Beyond the Hippocratic Oath: A Memoir on the Rise of Modern Medical Ehics.0888644531 Beyond the Hippocratic oath Hippocratic oath ethical code of medicine. [Western Culture: EB, 11: 827] See : Medicine ; a memoir on the rise of modern medical ethics medical ethics The moral construct focused on the medical issues of individual Pts and medical practitioners. See Baby Doe, Brouphy, Conran, Jefferson, Kevorkian, Quinlan, Roe v Wade, Webster decision. . Dossetor, John B. The U. of Alberta Press 2005 298 pages $39.95 Paperback RC903 With the development of a more informed approach to medicine in mind, Dossetor (medicine, U. of Alberta, Canada) reflects on his medical career and its overlap with the rise of medical ethics, improved treatment of chronic kidney disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD), also know as chronic renal disease, is a progressive loss of renal function over a period of months or years through five stages. Each stage is a progression through an abnormally low and progressively worse glomerular filtration rate, which is , and developments in kidney transplantation Kidney Transplantation Definition Kidney transplantation is a surgical procedure to remove a healthy, functioning kidney from a living or brain-dead donor and implant it into a patient with non-functioning kidneys. . He describes the evolution of medical knowledge towards a greater interest in ethics, his early career as a student and in the army, his postgraduate years in London, becoming a nephrologist Nephrologist A doctor who specializes in the diseases and disorders of the kidneys. Mentioned in: Kidney Biopsy nephrologist in Canada, his experiences with transplantation, research, the role of the academic physician, and his eventual study of ethics, with examples of unethical research. Ethical dilemmas he faced are presented in independent discussions throughout the book. Distributed by Michigan State U. Press. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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