Published December, 2014
By Antoine Suarez and Joachim Huarte
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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The central question of this book is whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings.

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Published December, 2014
By John D. Arras, Elizabeth Fenton and Rebecca Kukla
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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The Routledge Companion to Bioethics is a comprehensive guide to contemporary concerns in bioethics.

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Published December, 2014
By Robert M. Veatch, Amy M. Haddad and Dan C. English
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published December, 2014
By Peter Wehling, Willy Viehover, Sophia Koenen and Willy Viehoever
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Patient organizations and social health movements offer an illuminating example of civil society engagement and participation in scientific research.

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Published December, 2014
By Michele Battle-Fisher
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
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This book looks at health policy through the lens of public versus private: population health versus the somatic, social, or emotional experiences of a patient.

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Published December, 2014
By Michael P. Pagano and Department of Communication Fairfield University Michael P Pagano
Publisher: Springer (Springer Publishing Co Inc)
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The importance of good communication between health professionals and patients has been well documented. This casebook/workbook helps students, faculty, and health care providers to assess and practice key interpersonal and health communication skills. It presents 45 communication scenarios for students to critique and rewrite in order to enhance the interpersonal relationships of participants.

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Published November, 2014
By Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Published November, 2014
By Ivan Barofsky
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Quality, as exemplified by Quality-of-life (QoL) assessment, is frequently discussed among health care professionals and often invoked as a goal for improvement, but somehow rarely defined, even as it is regularly assessed.

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Published November, 2014
By Gladys Husted, James H Husted, Carrie Scotto, Kimberly Wolf, Gladys L. Husted and Carrie J. Scotto
Publisher: Springer (Springer Publishing Co Inc)
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More relevant today than ever, Husted and Husted's classic nursing ethics text provides a practical framework to help nurses engage with patients to make difficult ethical decisions. It delivers a systematic approach to bioethical decision-making that can help clarify situations where "right" and "wrong" are not clearly defined.

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Published November, 2014
By Marion Danis, Samia A. Hurst, Len Fleck, Reidun Forde and Anne Slowther
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Priority setting and rationing contribute significantly to affordable and fair healthcare and clinicians play an indispensable role in these processes. This book offers practical strategies for clinicians to allocate resources fairly, to teach about it to students, and to discuss rationing more explicitly in the public arena and the doctor's office.

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