TOP MEDICAL BOOKS

Book Description: The Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania is the internationally recognized leader in bioethical education and research. Its interdisciplinary faculty is drawn from the fields of medicine, law, nursing, education, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies. Arthur L. Caplan, the Center’s founding director, is recognized as one of the most influential... Read the story →

Book Description: Recent advances in the brain sciences have dramatically improved our understanding of brain function. As we find out more and more about what makes us tick, we must stop and consider the ethical implications of this new found knowledge. Will having a new biology of the brain through imaging make us less responsible for our behavior and lose our free will? Should certain brain... Read the story →

Book Description: Medicine and health care generate many bioethical problems and dilemmas that are of great academic, professional and public interest. This comprehensive resource is designed as a succinct yet authoritative text and reference for clinicians, bioethicists, and advanced students seeking a better understanding of ethics problems in the clinical setting. Each chapter illustrates an... Read the story →

Book Description: Prepare for certification exam success with study tips, mock exams, flash cards, and more This complete review includes everything you need to study for and pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and ExCPT exams! Review the content you’ll see on the exam with handy outlines and helpful electronic flash cards, then prepare for the exam with a section on test-taking... Read the story →

Product Description: Teams of scientists around the world are racing to create protocells—microscopic, self-organizing entities that spontaneously assemble from simple organic and inorganic materials. The creation of fully autonomous protocells—a technology that can, for all intents and purposes, be considered literally alive—is only a matter of time. This book examines the pressing social... Read the story →

Product Description: This excellent introduction to bioethics provides principled moral discussion of today’s medical and scientific breakthroughs. Written to help people understand the challenging, often controversial field of bioethics, this needed work explains and assesses the various secular approaches to bioethics that are influential today. Using currently debated topics in bioethics... Read the story →

Product Description: Bioethics: An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice, Second Edition is the ideal text for both graduate students and professional students in law, medicine, nursing, or other health-related fields who will face bioethical issues in their future careers. It is one of the only texts in the field to cover the history, methodology, and practice of bioethics. The text... Read the story →

Product Description: 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. These complex issues pose a daunting task for professionals in the expanding field of bioethics. But what of the practice of bioethics... Read the story →

  Product Description:   The most up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible introduction available, Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Lewis Vaughn offers students a truly unique hybrid text that combines introductory and explanatory material; a wide variety of current readings; classic and contemporary... Read the story →

Book Details: Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Free Press; 2nd edition (March 7, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0743290313 ISBN-13: 978-0743290319 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches Book Description: Michael J. Behe, a biochemist at Lehigh University, presents here a scientific argument for the existence of God. Examining the evolutionary theory of the origins of life, he can go part... Read the story →

Book Description: Essential Haematology is established as the most authoritative introduction to the subject for bioscience and medical students, junior doctors, laboratory scientists and nurses. This new edition is beautifully presented, introducing the formation and function of blood cells, and diseases that arise from dysfunction and disruption of these processes. Basic science, diagnostic... Read the story →

Book Description: Eagerly awaited, the second edition of the best-selling Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics has been thoroughly updated and enhanced. The text continues to offer the most broad-based introduction to this explosive new discipline, combining theoretical context with practical applications. Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics is a textbook for undergraduate students,... Read the story →