Published August, 2006
By Ross C. Brownson, Diana B. Petitti and R.C. Brownson
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Applies traditional epideiologic methods for determining disease etiology to the real-life applications of public health and health services research. This text contains a chapter on the development and use of systematic reviews and one on epidemiology and the law.

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Published August, 2006
By Margaret P. Battin, Charles B Smith, Margaret Battin, Michael Selgelid and MJ Selgelid
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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This seminal collection on the ethical issues associated with infectious disease is the first book to correct bioethics' glaring neglect of this subject. Timely in view of public concern about SARS, AIDS, avian flu, bioterrorism and antibiotic resistance. Brings together new and classic papers by prominent figures.

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Published July, 2006
By Christina M. Puchalski
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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A guide for anyone involved in caring for the seriously and chronically ill or dying. This book presents the thinking on how spiritual care can be integrated into traditional caregiving. It discusses aspects of spirituality, such as presence, ethics, and relationships, and delves into a number of specific religious and theological traditions.

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Published May, 2006
By Sidney Bloch, Stephen A. Green and Stephen Green
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Published May, 2006
By Ralf M]ller-Terpitz and Ralf Muller-Terpitz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Die Textsammlung bietet eine Zusammenstellung aller wichtigen Rechtstexte voelkerrechtlicher, gemeinschaftsrechtlicher und nationaler Natur aus dem Bereich der humanen Biomedizin.

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Published April, 2006
By Mary A. Connell, Shane S. Bush and Robert L. Denney
Publisher: Eurospan (American Psychological Association)
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Explores ethical dilemmas forensic psychologists may encounter in procedures, including referrals, evaluations, documentation of findings and opinions, and testimony and termination. The authors present a practical ethical-decision making model to demonstrate how to approach ethical challenges; they also offer suggestions for addressing potential ethical misconduct by colleagues.

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Published March, 2006
By Michele Goodwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book contends that exclusive reliance on the present altruistic tissue and organ procurement processes in the US is not only rife with problems, but also improvident. The author explores how the altruistic approach leads to a 'black market' of organs being harvested from Third World individuals.

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Published March, 2006
By Bernard Gert, Charles M. Culver and K. Danner Clouser
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This book includes the latest revisions of the authors' influential analyses of some significant concepts in medicine, such as death, disease, paternalism, euthanasia and valid consent. It presents a useful and systemic method for dealing with the moral problems and disputes, but also allows for some unresolvable disagreement.

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Published February, 2006
By Fiona Randall, R S Downie and R.S. Downie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The philosophy of palliative care has long remained undisputed by health care professionals and philosophers. This unique book reviews the ethical problems inherent within care of the terminally ill. It suggests a new philosophy statement that could improve clinical care and take the specialty forward.

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Published February, 2006
By Lainie Friedman Ross
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Issues in Biomedical Ethics
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Presents an investigation of the development of policy governing the involvement of children in medical research. This work examines the shift in focus from protection of medical research subjects, enshrined in post-World War II legislation, to the era in which access is assuming greater precedence.

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