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An apple a day keeps the doctor away—but what wards off lawyers? If you’re a doctor, the answer is sound legal education. The trouble is that most physicians don’t have it, and many of them get sued. The rate of malpractice lawsuits has recently skyrocketed, and the corresponding rise in... (learn more about this book)
Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How It Works is a deeply informed, opinionated, immediately accessible explanation of why health care reform is essential, why the legislation Congress passed is our best bet for solving the problem, and why it would be disastrous if we... (learn more about this book)
"Three generations of imbeciles are enough." Few lines from Supreme Court opinions are as memorable as this declaration by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in the landmark 1927 case Buck v. Bell. The ruling allowed states to forcibly sterilize residents in order to prevent "feebleminded and... (learn more about this book)
Nationally recognized marijuana-policy experts Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, and Mason Tvert compare and contrast the relative harms and legal status of the two most popular recreational substances in the world--marijuana and alcohol. Through an objective examination of the two drugs and the laws... (learn more about this book)
The problems of medical care confront us daily: a bureaucracy that makes a trip to the doctor worse than a trip to the dentist, doctors who can't practice medicine the way they choose, more than 40 million people without health insurance. "Medical care is in crisis," we are repeatedly told,... (learn more about this book)
What makes a person confess to a crime he did not commit? Was he coerced? Is he trying to protect someone else? Interrogation has come under attack as opponents focus on false confessions. However, most cases are still resolved by confession, not forensic evidence. Among the new topics covered... (learn more about this book)
The Fifth Edition of Pharmacy Practice and The Law is a useful resource both for teaching the facts of pharmacy law and for stimulating critical thinking issues in pharmacy law. The most updated version of this best-selling text includes updates for every chapter, additional material on HIPAA,... (learn more about this book)
This compilation of information published by the U.S. Department of Labor and by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) about the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) includes regulations, white papers, forms, and other helpful materials.
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Nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Articles of Faith is a powerful exploration of one of the most divisive issues in our recent political history, and the only book to portray the passion of both sides of the abortion conflict. Drawing from more than five hundred... (learn more about this book)
The time has come for a frank discussion about how we die. Unplugged is the blueprint for that talk. Medical technology has helped mankind conquer tuberculosis, polio, and countless other once certain-death diseases. It has given us hope against cancer and AIDS, allowed heart and brain... (learn more about this book)
