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  • Methods in Medical Ethics

    Second Edition

    Medical ethics draws upon methods from a wide array of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, epidemiology, health services research, history, law, medicine, nursing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology.In this influential book, outstanding scholars in medical ethics bring these many methods together in one place to be systematically described, critiqued, and challenged. Newly ... Read more

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  • The Fiction of Bioethics

    by Tod Chambers ...
    Series series Reflective Bioethics
    Tod Chambers suggests that literary theory is a crucial component in the complete understanding of bioethics. The Fiction of Bioethics explores the medical case study and distills the idea that bioethicists study real-life cases, while philosophers contemplate fictional accounts. ... Read more

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  • Redescribing Bioethics

    How the Field Constructs Its Argument

    Series series Revolutionary Bioethics
    Choice 2025 Outstanding Academic TitleIt has traditionally been accepted that one cannot derive how the world ought to be from the way the world is. The discipline of bioethics endeavors to respond to ethical issues as they arise in the world. For these issues to be analyzed, they must first be described. Redescribing Bioethics: How the Field Constructs Its Argument argues the descriptions ... Read more

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  • Prozac as a Way of Life

    Edited by Carl Elliott, Tod Chambers ...
    Series series Studies in Social Medicine
    Prozac and its chemical cousins, Paxil, Celexa, and Zoloft, are some of the most profitable and most widely used drugs in America. Their use in the treatment of a multitude of disorders — from generalized anxiety disorder and premenstrual syndrome to eating disorders and sexual compulsions — has provoked a whirlwind of public debate. Talk shows ask, Why is Prozac so popular? What, exactly, do ... Read more

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    In this heartfelt memoir from one of the youngest recipients of the transorbital lobotamy, Howard Dully shares the story of a painfully dysfunctional childhood, a misspent youth, his struggle to claim the life that was taken from him, and his redemption.At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy, rambunctious with his brothers, contrary just ... Read more

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  • Bad Pharma

    How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

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  • The Good Doctor

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