Medical law touches on many of society's most hotly debated issues, from the status of the embryo to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and from assisted suicide to research on humans, organ transplantation, and the ownership of body parts. The media shines a glaring light on these and many other contentious medical questions, but as legal authority Charles Foster points out, camera flashes don't shed real light. To truly grasp these issues, Foster argues, you have to dive deep into the particular cases, and further, to the principles behind the cases. In this highly readable and entertaining book, Foster illuminates those principles, illustrating them with examples from many fascinating and notorious cases. He sheds light on such controversial and significant topics as clinical negligence, patient confidentiality, euthanasia, informed consent, abortion, in vitro fertilization, and much more. Whatever your interest in medical law--as a healthcare professional, policy-maker, law student, or just the concerned owner of a body--this Very Short Introduction it is essential reading. About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.

Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Foster, Charles

Health & Medical Law

Oxford University Press

In THE SELFLESS GENE, Charles Foster assesses the claims of Neo-Darwinists and Young Earth Creationists, demonstrating that orthodox Christianity is not incompatible with what evolutionary biology says about our world. The real issue, he argues, centres around the ethical implications of natural selection, and what such a system - based on selfishness, waste and death - might say about the loving creator God of the Christian faith. Intelligent, provocative and accessible, THE SELFLESS GENE offers the prospect of a reasoned dialogue between faith and scientific study, and a reconciliation of what are popularly seen as two opposing worldviews.

The Selfless Gene

Science & Math

Hodder Religious

A fascinating tour of religious and mystical experiences and their relation to human physiology Hymn singing in the suburbs and ecstatic drumming in the African night, speaking in tongues and UFOs, chariots of fire, and pierced Messiahs—what do these things tell us about faith and what it means to be human? Human religious experiences are remarkably uniform; many can be pharmacologically induced. Recent research into the neurology of religious experience has shown that, when worshipping or praying, a certain part of the brain, apparently dormant during other activities, becomes active. This fascinating book takes a survey of the evidence—from shamans to medieval mystics, to out-of-body experiences and epilepsy, via Jerusalem and middle-class Christianity—and assesses its significance.

Wired for God?: The Biology of Spiritual Experience

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Hodder&Stoughton

Tells parents how to improve communication with their teenagers, discusses the importance of respect and trust, and includes suggestions on solving specific problem behaviors

Parent/Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach

Kirshenbaum, Mira

Health, Fitness & Dieting

A PLume Book

Few of us have positive role models for dealing effectively with problematic personal or professional revelations. In this wise and reassuring book, Foster, a renowned therapist, shows when and how to tell, so that compassion, empathy, understanding, and tact can be employed--all of which help the other person really hear what has to be said.

There's Something I Have to Tell You: How to Communicate Difficult News in Tough Situations

Self-Help

Relationships

Harmony

We are all faced with hard truths that must be communicated. How we express our truth--our timing, our words, our approach--can mean the difference between a ruined relationship and genuine understanding. This wise and reassuring book reveals when to tell your difficult news and how to tell it with compassion, empathy, understanding, and tact. Truth Without Fear is the result of pioneering research based on in-depth interviews and case studies from Dr. Charles Foster's more than twenty years of clinical experience. His authoritative and accessible course of action helps people bring difficult issues out into the open in their professional and personal lives. In a clear, step-by-step format, Dr. Foster addresses: ¸ Identifying the psychological issues that need to be taken into account when communicating something difficult ¸ Avoiding the ten most common tactical mistakes that people make ¸ Anticipating the eight most common responses and how to deal effectively with each one Few of us have positive role models for dealing effectively with problematic personal or professional revelations--whether it's telling an employee he isn't doing a good job, telling your fiancé you want to postpone the wedding, or telling your best friend that you envy and resent her lavish lifestyle. Dr. Foster's goal is to help us tell the truth while creating as little trauma as possible.

Truth Without Fear: How to Communicate Difficult News in Tough Situations

Three Rivers Press

Married for over 25 years, Charles never dreamed he would be writing and speaking about the loss of his spouse. For over 40 years, as a professional photographer, Charles never expected to be a surviving spouse. His plan was to spend a lifetime with his college sweetheart and suddenly found himself totally unprepared for her loss. He lost of his wife to cancer one month after their 25th wedding anniversary. He has journeyed through grief, struggled with the unknowns of widowhood and has learned how to continue his life with purpose. One major struggle when you lose your spouse, you must survive this unplanned journey of how to continue your life with one half of you missing. No matter at what age widowhood begins, the surviving spouse becomes a member of a club way too early in life. His experiences of widowhood provided a path to help others. He now understands the struggles, he experienced and feels called to help widows and widowers not make the same mistakes he did. Death is not the final story. For the survivor, his words of encouragement will help you make informed decisions to take successful steps daily, as you rebuild your life. Charles speaks to churches, networking and social clubs and Universities. He helps widows, widowers and those who minister and care for the widowed. His companion workbook, The Surviving Spouse Club Workbook is an expanded book design to record vital information which many times went to the grave. This workbook will become an invaluable security blanket to the surviving spouse, your family and those you leave in charge of your wishes.

Surviving Spouse Club: Surviving Widowhood

Death & Grief

Charles Foster

Based on findings of a twelve-year research project, this uniquely practical guide to decision making delinieates the factors behind "good" and "bad" decisions and presents practical advice, real-life anecdotes, and effective tools to help readers develop their decision-making skills. 30,000 first printing.

What Do I Do Now?: Dr Fosters 30 Laws Of Great Decision Making

Motivational

Simon&Schuster

There's Something I Have to Tell You: How to Communicate Difficult News in Sensitive Situations

Business & Money

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

On 16 May 1943, nineteen Lancaster aircraft from the RAF's 617 Squadron set off to attack the great dams in the industrial heart of Germany. Flying at a height of 60ft, they dropped a series of bombs which bounced across the water and destroyed two of their targets, thereby creating a legend. The one-off operation combined an audacious method of attack, technically brilliant flying and visually spectacular results.But while the story of Operation Chastise is well known, most of the 133 'Dambusters' who took part in the Dams Raid have until now been just names on a list. They came from all parts of the UK and the Commonwealth and beyond, and each of them was someone's son or brother, someone's husband or father. This is the first book to present their individual stories and celebrate their skill, heroism and, for many, sacrifice.

The Complete Dambusters: The 133 Men Who Flew on the Dams Raid

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

The History Press

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