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Book Synopsis The Beginning of Futility by : Gaetano V. Cavallaro
Download or read book The Beginning of Futility written by Gaetano V. Cavallaro and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Picketts failed charge at Gettysburg, the frontal infantry assault had been known as obsolete. Nevertheless fifty years later, Allied military leaders in the Great War persisted in using it as a military tactic. Italian military leaders were no exception not even accepting the deadly effect of machine guns or quick-firing artillery. The Battles of the Isonzo on the Austro-Italian Front have now been classified with Verdun as to intensity and casualty lists. Mountain warfare on the Isonzo River Valley resulted in almost two million casualties from avalanches, frostbite, malaria, cholera, as well as prisoner-of-war starvation. Using the attacco frontale the blood of the illiterate fanti was used as coin to purchase terrain pushing the enemy back leading to Vienna's request to Berlin for help, leading to Caporetto.
Book Synopsis Medical Futility by : Alireza Bagheri
Download or read book Medical Futility written by Alireza Bagheri and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical futility is a controversial issue not only in its definition but also in its application. There are few books on the subject, and those in existence mostly focus on the situation in the United States. This title, however, provides extensive international perspectives on medical futility. This book will benefit healthcare professionals as well as health policy makers around the world. It allows them to see how different countries approach the issue of medical futility and their experiences in dealing with this issue. The complexity of the issue, and in particular how some countries innovatively address it in an ethically sound manner, is clearly presented. Contents:So-Called Futile Care: The Experience of the United States (Robert M Veatch)The Reality of Medical Futility (Dysthanasia) in Brazil (Leo Pessini and William Saad Hossne)Medical Futility and End-of-Life Issues in Belgium (Jan L Bernheim, Thierry Vansweevelt and Lieven Annemans)The Concept of Medical Futility in Venezuela (Gabriel d'Empaire)Medical Futility in the Russian Federation (Olga I Kubar, Galina L Mikirtichian and Marina I Petrova)Medical Futility in Australia (Dominique Martin)Medical Futility in Japan (Yasuhiro Kadooka and Atsushi Asai)Medical Futility in China: Ethical Issues and Policy (Yongxing Shi, Mingjie Zhao, Yang Yang, Cunfang Mao, Hui Zhu and Qingli Hu)Medical Futility in Korea (Ivo Kwon)Medical Futility from the Swiss Perspective (Tanja Krones and Settimio Monteverde)Medical Futility in Turkey (Berna Arda and Ahmet Aciduman)Medical Futility in the United Arab Emirates (Said Abuhasna and Ali Abdulkareem Al Obaidli)Medical Futility in Iran (Alireza Bagheri) Readership: Healthcare professionals, health policy makers, physicians and nurses, lawyers academics, researchers, graduate students and lay public. Keywords:Medical Futility;Bioethics;End of Life;Clinical Ethics;Healthcare SystemsKey Features:Each chapter discusses medical futility in a particular country, including the US, China, Australia, Switzerland, Brazil, Korea, Japan, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Russia, Italy, and TurkeyPresents experiences and challenges relating to medical futility in several countries with different cultural and economic backgroundsProvides information about the topic and elaborates on healthcare systems, payment and insurance systems as well as end-of-life issues in contributing countriesReviews: “The topic of ‘futility’ is at once important and controversial. Important because it deals with a critical element of end-of-life care, and yet controversial because of disagreements about its meaning and use. This superb collection of papers deals well and fully with those elements, and in a rich global context.” Daniel Callahan President Emeritus of the Hastings Center “As medical costs continue to escalate internationally and technology offers more and more chances of prolonging the length of life — but not necessarily its quality — it is vital that we think more clearly and systematically about what can be justifiably described as ‘medically futile’. Dr Bagheri's edited volume is a major contribution to this highly topical subject, and one of its great strengths is its international scope, with scholarly contributors from a wide range of countries in Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia. The book should become a standard text for all courses in healthcare ethics.” Alastair V Campbell Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics National University of Singapore “Medical futility — a term that is often used but seldom clearly understood — is the quintessential bioethics topic, combining as it does philosophical questions about the ends of medicine, central issues in physician-patient and patient-family relations, and controversies about societal obligations to continue care that can extend life but not restore functioning. It is thus perfect for the sort of comparative examination that this cross-national volume so richly provides. The chapters are individually fascinating, while collectively illuminating how historical, cultural, economic, political and philosophical differences make medical futility such a rich subject for study and such a difficult issue to resolve clinically.” Alexander M Capron University Professor, University of Southern California; former Director of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights and Health Law, World Health Organization “Bagheri and his colleagues give a fascinating account of change in concepts of medical futility and allied concepts in a world of globalization and knowledge sharing … and teach us that global exchanges of diverse cultural, religious, and socioeconomic beliefs and factors are invigorating both intranational and international debate over what constitutes medical futility, slowly but surely leading to changes in medical practices and policies that reflect the global pluralism of our age.” The American Journal of Bioethics
Book Synopsis The Importance of Forgiveness and the Futility of Revenge by : Audrey Wells
Download or read book The Importance of Forgiveness and the Futility of Revenge written by Audrey Wells and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgiveness is important in international politics because it can save thousands of lives. Its opposite, vengefulness, has played a significant part in various wars of the 20th and 21st centuries. These conflicts are examined in this book, showing how forgiveness could have avoided the tremendous ensuing bloodshed. Despite its importance, in the context of international relations, forgiveness as a means of preventing the outbreak of war (as opposed to facilitating reconciliation after conflicts) has largely been neglected as a subject of study. Indeed, it has also been ignored by politicians, as a result of which there are few examples of forgiveness to study compared with those of revenge. This book reflects this reality, but also seeks to change it by raising public awareness of the importance of forgiveness in international affairs and the need to demand that political leaders explore this avenue. The book also provides a succinct, informative guide to the background of today’s international affairs. Each chapter can be read independently and highlights either forgiveness in action or the futility and loss of life caused by vengefulness, demonstrating where and how forgiveness could have made a dramatic difference.
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Book Synopsis Medical Futility by : Marjorie Bass Zucker
Download or read book Medical Futility written by Marjorie Bass Zucker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-03-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging and authoritative survey of the complex issue of futile medical treatments.
Book Synopsis Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics by : Graeme T. Laurie
Download or read book Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics written by Graeme T. Laurie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an analysis of medical ethical concepts based on legal principles and court decisions, describing what actually happens in practice rather than what should happen and, where there are no precedents available, what is most likely to happen.
Book Synopsis Pannenberg on Evil, Love and God by : Mark Hocknull
Download or read book Pannenberg on Evil, Love and God written by Mark Hocknull and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pannenberg on Evil, Love and God examines a much-neglected aspect of the theological thought of one of the most original contemporary German theologians, Wolfhart Pannenberg: his theological and philosophical understanding of evil and its relationship to the love of God. The book seeks to correct a widely held misconception that in his theology, Pannenberg has neglected the darker side of the world, concentrating instead on an optimistic picture of the future. This book argues that questions of evil hold a central place throughout Pannenberg’s writing and seeks to draw out the implications of his wrestling with these issues. The Introduction sets the scene by considering the nature of the question of evil and argues that a theological response must be made as part of a global view of the world and not in isolation from other themes. The succeeding chapters develop this theme through a reading of Pannenberg’s theology.
Book Synopsis Hybrid Frequentist/Bayesian Power and Bayesian Power in Planning Clinical Trials by : Andrew P. Grieve
Download or read book Hybrid Frequentist/Bayesian Power and Bayesian Power in Planning Clinical Trials written by Andrew P. Grieve and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-06-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hybrid Frequentist/Bayesian Power and Bayesian Power in Planning Clinical Trials provides a practical introduction to unconditional approaches to planning randomised clinical trials, particularly aimed at drug development in the pharmaceutical industry. This book is aimed at providing guidance to practitioners in using average power, assurance and related concepts. This book brings together recent research and sets them in a consistent framework and provides a fresh insight into how such methods can be used. Features: A focus on normal theory linking average power, expected power, predictive power, assurance, conditional Bayesian power and Bayesian power. Extensions of the concepts to binomial, and time-to-event outcomes and non-inferiority trials An investigation into the upper bound on average power, assurance and Bayesian power based on the prior probability of a positive treatment effect Application of assurance to a series of trials in a development program and an introduction of the assurance of an individual trial conditional on the positive outcome of an earlier trial in the program, or to the successful outcome of an interim analysis Prior distribution of power and sample size Extension of the basic approach to proof-of-concept trials with dual success criteria Investigation of the connection between conditional and predictive power at an interim analysis and power and assurance Introduction of the idea of surety in sample sizing of clinical trials based on the width of the confidence intervals for the treatment effect, and an unconditional version.
Book Synopsis Designs for Clinical Trials by : David Harrington
Download or read book Designs for Clinical Trials written by David Harrington and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will examine current issues and controversies in the design of clinical trials, including topics in adaptive and sequential designs, the design of correlative genomic studies, the design of studies in which missing data is anticipated. Each chapter will be written by an expert conducting research in the topic of that chapter. As a collection, the chapters would be intended to serve as a guidance for statisticians designing trials.
Book Synopsis Wrong Medicine by : Lawrence J. Schneiderman
Download or read book Wrong Medicine written by Lawrence J. Schneiderman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, patients in American hospitals are subjected to painful, expensive, and futile treatments because of a physician’s notion of medical duty or a family’s demands. Lawrence J. Schneiderman and Nancy S. Jecker renew their call for common sense and realistic expectations in medicine in this revised and updated edition of Wrong Medicine. Written by a physician and a philosopher—both internationally recognized experts in medical ethics—Wrong Medicine addresses key topics that have occupied the media and the courts for the past several decades, including the wrenching Terry Schiavo case. The book combines clear descriptions of ethical principles with real clinical stories to discuss the medical, legal, and political issues that confront doctors today as they seek to provide the best medical care to critically ill patients. The authors have added two chapters that outline theoretical, legislative, judicial, and clinical developments since the first edition. Based on the latest empirical research, Wrong Medicine continues to guide a broad range of health care professionals through the challenges of providing humane end-of-life care.
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Download or read book Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs) by : Nand Kishore Rawat
Download or read book Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs) written by Nand Kishore Rawat and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-08 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of Data Monitoring Committees(DMC) - what was done in the past, what is currently being done, and thoughts on improvements for the future. Previous works focused primarily on large cardiovascular studies (where DMCs originated more than 30 years ago) but updated references are needed that discuss smaller, more flexible studies in areas such as oncology. The authors have attended ~800 DMC meetings from ~200 distinct studies across all areas of clinical studies (oncology, rheumatology, rare diseases, cardiology, immunology, etc.) This wide range of expertise will be used, as well as the expertise that comes from working with virtually every large biotechnology and pharmaceutical company and CRO for DMC work. The reader of the book will know when DMCs are needed or helpful, how to form the DMC, how to work with external CROs and with sponsor teams and the DMC to create needed DMC outputs, how the DMC meetings are conducted, and - especially for DMC members - what are considerations within the Closed Session to review safety/efficacy outputs to assess risk/benefit to make appropriate recommendations that protect the patient safety and trial integrity. This is a practical hands-on book on how to decide if a DMC is necessary, how to form the DMC, how to expertly create the necessary materials for the DMC and have smooth running DMC meetings. There is no specialized training in school about how DMCs work - frequently people may have been in industry for many years without ever needing to work with a DMC. This book is the helpful reference for those new to these DMCs. The DMC work is critical to be correctly implemented as the impact of DMC activity on safeguarding the trial is so important. This book provides the following: Provides thorough instructions on the steps needed to form and implement a Data Monitoring Committee for clinical trial evaluation; Includes practical and hands-on information on DMC implementation; Discusses a wide range of clinical trial – by phase and therapeutic area.
Book Synopsis Ethical Considerations and Challenges in Geriatrics by : Angela Georgia Catic
Download or read book Ethical Considerations and Challenges in Geriatrics written by Angela Georgia Catic and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to present an overview of common geriatrics ethical issues that arise during patient care and research activities. Each chapter includes a case example and practical learning pearls that are useful in day-to-day patient care. Coverage includes a brief overview of geriatric epidemiology, highlighting the high rates of dementia, use of surrogate decisions makers at the end-of-life, relocation from home to long-term care facilities, and low health literacy in the geriatrics population. Sections are devoted to issues around capacity, surrogate decision making, end-of-life care, hemodialysis in the elderly, and futility as well as challenges presented by independence questions, such as dementia care, driving, feeding, and intimacy in nursing homes. The text also addresses questions around recognizing, reporting, and treating elder abuse and self-neglect, ethics related to research and technology in the geriatric population, and the use of e-mail, Facebook, and open notes. Written by experts in the field, Ethical Considerations and Challenges in Geriatrics is a valuable tool for trainees at a variety of levels including medical students, residents, and fellows. In addition, it provides practical guidance and a useful reference for practicing geriatricians, primary care physicians, geriatric nurses, social workers, nursing home workers, hospice care employees, and all medical health professionals working with the elderly.
Book Synopsis The Beginning of the End by : Tim LaHaye
Download or read book The Beginning of the End written by Tim LaHaye and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Tim LaHaye takes a fresh look at the Middle East and what the Bible says about the end times. In this totally new edition, Dr. LaHaye examines what signs we should be looking for, and how to prepare for, the Lord's return.
Book Synopsis The Legends of the Modern by : Didier Maleuvre
Download or read book The Legends of the Modern written by Didier Maleuvre and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What made art modern? What is modern art? The Legends of the Modern demystifies the ideas and "legends" that have shaped our appreciation of modern art and literature. Beginning with an examination of the early modern artists Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and Cervantes, Didier Maleuvre demonstrates how many of the foundational works of modern culture were born not from the legendry of expressive freedom, originality, creativity, subversion, or spiritual profundity but out of unease with these ideas. This ambivalence toward the modern has lain at the heart of artistic modernity from the late Renaissance onward, and the arts have since then shown both exhilaration and disappointment with their own creative power. The Legends of the Modern lays bare the many contradictions that pull at the fabric of modernity and demonstrates that modern art's dissatisfaction with modernity is in fact a vital facet of this cultural period.
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Book Synopsis Absurdity and Meaning in Contemporary Philosophy and Jewish Thought by : Alan L. Mittleman
Download or read book Absurdity and Meaning in Contemporary Philosophy and Jewish Thought written by Alan L. Mittleman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the search for life's meaning in contemporary philosophy and in Jewish thought, bringing the two into mutual, respectful conversation.
