of cancer patients.

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Published December, 2007
By Donald Evans
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge Cavendish)
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Written by a leading proponent of the philosophy and ethics of healthcare, this volume, filled with thought-provoking and frequently controversial ideas and arguments provides readers with a timely contribution to the current literature on medical ethics.

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Published December, 2007
By Donald Evans
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge Cavendish)
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Written by a leading proponent of the philosophy and ethics of healthcare, this volume, filled with thought-provoking and frequently controversial ideas and arguments provides readers with a timely contribution to the current literature on medical ethics.

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Published December, 2007
By Robert Klitzman
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This is the first book to look at the phenomenon of 'wounded healers': doctors who fall ill and become patients themselves. It weaves together intimate, personal interviews with health care providers who have fallen ill, to provide a rich portrait of the psychology of doctors, the nature of human illness, and the pitfalls of our health care system.

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Published November, 2007
By Charles A. Erin and Suzanne Ost
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
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This collection examines questions of medical accountability and ethics. It analyses how the criminal justice system regulates health care practice, and to what extent it is appropriate to use it as a tool to resolve ethical conflict in health care.

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