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Cancer Confidential
Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic
Price:
$32.95
ISBN: 9781487528157
Pub Date: October 2022
Weaving the personal story of an oncologist dealing with his father’s terminal cancer with stories inspired by encounters in his practice, Cancer Confidential uncovers the emotional responses of people living with cancer and those who care for them.
When Medicine Goes Awry
Case Studies in Medically Caused Suffering and Death
Price:
$29.95
ISBN: 9781487525811
Pub Date: January 2022
Examining high profile case studies of medically caused suffering and death, When Medicine Goes Awry critiques the present functioning of the medical care system and the pharmaceutical industry.
Dying and Death in Canada, Fourth Edition
Price:
$48.95
ISBN: 9781487509279
Pub Date: November 2021
The fourth edition of Dying and Death in Canada explores how the intensely personal experience of dying and death is shaped by society and culture, with new discussions of MAID and COVID-19.
Organs for Sale
Bioethics, Neoliberalism, and Public Moral Deliberation
Price:
$40.95
ISBN: 9781487524050
Pub Date: November 2020
Organs for Sale is an extended case study of a lively public moral debate that delves into how a society assigns worth as well as what ought to be for sale and why.
Breathe, Baby, Breathe!
Neonatal Intensive Care, Prematurity, and Complicated Pregnancies
Price:
$38.95
ISBN: 9781487523060
Pub Date: January 2020
These interwoven stories and articles provide essential insights into the medical world of premature birth, and into what happens to these babies and their families when things don’t go as planned.
Public Health in the Age of Anxiety
Religious and Cultural Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada
Price:
$54.00
ISBN: 9781487520120
Pub Date: June 2017
Public Health in the Age of Anxiety enhances both the public and scholarly understanding of the motivations behind vaccine hesitancy in Canada.
Regulating Creation
The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Assisted Human Reproduction
Price:
$56.00
ISBN: 9781442614574
Pub Date: January 2017
Regulating Creation is a collection of essays featuring contributions by Canadian and international scholars. It offers a variety of perspectives on the role of law in dealing with the legal, ethical, and policy issues surrounding changing reproductive technologies.
Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research
Regulation, Conflict of Interest and Liability
Price:
$59.00
ISBN: 9780802086433
Pub Date: April 2006
Legal liability is a growing concern in medical research and this fascinating study is, in the international context, one of the first to explore the liability of various parties involved in the research enterprise.
Dying Justice
A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada
Price:
$81.00
ISBN: 9780802037602
Pub Date: June 2004
In Dying Justice, Jocelyn Downie provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of significant developments in the current legal status of assisted death in Canada.
Science and Ethics / La Science et l'Éthique
Price:
$34.95
ISBN: 9780802084767
Pub Date: November 2001
The papers from the 2000 symposium of the Royal Society of Canada explore the crucial relationship between science and ethics.
Sexual Abuse by Health Professionals
A Personal Search for Meaning and Healing
Price:
$40.95
ISBN: 9780802081063
Pub Date: July 1998
A powerful blend of the personal and the professional that penetrates the ‘conspiracy of silence’ that still holds sway and prevents victims of abuse by health professionals from getting the compassion, understanding, support, and aid that they deserve.
Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics
Price:
$41.95
ISBN: 9780802071392
Pub Date: December 1996
The contributors to the volume discuss various approaches to bioethical thinking and the political and institutional contexts of bioethics, addressing underlying concerns about the purposes of its practice.
How To Break Bad News
A Guide for Health Care Professionals
Price:
$39.95
ISBN: 9780802067906
Pub Date: August 1992
Based on Buckman's award-winning training videos and Kason's courses on interviewing skills for medical students, this volume is an indispensable aid for doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, social workers, and all those in related fields.
Mechanical Misadventures in Anaesthesia
Price:
$29.95
ISBN: 9781487575670
Pub Date: December 1978
The subject is discussed in a gas flow sequence, starting with the source of anaesthetic gases as they are conveyed by pipelines to the anaesthetic machine and ending at the patient's trachea.
Doctors and Doctrines
The Ideology of Medical Care in Canada
Price:
$31.95
ISBN: 9780802061058
Pub Date: December 1969
Professor Blishen here examines the position of the medical profession in the debate in Canada over the various developments in insurance for medical care as part of an ideological reaction to a rapidly changing society.

Cancer Confidential
Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic
$32.95
ISBN: 9781487528157
Pub Date: October 2022
Weaving the personal story of an oncologist dealing with his father’s terminal cancer with stories inspired by encounters in his practice, Cancer Confidential uncovers the emotional responses of people living with cancer and those who care for them.
When Medicine Goes Awry
Case Studies in Medically Caused Suffering and Death
$29.95
ISBN: 9781487525811
Pub Date: January 2022
Examining high profile case studies of medically caused suffering and death, When Medicine Goes Awry critiques the present functioning of the medical care system and the pharmaceutical industry.
Dying and Death in Canada, Fourth Edition
$48.95
ISBN: 9781487509279
Pub Date: November 2021
The fourth edition of Dying and Death in Canada explores how the intensely personal experience of dying and death is shaped by society and culture, with new discussions of MAID and COVID-19.
Organs for Sale
Bioethics, Neoliberalism, and Public Moral Deliberation
$40.95
ISBN: 9781487524050
Pub Date: November 2020
Organs for Sale is an extended case study of a lively public moral debate that delves into how a society assigns worth as well as what ought to be for sale and why.
Breathe, Baby, Breathe!
Neonatal Intensive Care, Prematurity, and Complicated Pregnancies
$38.95
ISBN: 9781487523060
Pub Date: January 2020
These interwoven stories and articles provide essential insights into the medical world of premature birth, and into what happens to these babies and their families when things don’t go as planned.
Public Health in the Age of Anxiety
Religious and Cultural Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada
$54.00
ISBN: 9781487520120
Pub Date: June 2017
Public Health in the Age of Anxiety enhances both the public and scholarly understanding of the motivations behind vaccine hesitancy in Canada.
Regulating Creation
The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Assisted Human Reproduction
$56.00
ISBN: 9781442614574
Pub Date: January 2017
Regulating Creation is a collection of essays featuring contributions by Canadian and international scholars. It offers a variety of perspectives on the role of law in dealing with the legal, ethical, and policy issues surrounding changing reproductive technologies.
Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research
Regulation, Conflict of Interest and Liability
$59.00
ISBN: 9780802086433
Pub Date: April 2006
Legal liability is a growing concern in medical research and this fascinating study is, in the international context, one of the first to explore the liability of various parties involved in the research enterprise.
Dying Justice
A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada
$81.00
ISBN: 9780802037602
Pub Date: June 2004
In Dying Justice, Jocelyn Downie provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of significant developments in the current legal status of assisted death in Canada.
Science and Ethics / La Science et l'Éthique
$34.95
ISBN: 9780802084767
Pub Date: November 2001
The papers from the 2000 symposium of the Royal Society of Canada explore the crucial relationship between science and ethics.
Sexual Abuse by Health Professionals
A Personal Search for Meaning and Healing
$40.95
ISBN: 9780802081063
Pub Date: July 1998
A powerful blend of the personal and the professional that penetrates the ‘conspiracy of silence’ that still holds sway and prevents victims of abuse by health professionals from getting the compassion, understanding, support, and aid that they deserve.
Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics
$41.95
ISBN: 9780802071392
Pub Date: December 1996
The contributors to the volume discuss various approaches to bioethical thinking and the political and institutional contexts of bioethics, addressing underlying concerns about the purposes of its practice.
How To Break Bad News
A Guide for Health Care Professionals
$39.95
ISBN: 9780802067906
Pub Date: August 1992
Based on Buckman's award-winning training videos and Kason's courses on interviewing skills for medical students, this volume is an indispensable aid for doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, social workers, and all those in related fields.
Mechanical Misadventures in Anaesthesia
$29.95
ISBN: 9781487575670
Pub Date: December 1978
Doctors and Doctrines
The Ideology of Medical Care in Canada
$31.95
ISBN: 9780802061058
Pub Date: December 1969
Professor Blishen here examines the position of the medical profession in the debate in Canada over the various developments in insurance for medical care as part of an ideological reaction to a rapidly changing society.