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  | | The Last Physician Walker Percy and the Moral Life of Medicine by Carl Elliott, John Lantos Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 1999 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2369-3, ISBN: 0-8223-2369-9 "Walker Percy brought to his novels the perspective of both a doctor and a patient. Trained as a doctor at Columbia University, he contracted tuberculosis during his internship as a pathologist at Bellevue Hospital and spent the next three years recovering, primarily in TB sanitoriums. This collection of essays explores not only Percy’s connections to medicine but also the underappreciated impact his art has had—and can have—on medicine ..." |
 | | Preterm Babies, Fetal Patients, and Childbearing Choices(1st Edition) (Basic Bioethics) by John D. Lantos, Diane S. Lauderdale, Arthur L. Caplan Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2015 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-02959-9, ISBN: 0-262-02959-6 "The United States has one of the highest rates of premature birth of any industrialized nation: 11.5%, nearly twice the rate of many European countries. In this book, John Lantos and Diane Lauderdale examine why the rate of preterm birth in the United States remains high -- even though more women have access to prenatal care now than three decades ago. They also analyze a p ..." |
 | | Neonatal Bioethics(Reprint) The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation by John D. Lantos Md, William L. Meadow Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2008 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-9089-5, ISBN: 0-8018-9089-6 "Neonatal intensive care has been one of the most morally controversial areas of medicine during the past thirty years. This study examines the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation.The authors assert that a dramatic shift in societal attitudes toward newborns and their medical care was a stimulus for and then a result of d ..." |
 | | The Lazarus Case(1st Edition) Life-and-Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care (Medicine and Culture) by John D. Lantos Md Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2007 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-8770-3, ISBN: 0-8018-8770-4 "A gripping exploration of the legal and ethical dilemmas in neonatal intensive care―a truly original work.Chosen as an Outstanding Academic Titles in 2003 by Choice MagazineIn this new, startlingly original book, John D. Lantos weaves a compelling story that captures the dilemmas of modern medical practice. The Lazarus Case: Life-and-Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care begins with a fictional malpractice case―an amalgam of typical c ..." |
 | | Neonatal Bioethics(1st Edition) The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation by John D. Lantos Md, William L. Meadow Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-8344-6, ISBN: 0-8018-8344-X "Neonatal intensive care has been one of the most morally controversial areas of medicine during the past thirty years. This study examines the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation. The authors assert that a dramatic shift in societal attitudes toward newborns and their medical care was a stimulus for and then a result of ..." |
 | | Controversial Bodies(1st Edition) Thoughts on the Public Display of Plastinated Corpses by John D. Lantos Md Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2011 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-0271-0, ISBN: 1-4214-0271-8 "Controversial, fascinating, disturbing, and often beautiful, plastinated human bodies-such as those found at Body Worlds exhibitions throughout the world-have gripped the public's imagination. These displays have been lauded as educational, sparked protests, and drawn millions of visitors. This book looks at the powerful sway these corpses hold over their living audiences everywhere. Plastination was invented in the 1970s by German an ..." |
 | | The Lazarus Case(1st Edition) Life-and-Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care (Medicine and Culture) by John D. Lantos Md Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2001 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-6762-0, ISBN: 0-8018-6762-2 "In this new, startlingly original book, John D. Lantos weaves a compelling story that captures the dilemmas of modern medical practice. The Lazarus Case: Life-and-Death Issues in Neonatal Intensive Care begins with a fictional malpractice case-an amalgam of typical cases in which Lantos appeared as an expert witness-and uses it as the framework for addressing the ethical issues surrounding neonatal intensive care. Lantos draws on his e ..." |
 | | Do We Still Need Doctors?(1st Edition) (Reflective Bioethics) by John D. Lantos M.D. Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 1999 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-92495-5, ISBN: 0-415-92495-2 "This reflects what philosopher Jacob Needleman writes in The Way of the Physician: "All that the calling of the physician has represented throughout the centuries has vanished from view. It still exists, this calling, but it has retreated into the ..." |
 | | Do We Still Need Doctors?(1st Edition) (Reflective Bioethics) by John D. Lantos M.D. Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1997 by Routledge Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-415-91852-7, ISBN: 0-415-91852-9 "Exploring such issues as the structure of medical education, the corporatization of health care, and the increasing constraints upon the private doctor-patient relationship, John Lantos, a pediatrician, teacher, and and bioethicist at the ..." |
 | | Kidney to Share (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work) by Gershun, Martha; Lantos, John D. Hardcover, Published 2021 by Ilr Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-5543-9, ISBN: 1-5017-5543-9 |
 | | Ethics Rounds(1st Edition) A Casebook in Pediatric Bioethics (Pediatric Collections) by Dr. John D. Lantos M.D. Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 2019 by American Academy Of Pediatrics ISBN-13: 978-1-61002-366-5, ISBN: 1-61002-366-8 "Pediatric Collections offers what you need to know – original, focused research in a snapshot approach.The ethical issues that arise in pediatrics vary drastically from those in other clinical settings because young children cannot make decisions for themselves. This essential collection presents a series of cases that highlight ethical dilemmas that arise in pediatrics including End-of-Life Decisions; When Doctors and Parents Have Diff ..." |
 | | Controversial Bodies Thoughts on the Public Display of Plastinated Corpses by John D. Lantos 160 Pages, Published 2011 by Jhu Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-0357-1, ISBN: 1-4214-0357-9 "So the Psalmist prays: “Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes , lestI sleep the sleep of death” (Psalm 13:3). ... loved one's “work is now ended,” “ his labors are over,” “she has run the race and finished the tasks set before her." |
 | | Do We Still Need Doctors? by John D. Lantos Published 1997 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-91853-4, ISBN: 0-415-91853-7 |
 | | Primum Non Nocere Today A Symposium on Pediatric Bioethics : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pediatric Bioethics, Pavia, 26-28 May 19 (International Congress Series) by G. Roberto Burgio, John D. Lantos, G.R. Burgio Hardcover, 175 Pages, Published 1994 by Elsevier Science Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-444-81920-8, ISBN: 0-444-81920-7 "In light of technological advances and increasingly aggressive interventions with children and babies too young to give consent, 18 papers discuss ethical issues around prenatal diagnosis, assistance to risk neonates, organ and bone marrow transplants, gene therapy, therapeutic trials, and other procedures. They also consider problems in the organization of the medical industry, and social, didactic, and cultural approaches to ethics. N ..." |
 | | Bioethics in the Pediatric ICU(1st Edition) Ethical Dilemmas Encountered in the Care of Critically Ill Children (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine) by Laura Miller-Smith, John D. Lantos, Ásdís Finnsdóttir Wagner, Asdis Finnsdottir Wagner Hardcover, 164 Pages, Published 2019 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-3-030-00942-7, ISBN: 3-030-00942-4 "This book examines the many ethical issues that are encountered in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). It supports pediatricians, nurses, residents, and other providers in their daily management of critically ill children with the dilemmas that arise. It begins by examining the evolution of pediatric critical care, and who is now impacted by this advancing medical technology. Subsequent chapters explore specific ethical concerns a ..." |
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