Medicine and Morality

Medicine and Morality
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9780774862158
ISBN-13 : 0774862157
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Medicine and Morality by : Helen Kang

Medical professionals are expected to act in the interest of patients, the public, and the pursuit of medical knowledge. Their disinterested stance gives them credibility and authority. But what happens when doctors’ supposed impartiality comes under fire? In Medicine and Morality, Helen Kang examines three moments in the history of the medical profession in Canada, spanning more than 150 years, when doctors’ moral and scientific authority was questioned. She shows that, in these moments of crisis, the profession was compelled to re-examine its priorities, strategize in order to regain credibility, and redefine what it means to be a good doctor. Medicine and Morality reveals that professional medicine defines integrity, objectivity, accountability, neutrality, and other ideals according to its social, political, historical, and economic struggles with the state, the media, and even the public. In other words, moral and scientific standards in medicine are determined in direct relation to, not in spite of, conflict of interest.

Index of NLM Serial Titles

Index of NLM Serial Titles
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Total Pages : 1584
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ISBN-10 : OSU:32435028638286
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Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Index of NLM Serial Titles by : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.

Periodicals of Queen Victoria's Empire

Periodicals of Queen Victoria's Empire
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 0802008100
ISBN-13 : 9780802008107
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Periodicals of Queen Victoria's Empire by : Rosemary VanArsdel

Contemporary research in periodical literature has demonstrated conclusively that the nineteenth century in Britain was the age of the periodical. It also has shown that, in Victorian society, the circulation of periodicals and newspapers was both larger and more influential than that of books. The six essays in this volume investigate the extent to which this was equally true of Britain's colonies during the period up to 1900. In chapters devoted to periodical publishing in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Southern Africa, and the 'outposts' of the Empire (Ceylon, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore, Malta, and the West Indies), the contributors also consider the function and importance of periodicals in colonial life. They identify and describe all locally produced publications that appeared at weekly or longer intervals and that contained, for example, local news, poetry, fiction, criticism, commentary on the arts, news from home, shipping information and commodities reports. Each chapter presents an evaluation of the quantity and quality of guides available to periodical literature in each region, from basic bibliographies of periodicals, directories, and finding aids, to microfilm records and databases on the Internet. Periodicals of Queen Victoria's Empire is an initial step towards understanding and analyzing what its editors regard as the 'unseen power' of the periodical press in the British Empire of the nineteenth century.

Special Publications

Special Publications
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Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015031738597
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Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Special Publications by : Harvard University. Library

New Orleans Journal of Medicine

New Orleans Journal of Medicine
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Total Pages : 898
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015075799471
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Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis New Orleans Journal of Medicine by : Louisiana State Medical Society