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  • The Ethics of Sport

    Essential Readings

    Edited by Arthur L. Caplan, Brendan Parent ...
    Sport is often thought of as simply "games," but it can in fact be much more. Sport can be responsible for guiding social justice movements, igniting city-wide riots, uniting countries, permanently injuring youth, revolutionizing views about race, gender and class, and producing several of the most successful global industries. Reports of ethical crises in athletics are constant fodder for popular ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • The Ethical Challenges of Emerging Medical Technologies

    Edited by Arthur L. Caplan, Brendan Parent ...
    This collection of essays emphasizes society’s increasingly responsible engagement with ethical challenges in emerging medical technology. Expansion of technological capacity and attention to patient safety have long been integral to improving healthcare delivery but only relatively recently have concepts like respect, distributive justice, privacy, and autonomy gained some power to shape the ... Read more

    $440.00 USD

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    How doctors are betraying their oath

    by Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian Harris ...
    Two world-leading doctors reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their patients down. In Hippocrasy, rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris argue that the benefits of medical treatments are often wildly overstated and the harms understated. That overtreatment and overdiagnosis are rife. And the medical system is not ... Read more

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  • The Gold Standard

    The Challenge Of Evidence-Based Medicine

    by Stefan Timmermans, Marc Berg ...
    Few things make people react more strongly to the changes going on in health care than the word standardization. Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while supporters dream of a world in which standardized "best practices" open up a world of efficient health care delivery. The Gold Standard takes up this debate to investigate the real meaning of standardization and how it affects ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • The Textbook of Non-Medical Prescribing

    by Dilyse Nuttall, Jane Rutt-Howard ...
    The Textbook of Non-Medical Prescribing addresses all the key issues relevant to non-medical prescribing, bringing together essential knowledge, key issues, and skills in a single text.This accessible, engaging and comprehensive resource explores the history of non-medical prescribing; prescribing in context; ethical, legal and professional issues in relation to prescribing practice; factors ... Read more

    $53.00 USD

  • Principles and Practice of Clinical Research

    Edited by Frederick P Ognibene, John I. Gallin ...
    The third edition of this innovative work again provides a unique perspective on the clinical discovery process by providing input from experts within the NIH on the principles and practice of clinical research. Molecular medicine, genomics, and proteomics have opened vast opportunities for translation of basic science observations to the bedside through clinical research. As an introductory ... Read more

    $112.49 USD

  • The Science of Occupational Health

    Stress, Psychobiology, and the New World of Work

    by Ulf Lundberg, Sir Cary Cooper CBE ...
    The Science of Occupational Health is an evidence-based resource for all members of the health care team working with those affected by work-based stress - whether individuals suffering physical or psychological symptoms, or organizations trying to provide optimum conditions for healthy and productive employees.The authors offer a unique psychobiological perspective, discussing the modern ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

  • The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics

    Edited by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Christine C. Grady, Robert A. Crouch, Reidar K. Lie, Franklin G. Miller, David D. Wendler ...
    Series series Oxford Textbook
    The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics is the first comprehensive and systematic reference on clinical research ethics. Under the editorship of experts from the U.S. National Institutes of Health of the United States, the book's 73 chapters offer a wide-ranging and systematic examination of all aspects of research with human beings. Considering the historical triumphs of research as well ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • Professionalism in Medicine

    A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students

    Edited by John Spandorfer, MD, Charles A. Pohl, MD, Susan L. Rattner, Thomas J. Nasca, MD ...
    Learning medical professionalism is a challenging, evolving, and life-long endeavor. Professionalism in Medicine: A Case-Based Guide for Medical Students helps begin this process by engaging students and their teachers in reflection on cases that resonate with the experiences of life in medicine. Through the book's seventy-two cases, commentaries, videos, and literature-based reviews, students ... Read more

    $58.29 USD

  • Patients First

    Closing the Health Care Gap in Canada

    by Terrence Montague ...
    PATIENTS FIRSTCLOSING THE HEALTH CARE GAP IN CANADA"This book is a must read for those who are interested in our health care system and who want to make it better. Dr. Montague provides an interesting overview of his journey through hospital wards, clinical trials, patient registries, patient health management and chronic disease management programs. Drawing on his diverse and unique background, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health

    Edited by Roger Detels, Martin Gulliford, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Chorh Chuan Tan ...
    Series series Oxford Textbook
    The Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering a global and comprehensive perspective on wide ranging public health needs and priorities in modern health care. The sixth edition retains its approach of dividing the complex, dynamic subject of public health ... Read more

    $191.69 USD

  • Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality

    Healthcare, Social Policy, and Work Perspectives

    Edited by Marc Grau Grau, Mireia las Heras Maestro, Hannah Riley Bowles ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors—Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations—the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, ... Read more

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