EPILEPSY: A QUESTION OF ETHICS
It has been said that the concept of ethics is axiomatic and self-evident. This could not be further from the truth because each individual’s perception of ethics is determined by that individual’s perseptive of life. Just as each person is an individual, so are his or her perspectives of real life unique. It follows that to do justice to the appreciation of ethics, as a scholarly discipline, it is inherent to canvass as wide ranging a set of perspectives as a possible to prepare the collage that represent a proper overview.
This book, the fourth in the series edited by Dr. G. Beran, dealing eith Epilepsy, analyses the ethics that relate to epilepsy from comprehensive paradigm. The contributors were selected from as borad a range of involved personnel as could be found within the Australian context, which was the parochial focus of the study group.
Editor: Roy G. beran MD
Publisher: YOZMOT HEILIGER (1989) LTD
International Center for Health, Law & Ethics Library
EPILEPSY AND LAW
Epilepsy and the Law was one of the main topics as the 21st International Epilepsy Congress in Sydney. It focused attention upon issiues which impact heavily upon all concerned with those who have epilepsy. It highlighted the need for change and a time for reflection.
This book is the first specialised comperhensive publication on topics that relate to Epilepsy and the Law. It Provides contributions from international experts, both medical and legal, and reviews standards of clinical practice and issues relating to driving, the criminal justice system, discrimination, and professional privilege between doctors and their patients in the care of those with epilepsy.
The meterial encompassed within this book offers compelling reading for all people involved in the care of thise with epilepsy, be they doctors, patients. Relatives, paramedical personnel, or people within the leagal or social professions. It provides the basis upon which further examination is encouraged and aims to introduce the reader to legal thinking and the interface of medicine and the law with special reference to thinking and the interface of medicine and law with special reference to epilepsy, a most sigmatising illness.
Editor: Roy G. beran MD
Publisher: YOZMOT HEILIGER (1989) LTD
International Center for Health, Law & Ethics Library
EPILEPSY: DUTY OF CARE
With litigation on the rise it is important to determine what are the parameters of duty of care by which standards are set.
The overviews ehich are contained within this publication have allowed extensive review of the subject matter and should offer clinicians in all areas of epilepsy care a reference upon which to judge their own responsibilities.
The issues that emerge from these discussions fo well beyond just the treatment of epilepsy and provide review of the issues that relate to overall patient care.
As in all areas of legal review there are no absolutes by which clinicians can feel confident that they have unequivocally met their obligations but material contained within this book has highlighted areas of concern. It has revwed various arguments and judgements and provided the reason for them. It is hoped that with beter understanding of these issiues, both carers and patients may be offered better provision for optimal care.
Editor: Roy G. beran MD
Publisher: YOZMOT HEILIGER (1989) LTD
International Center for Health, Law & Ethics Library
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
The first book in the seties, Forensic Psychiatry, comprises four sections:
The first section approaches Forensic Psychiatry from the complex angle of cultural matters, elaborates on the unfinished business of training; and on both the actual and the desired level of professionals in the field.
The second section deals with aspects of criminal behaviour (e.g psychological traits; psychopathology; brain pathology), as well with modern ethical issues (e.g patient-therapist sex). Great importance is given to aggressiveness and violence, in realation to mental disorder.
The third section deals with insanity defence. This topic is controversial, and was wxtensivly debated through the nineties.
The closing fourth section deals with dangerousness (towards oneself and towards others).
Editors: AMIHAI LEVI
AMNON CARMI
DAVID NACHSHON
Publisher: YOZMOT HEILIGER (1989) LTD. (1999)
International Center for Health, Law & Ethics Library
PATIENTS' RIGHTS
Papers from international authors emphasizing the requirements of informed consent and patients' rights in various countries. Includes discussions about refusing informed consent, informed consent in research, and patients' rights in AIDS cases.
Author: AMNON CARMI
Publisher: ZMOT HEILIGER (1989) LTD. (2002)
International Center for Health, Law & Ethics Library
PSYCHIATRY AND LAW
(World Psychiatric Association. International Center for Health, Law & Ethics Library) Second in a series covers legislation, disorders and law, professional responsibility, confidentiality, expert testimony, and miscellanea.
Editors: AMIHAI LEVI, AMNON CARMI, DAVID NACHSHON
Publisher: YOZMOT HEILIGER (1989) LTD. (2002)
International Center for Health, Law & Ethics Library
World Psychiatric Association
SELF-EVOLUTION: ETHICS OF REDESIGNING EDEN
Should we self-evolve? Should we eradicate genetic disease from the germline?
This book covers the most relevant dilemmas of today s medical ethics from the perspective of new advances in biotechnology. The book explores the science, politics, social consequences and ethics of both recent and future attempts by human beings both individually and collectively to take evolution into their own hands. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book brings diffuse elements of the theory and practice of self-evolution together so that we may see how we have come to face the reality of self-evolution and also what self evolution is likely to amount to in the future.
Frida Fuchs-Simonstein was born and educated in Santiago de Chile. She graduated in Biology at Haifa University and post graduated in Human Genetics at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. She was awarded a PhD degree in Health Care Ethics and Law at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, University of Manchester, UK.
Author: Frida Fuchs-Simonstein
Publisher: YOZMOT HEILIGER (1989) LTD (2004)