Published January, 2007
By Eric Matthews
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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How should we deal with mental disorder - as an "illness" like diabetes or bronchitis, as a "problem in living", or what? This book seeks to answer such questions by going to their roots, in philosophical questions about the nature of the human mind, the ways in which it can be understood, and about the nature and aims of scientific medicine.

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Published January, 2007
By Rebecca L. Walker and Philip J. Ivanhoe
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press)
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Working Virtue is the first substantial collective study of virtue theory and contemporary moral problems. Leading figures in ethical theory and applied ethics discuss topics in bioethics, professional ethics, ethics of the family, law, interpersonal ethics, and the emotions.

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Published December, 2006
By Dariusch Atighetchi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book presents a critical analysis of the debate in Muslim countries at the religious, legal and political level, sparked by the introduction of new biomedical technologies such as cloning, genetics, organ transplants and in vitro fertilisation. The book draws on law, sociology, anthropology, politics and the history of science.

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Published December, 2006
By Paul Atkinson, Helen Greenslade and Peter Glasner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Using the resources of a wide range of social science disciplines to provide a comparative approach to complex issues, this superb collection explores the local and global consequences of the new genetics.

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Published December, 2006
By Paul Atkinson, Helen Greenslade and Peter Glasner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Papers in this volume discuss a variety of new social formations in a global context, including genetic data banks, committees of inquiry, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and national research laboratories.

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Published December, 2006
By Leslie P Francis, Rosamond Rhodes, Anita Silvers, Rhodes and R Rhodes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides
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The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics is a collection of new essays from acknowledged leaders in the field, designed to guide students through the complexities of the current state of ethics in medicine.

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Published December, 2006
By Leslie P Francis, Rosamond Rhodes, Anita Silvers, Rhodes and R Rhodes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides
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The Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics is a collection of new essays from acknowledged leaders in the field, designed to guide students through the complexities of the current state of ethics in medicine.

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Published December, 2006
By Walter Glannon
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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In this book, Walter Glannon uses a philosophical framework that is fully informed by cutting edge neuroscience as well as contemporary legal cases such as Terri Schiavo, to offer readers an introduction to this fascinating topic.

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Published December, 2006
By Bonnie Steinbock, Bruce Jennings, Ronald Bayer and Lawrence O. Gostin
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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As it seeks to protect the health of populations, public health inevitably confronts a range of critical ethical challenges. This volume brings together 25 articles that open up the terrain of the ethics of public health. It features topics such as tobacco and drug control, infectious disease, environmental and occupational disease, and more.

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Published December, 2006
By Christian Hick, Michael Gommel, Andrea Ziegler, C Hick, M Gommel, A Ziegler, P W Gaidzik and P.W. Gaidzik
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Springer-Lehrbuch
Rating: 3.00
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Die Klinische Ethik ist das Einsteigerbuch fur die Ethik der Medizin im Querschnittsbereich 2. Pro & Contra argumentieren: Ethische Positionen werden ausfuhrlich besprochen und ausgewogen bewertet.- Anschaulich und praxisnah geschrieben, mit zahlreichen Fallgeschichten.

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