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    • Historia de la Medicina y humanidades médicas

      • 3rd Edition
      • Miguel Ángel Sánchez González
      • Spanish
      Nueva edición del libro de referencia en la asignatura de Historia de la medicina y humanidades médicas que al llegar ya a su tercera edición presenta una visión totalmente integradora, ya que, estudia los problemas humanos, los valores y las finalidades que siempre han estado presentes en los conocimientos y las prácticas médicas. Se incopora un nuevo primer capítulo dedicado a aclarar las relaciones entre el humanismo, la medicina y las nuevas humanidades médicas. Con el fin de aproximarse al mencionado ideal global de las humanidades médicas, se han incluido en esta tercera edición capítulos nuevos sobre el ambiente. Por otra parte, se ha modificado todo lo referente a las enfermedades infecciosas, porque, en la última década, la secuenciación de genomas microbianos antiguos y los progresos de la paleomicrobiología han cambiado muchas ideas previas.

    • Bioética en Ciencias de la Salud

      • 2nd Edition
      • Miguel Ángel Sánchez González
      • Spanish
      Obra que es una revisión crítica de los principales conceptos, problemas y métodos de la ética general y de la ética médica; describe la historia y los fundamentos de la bioética, y analiza sus aplicaciones biomédicas más relevantes. Presenta los contenidos integrando tres perspectivas: médica, histórica y filosófica. Así, cada uno de los temas se contempla desde su génesis, sus condicionantes históricos, su importancia teórica y su aplicación clínica. Recoge la experiencia docente, de más de 30 años, del profesor Miguel Ángel Sánchez González en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, la cual ha sido, durante todos estos años, un centro clave de difusión de la bioética en España. Con el objetivo de ser una obra de estudio y consulta para la enseñanza y la investigación de la bioética, pretende ser útil para alumnos y profesores que estudian o imparten esta asignatura en las facultades de Medicina y demás Ciencias de la Salud. Esta segunda edición, incluye esquemas aptos para la docencia, disponibles en línea.

    • Medical Ethics and Law

      A curriculum for the 21st Century
      • 3rd Edition
      • Dominic Wilkinson + 2 more
      • English
      This short textbook of ethics and law is aimed at doctors in training and in practice. Medical ethics and law are now firmly embedded in the curricula of medical schools. The ability to make clinical decisions on the basis of critical reasoning is a skill that is rightly presumed as necessary in today's doctors. Medical decisions involve not only scientific understanding but also ethical values and legal analysis. The belief that it is ethically right to act in one way rather than another should be based on good reasons: it is not enough to follow what doctors have always done, nor what experienced doctors now do. The third edition has been revised and updated to reflect changes in the core curriculum for students, developments in the law as well as advances in medicine and technology. It includes a new ‘extensions’ section, providing an outline of important developing areas in medical ethics.

    • Ethics, Conflict and Medical Treatment for Children

      From disagreement to dissensus
      • 1st Edition
      • Dominic Wilkinson + 1 more
      • English
      What should happen when doctors and parents disagree about what would be best for a child? When should courts become involved? Should life support be stopped against parents’ wishes? The case of Charlie Gard, reached global attention in 2017. It led to widespread debate about the ethics of disagreements between doctors and parents, about the place of the law in such disputes, and about the variation in approach between different parts of the world. In this book, medical ethicists Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu critically examine the ethical questions at the heart of disputes about medical treatment for children. They use the Gard case as a springboard to a wider discussion about the rights of parents, the harms of treatment, and the vital issue of limited resources. They discuss other prominent UK and international cases of disagreement and conflict. From opposite sides of the debate Wilkinson and Savulescu provocatively outline the strongest arguments in favour of and against treatment. They analyse some of the distinctive and challenging features of treatment disputes in the 21st century and argue that disagreement about controversial ethical questions is both inevitable and desirable. They outline a series of lessons from the Gard case and propose a radical new ‘dissensus’ framework for future cases of disagreement. .

    • Crash Course Medical Ethics and Sociology Updated Print + eBook edition

      • 2nd Edition
      • Andrew Papanikitas
      • Carolyn Johnston + 1 more
      • English
      The (printed) ‘Updated Edition’ now comes with added value access to the complete, downloadable eBook version via Student Consult. Search, read and revise whilst on the move and use the interactive self-assessment to test your understanding. Crash Course - a more flexible, practical learning package than ever before. Crash Course – your effective everyday study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success. A winning formula now for over 15 years, each volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is a series of books which exactly meets your needs and you know you can trust. The importance of ethics and sociology as applied cannot be underestimated, within both the medical curriculum and everyday modern clinical practice. Medical students and junior doctors cannot hope to experience every dilemma first hand, but are expected to deal with new and problematic clinical situations in a reasoned, professional and systematic way. This volume, which accounts for the revised core curriculum in Medical Ethics and Law, will prove an indispensable companion.

    • Im Querschnitt - Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik in der Medizin

      • 1st Edition
      • Thorsten Noack + 2 more
      • German
      Querschnittsfächer schnell und vollständig lernen? Mit der Reihe Im Querschnitt kein Problem! Prüfungsrelevante Inhalte kompakt dargestellt:Praxisna... klinischen Fällenkonkrete Bezüge zum ärztlichen Alltag in speziellen "Das geht Sie an"-Kästenlernfreund... Relevante gut strukturiert auf den Punkt gebracht - leicht an einem Wochenende zu schaffenviele Merkekästen mit den wichtigsten Informationen Im Querschnitt zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie Zusammenhänge fächerübergreifend verstehen - bekanntes Wissen verknüpft mit neuen Perspektiven. Mit Im Querschnittgeht nichts schief! Zur Prüfungsvorbereitung an allen Unis