検索キーワード： 医療倫理

Professor Kevin Fong was flying with the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, making split-second, life-or-death decisions in the most extreme circumstances. Then he was seconded to the NHS's Covid-19 Strategy Unit, tasked with leading the fight against pandemic. In this gripping blend of memoir and reportage, he confronts a disturbing truth: the quest for 'zero harm' can prevent the saving of lives.

Part mind-bending medical mystery—part cutting-edge science—Hidden Guests uncovers the astonishing phenomenon of microchimerism: the presence of foreign cells inside our own bodies. The incredible story of how those cells got there—and what they do once they arrive—might change everything we know about the immune system, lineage, and identity.

Unequal access to care. Misdiagnosis. Mistreatment. Medical gaslighting. An increasing number of studies show the profound impacts racism has on communities of color—particularly Black Americans. But these disparities in health care and wellbeing are not the result of a handful of uninformed or malicious doctors: racism in the medical system is institutional, woven into the very fabric of diagnostic criteria and even hospital infrastructure. Medicine denies fair treatment to Black patients not in error…but by design.

Beginning with a jaw-dropping rumination on a centuries-old painting featuring a white man with a Black man's leg surgically attached (with the expired Black leg-donor in the foreground), contracts law scholar and celebrated journalist Patricia J. Williams uses the lens of the law to take on core questions of identity, ethics, and race.

移植臓器は、腎臓・心臓・肺・肝臓・膵臓・小腸etc.治らぬ病を抱え、臓器移植の道を探る患者は多い。しかし移植用臓器は世界的に不足し、殊に日本ではまったく足りない。

In Unsustainable, Dr. Christopher Voss—a physician with expertise in anesthesiology, critical care, pain medicine, and lifestyle medicine—offers a compelling, well-researched examination of how capitalism has shaped modern healthcare, often rewarding continuous treatment over definitive cures.

The mesh scandal that injured thousands. The ‘love doctor’ who performed nonconsensual vaginal surgeries. Over and over again, Emma heard stories of women in pain, bleeding, dying, failed by the professionals who were supposed to help them. Medical misogyny kills, and leaves many more in agony, unable to live full lives. The Stitch-Up tells their stories, and calls for better research, healthcare options, language and treatment, arguing that being female should never be a death sentence.

Ce livre sur les greffes d'organes explore les dilemmes les plus profonds et controversés de la médecine moderne, abordant des questions éthiques, médicales et technologiques qui repoussent les limites de la pratique médicale. Avec la pénurie mondiale de donneurs et la demande croissante d'organes, l'ouvrage analyse des thèmes tels que la commercialisation des organes, le marché illégal des greffes et les innovations technologiques, y compris la bioingénierie et les xénogreffes, qui promettent de façonner l'avenir des greffes.

心臓外科医が患者を四人連続死なせたがそれを「トレーニング」とうそぶいた（東京医大）、未熟な医師がマニュアルを見ながらの内視鏡手術で死なせた（慈恵医大青戸）、人工心肺の操作ミスで死なせたあとカルテを改竄（東京女子医大）……

Человеческий кишечник – не просто длинная трубка для переваривания пищи. Это целая огромная "экосистема", которая влияет на наше общее состояние, иммунитет и даже настроение! Что делать, когда эта система барахлит? Дискомфорт в животе. Неустойчивый стул. Вздутие. Все мы рано или поздно сталкиваемся с этими неприятными симптомами. И часто это превращается в настоящий "порочный круг". Что делать, чтобы вернуть состояние кишечника в норму, расскажет доктор Сергей Вялов. • Узнайте, как устроен кишечник: отделы, расположение, функции и многое другое.

In the present cosmos of “Big Medicine,” “Big Pharma,” and political insanity, a solid strategy is essential for the safe navigation of the current “SickCare” system. If ever humanity needed to learn how to think, ask questions and make gooddecisions, that time is now. Holistic Inquiry shows the way.

One day in 2004, Gardiner Harris, a pharmaceutical reporter for The New York Times, was early for a flight and sat down at an airport bar. He struck up a conversation with the woman on the barstool next to him, who happened to be a drug sales rep for Johnson & Johnson. Her horrific story about unethical sales practices and the devastating impact they’d had on her family fundamentally changed the nature of how Harris would cover the company—and the entire pharmaceutical industry—for the Times.

Dieses Buch erforscht die genetische Manipulation als die vielversprechendste Grenze der modernen Medizin. Es bietet eine umfassende und detaillierte Sicht auf die Auswirkungen von Gentherapien, der Genbearbeitung mit CRISPR und der Klonierung auf die Transformation von medizinischen Behandlungen. Dieses Werk ist unerlässlich für Gesundheitsfachkräfte, Forscher und interessierte Leser, die verstehen möchten, wie diese Technologien die Behandlung von genetischen, erblichen und degenerativen Krankheiten revolutionieren.

Dieses unverzichtbare Buch über psychoaktive Substanzen untersucht eingehend deren Definition, Klassifikation sowie die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Fortschritte und innovativen Therapien. Mit einem Fokus auf die Wirkmechanismen im zentralen Nervensystem analysiert es, wie Stimulanzien, Depressiva, Halluzinogene und Analgetika das Gehirn und das menschliche Verhalten beeinflussen. Diese Arbeit bietet eine detaillierte Analyse, die Neurowissenschaften, Medizin und mentale Gesundheit verbindet, und ist somit ein unverzichtbarer Leitfaden für Wissenschaftler und Fachleute.

This audiobook on organ transplantation delves into the most profound and controversial dilemmas of modern medicine, addressing ethical, medical, and technological issues that challenge the boundaries of medical practice.

This comprehensive book on psychoactive substances. This delves deeply into their definition, classification, and the latest scientific advancements and innovative therapies. With a focus on the mechanisms of action in the central nervous system, it examines how stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and analgesics influence the brain and human behavior. Offering a thorough analysis that bridges neuroscience, medicine, and mental health, this work is an indispensable reference for scholars and professionals alike.

One box of chemicals mistaken for another. Ingredients intended to be life-sustaining are instead life-taking. Families in shock, healthcare providers reeling, and fingers starting to point. A large healthcare system's reputation hangs in the balance while decisions need to be made, quickly. More questions than answers. People have to be held accountable—does this mean they get fired? Should the media and therefore the public be informed? What are family members and the providers involved feeling? When the dust settles, will remaining patients be more safe or less safe?

This book offers a comprehensive and controversial analysis of abortion, addressing it not only as a medical procedure but also as an ethical, psychological, and social dilemma. The work presents a balanced perspective, integrating technical knowledge and critical bioethical analysis on the impacts of abortion on women's health. Through a detailed look at medication abortion, surgical abortion, and its complications, the book provides an in-depth understanding of medical risks and physical and psychological consequences associated with the procedure.

W świetnie przyjętym przez czytelników pierwszym tomie „Zakazanej psychologii" (opatrzonym podtytułem „Pomiędzy nauką a szarlatanerią"), książce, która ukazała się w roku 2009, Tomasz Witkowski pisał o grzechach psychologii akademickiej, grzechach terapeutów i ekspansji psychobiznesu oraz o słynnej prowokacji wobec magazynu "Charaktery", której był autorem. Zapowiedział też, że "Ciąg dalszy nastąpi."

Este libro sobre trasplantes de órganos aborda los dilemas más profundos y controvertidos de la medicina moderna, tratando cuestiones éticas, médicas y tecnológicas que desafían los límites de la práctica médica. Con la escasez global de donantes y la creciente demanda de órganos, el libro analiza temas como la comercialización de órganos, el mercado ilegal de trasplantes, y las innovaciones tecnológicas, incluyendo la bioingeniería y los xenotrasplantes, que prometen moldear el futuro de los trasplantes.