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Autor:
Laura Katz Olson
Revealing the dark truth about the impact of predatory private equity firms on American health care.Won Gold from the Axiom Book Award in the Category of Business Ethics, the Benjamin Franklin Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association and
Autor:
Linda Farber Post, Jeffrey Blustein
How can dedicated health care ethics committees increase their effectiveness and demonstrate their value as essential moral resources for their organizations?Among the most effective and increasingly valued resources in the health care decision-makin
Autor:
John D. Banja
Developing best practices and ethical systems to protect and enhance patient safety.Human errors occur all too frequently in medical practice settings. One sobering recent report claimed that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the
Autor:
Nancy Berlinger
Medical error is a leading problem of health care in the United States. Each year, more patients die as a result of medical mistakes than are killed by motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS. While most government and regulatory efforts are
Autor:
Margaret L. Eaton, Donald Kennedy
This thought-provoking study examines the ethical, legal, and social problems that arise with cutting-edge medical technology. Using as examples four powerful and largely unregulated technologies—off-label use of drugs, innovative surgery, assisted
Autor:
Lisa A. Eckenwiler, Felicia G. Cohn
Stem cell research. Drug company influence. Abortion. Contraception. Long-term and end-of-life care. Human participants research. Informed consent. The list of ethical issues in science, medicine, and public health is long and continually growing. Th
Autor:
Daniel Callahan, Angela A. Wasunna
Outstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice MagazineMuch has been written about medicine and the market in recent years. This book is the first to include an assessment of market influence in both developed and developing countries, and among the ver
Autor:
Mathy D. Mezey, Christine K. Cassel, Melissa M. Bottrell, Kathryn Hyer, Judith L. Howe, Terry T. Fulmer
The delivery of good medical care often involves professionals from various disciplines working together. Interdisciplinary health care teams can be especially valuable in managing patients with complex medical and social needs, such as older persons
Autor:
Thomas May
Issues concerning patients'rights are at the center of bioethics, but the political basis for these rights has rarely been examined. In Bioethics in a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision Making, Thomas May offers a compelli
Autor:
John D. Lantos
In this new, startlingly original book, John D. Lantos weaves a compelling story that captures the dilemmas of modern medical practice. The Lazarus Case: Life-and-Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care begins with a fictional malpractice case—an a