12,154円 This volume presents an innovative look at early modern medicine and natural philosophy as historically interrelated developments. The individual chapters chart this interrelation in a variety of contexts, from the Humanists who drew on Hippocrates, Galen, and Aristotle to answer philosophical an...

2,427円 An epic, dazzling history of the idea that defines us. From Gregor Mendel’s pea plants to the discovery of DNA and the CRISPR revolution in gene-editing, The Gene tells the story of how we came to understand heredity – to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans – land how that know...

8,093円 Information technology is transforming the practices of medicine, nursing, and biomedical research. Computers can now render diagnoses and prognoses more accurately than humans. The concepts of privacy and confidentiality are evolving as data moves from paper to silicon to clouds. Big data promis...

9,948円 Medical therapy, research and technology enable us to make our bodies, or parts of them, available to others in an increasing number of ways. This is the case in organ, tissue, egg and sperm donation as well as in surrogate motherhood and clinical research. Bringing together leading scholars work...

10,943円 The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century. Beginni...

11,772円 Tod Chambers suggests that literary theory is a crucial component in the complete understanding of bioethics. The Fiction of Bioethics explores the medical case study and distills the idea that bioethicists study real-life cases, while philosophers contemplate fictional accounts.

9,119円 In this groundbreaking work, leading philosophers, legal theorists, bioethicists, and policy makers offer incisive looks into the philosophical and moral foundations of disability law and policy.

12,103円 Autonomy is often said to be the dominant ethical principle in modern bioethics, and it is also important in law. Respect for autonomy is said to underpin the law of consent, which is theoretically designed to protect the right of patients to make decisions based on their own values and for their...

602円 O Autor faz uma revisão crítica de todos os aspetos vinculados aos ensaios clínicos com especial referência aos claro-escuros da investigação fármaco clínica. No texto descrevem-se as experiências pessoais do autor quem como investigador participou ao longo da sua carreira profissional em numeros...

18,174円 Das vorliegende Handbuch liefert einen konzisen Überblick und eine verlässliche Orientierungshilfe bei ethischen und rechtlichen Entscheidungsprozessen in der Forschung am Menschen. Es dient dabei einerseits als eine Dokumentation des Status quo, andererseits aber auch als Diskussionsgrundlage fü...

1,650円 Approche philosophique de l’éthique clinique Dans le monde de la santé, comme ailleurs, on justifie des décisions au nom de grands slogans (la liberté, la dignité, les droits de l’homme, etc.) sans savoir d’où ils viennent, ce qui les fonde et les justifie. N’est-ce pas vivre dans l’ignorance de ...

3,064円 Auch im Gesundheitssystem wird mehr und mehr ökonomisiert und es scheint, dass weniger der Patient mit seinem Leiden im Fokus des Betrachters steht als die Zahlen. Dieses Buch bildet dazu ein Gegengewicht und betont die Rückbesinnung auf den Patienten als ganzheitlichen Menschen, dem neben medizi...