Author: Ramón Horacio Galarza
Publisher: Editorial Autores de Argentina
ISBN: 9878750205
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : es
Pages : 600
Book Description
Este libro va más allá de ser simplemente una guía de calidad y seguridad en organizaciones de salud; es un compendio que busca transformar la manera en que entendemos y abordamos estos temas. Ramón Horacio Galarza presenta una nueva perspectiva sobre la gestión de la calidad y la seguridad en el ámbito de la salud, ofreciendo información precisa y práctica para implementar estrategias efectivas. En estas páginas, los lectores encontrarán un enfoque holístico que integra herramientas de gestión, protocolos de seguridad y prácticas de mejora continua. Además de proporcionar orientación práctica, este libro invita a los lectores a reflexionar sobre el impacto de la calidad y la seguridad en la experiencia del paciente y en el desempeño de los profesionales de la salud. A través de casos de estudio y ejemplos reales, se exploran las mejores prácticas y se ofrecen recomendaciones para promover una cultura de seguridad y excelencia en el ámbito sanitario. Autor: Ramón Horacio Galarza Descubre cómo la calidad y la seguridad pueden convertirse en pilares fundamentales para el éxito de las organizaciones de salud. ¡Este libro es una guía indispensable para todos aquellos comprometidos con la mejora continua en el cuidado de la salud! This book goes beyond being simply a guide to quality and safety in healthcare organizations; it is a compendium that seeks to transform the way we understand and address these issues. Ramón Horacio Galarza presents a new perspective on quality and safety management in the healthcare field, offering precise and practical information for implementing effective strategies. In these pages, readers will find a holistic approach that integrates management tools, safety protocols, and continuous improvement practices. In addition to providing practical guidance, this book invites readers to reflect on the impact of quality and safety on the patient experience and the performance of healthcare professionals. Through case studies and real-life examples, best practices are explored, and recommendations are offered to promote a culture of safety and excellence in healthcare settings. Author: Ramón Horacio Galarza Discover how quality and safety can become fundamental pillars for success in healthcare organizations. This book is an indispensable guide for all those committed to continuous improvement in healthcare delivery!
Calidad y seguridad en la atención del paciente
Author: Ramón Horacio Galarza
Publisher: Editorial Autores de Argentina
ISBN: 9878750205
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : es
Pages : 600
Book Description
Este libro va más allá de ser simplemente una guía de calidad y seguridad en organizaciones de salud; es un compendio que busca transformar la manera en que entendemos y abordamos estos temas. Ramón Horacio Galarza presenta una nueva perspectiva sobre la gestión de la calidad y la seguridad en el ámbito de la salud, ofreciendo información precisa y práctica para implementar estrategias efectivas. En estas páginas, los lectores encontrarán un enfoque holístico que integra herramientas de gestión, protocolos de seguridad y prácticas de mejora continua. Además de proporcionar orientación práctica, este libro invita a los lectores a reflexionar sobre el impacto de la calidad y la seguridad en la experiencia del paciente y en el desempeño de los profesionales de la salud. A través de casos de estudio y ejemplos reales, se exploran las mejores prácticas y se ofrecen recomendaciones para promover una cultura de seguridad y excelencia en el ámbito sanitario. Autor: Ramón Horacio Galarza Descubre cómo la calidad y la seguridad pueden convertirse en pilares fundamentales para el éxito de las organizaciones de salud. ¡Este libro es una guía indispensable para todos aquellos comprometidos con la mejora continua en el cuidado de la salud! This book goes beyond being simply a guide to quality and safety in healthcare organizations; it is a compendium that seeks to transform the way we understand and address these issues. Ramón Horacio Galarza presents a new perspective on quality and safety management in the healthcare field, offering precise and practical information for implementing effective strategies. In these pages, readers will find a holistic approach that integrates management tools, safety protocols, and continuous improvement practices. In addition to providing practical guidance, this book invites readers to reflect on the impact of quality and safety on the patient experience and the performance of healthcare professionals. Through case studies and real-life examples, best practices are explored, and recommendations are offered to promote a culture of safety and excellence in healthcare settings. Author: Ramón Horacio Galarza Discover how quality and safety can become fundamental pillars for success in healthcare organizations. This book is an indispensable guide for all those committed to continuous improvement in healthcare delivery!
Publisher: Editorial Autores de Argentina
ISBN: 9878750205
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : es
Pages : 600
Book Description
Este libro va más allá de ser simplemente una guía de calidad y seguridad en organizaciones de salud; es un compendio que busca transformar la manera en que entendemos y abordamos estos temas. Ramón Horacio Galarza presenta una nueva perspectiva sobre la gestión de la calidad y la seguridad en el ámbito de la salud, ofreciendo información precisa y práctica para implementar estrategias efectivas. En estas páginas, los lectores encontrarán un enfoque holístico que integra herramientas de gestión, protocolos de seguridad y prácticas de mejora continua. Además de proporcionar orientación práctica, este libro invita a los lectores a reflexionar sobre el impacto de la calidad y la seguridad en la experiencia del paciente y en el desempeño de los profesionales de la salud. A través de casos de estudio y ejemplos reales, se exploran las mejores prácticas y se ofrecen recomendaciones para promover una cultura de seguridad y excelencia en el ámbito sanitario. Autor: Ramón Horacio Galarza Descubre cómo la calidad y la seguridad pueden convertirse en pilares fundamentales para el éxito de las organizaciones de salud. ¡Este libro es una guía indispensable para todos aquellos comprometidos con la mejora continua en el cuidado de la salud! This book goes beyond being simply a guide to quality and safety in healthcare organizations; it is a compendium that seeks to transform the way we understand and address these issues. Ramón Horacio Galarza presents a new perspective on quality and safety management in the healthcare field, offering precise and practical information for implementing effective strategies. In these pages, readers will find a holistic approach that integrates management tools, safety protocols, and continuous improvement practices. In addition to providing practical guidance, this book invites readers to reflect on the impact of quality and safety on the patient experience and the performance of healthcare professionals. Through case studies and real-life examples, best practices are explored, and recommendations are offered to promote a culture of safety and excellence in healthcare settings. Author: Ramón Horacio Galarza Discover how quality and safety can become fundamental pillars for success in healthcare organizations. This book is an indispensable guide for all those committed to continuous improvement in healthcare delivery!
V Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering CLAIB 2011 May 16-21, 2011, Habana, Cuba
Author: José Folgueras Méndez
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642211984
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1363
Book Description
This volume presents the proceedings of the CLAIB 2011, held in the Palacio de las Convenciones in Havana, Cuba, from 16 to 21 May 2011. The conferences of the American Congress of Biomedical Engineering are sponsored by the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), Society for Engineering in Biology and Medicine (EMBS) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), among other organizations and international agencies and bringing together scientists, academics and biomedical engineers in Latin America and other continents in an environment conducive to exchange and professional growth.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642211984
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1363
Book Description
This volume presents the proceedings of the CLAIB 2011, held in the Palacio de las Convenciones in Havana, Cuba, from 16 to 21 May 2011. The conferences of the American Congress of Biomedical Engineering are sponsored by the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), Society for Engineering in Biology and Medicine (EMBS) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), among other organizations and international agencies and bringing together scientists, academics and biomedical engineers in Latin America and other continents in an environment conducive to exchange and professional growth.
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 8490220573
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 8490220573
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
EMT Spanish: Atención Prehospitalaria Basica, Undécima edición
Author: AAOS,
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 1284194051
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1615
Book Description
En 1971, la Academia Americana de Cirujanos Ortopedistas (AAOS) publicó la primera edición de Los Cuidados de Emergencia y Transporte de Enfermos y Heridos y sentó las bases para el entrenamiento de los SEM. Hoy en día, vemos cómo la undécima edición transforma la educación en los SEM llevándola a todo el mundo y ayudando a un desarrollo superior de los proveedores del SEM alrededor del planeta. Con base en los Estándares Nacionales de Educación de los SEM de Estados Unidos de América de y las guías 2015 de RCP/CCE del 2015, la undécima edición ofrece una cobertura completa de cada declaración de competencia con claridad y precisión en un formato conciso que asegura la comprensión del alumno y fomenta el pensamiento critico. Presenta un nuevo material cognitivo y didáctico, junto con nuevas destrezas y características para crear una solución de formación completa e innovadora para proveedores prehospitalarios. Hoy, el paquete de recursos educativos en SEM de la AAOS, desde primeros auxilios y RCP hasta el transporte de cuidados críticos, es el estándar de oro en materiales de capacitación, ofreciendo contenido excepcional y recursos de instrucción que satisfacen las diversas necesidades de los estudiantes y educadores de hoy en día. Contenido medico actualizado de ultima generación La undécima edición se alinea con los estándares médicos actuales — desde PHTLS hasta ILCOR — e incorpora conceptos médicos basados en evidencia para garantizar que los estudiantes e instructores tengan una interpretación precisa y profunda de la ciencia médica y su aplicación en la medicina prehospitalaria de hoy en día. Aplicación al Mundo Real del SEM A través de la evolución de estudios de caso de pacientes en cada capítulo, la undécima edición proporciona a los estudiantes el contexto de mundo real para aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos en cada capitulo clarificando cómo la información se utiliza para la atención de los pacientes en el campo e impulsa a los estudiantes a participar en el pensamiento crítico y la discusión. Una Fundación de por Vida La undécima edición parte de la premisa de que los estudiantes necesitan una base de fundamentos solidos y posteriormente refuerzo apropiado. La undécima edición proporciona a los estudiantes una comprensión amplia de la terminología médica, anatomía, fisiología y fisiopatología. Los conceptos son examinados brevemente y son relacionados con los capítulos posteriores, fortaleciendo los conocimientos fundamentales y ofreciendo un contexto cuando se estudian las emergencias específicas.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 1284194051
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1615
Book Description
En 1971, la Academia Americana de Cirujanos Ortopedistas (AAOS) publicó la primera edición de Los Cuidados de Emergencia y Transporte de Enfermos y Heridos y sentó las bases para el entrenamiento de los SEM. Hoy en día, vemos cómo la undécima edición transforma la educación en los SEM llevándola a todo el mundo y ayudando a un desarrollo superior de los proveedores del SEM alrededor del planeta. Con base en los Estándares Nacionales de Educación de los SEM de Estados Unidos de América de y las guías 2015 de RCP/CCE del 2015, la undécima edición ofrece una cobertura completa de cada declaración de competencia con claridad y precisión en un formato conciso que asegura la comprensión del alumno y fomenta el pensamiento critico. Presenta un nuevo material cognitivo y didáctico, junto con nuevas destrezas y características para crear una solución de formación completa e innovadora para proveedores prehospitalarios. Hoy, el paquete de recursos educativos en SEM de la AAOS, desde primeros auxilios y RCP hasta el transporte de cuidados críticos, es el estándar de oro en materiales de capacitación, ofreciendo contenido excepcional y recursos de instrucción que satisfacen las diversas necesidades de los estudiantes y educadores de hoy en día. Contenido medico actualizado de ultima generación La undécima edición se alinea con los estándares médicos actuales — desde PHTLS hasta ILCOR — e incorpora conceptos médicos basados en evidencia para garantizar que los estudiantes e instructores tengan una interpretación precisa y profunda de la ciencia médica y su aplicación en la medicina prehospitalaria de hoy en día. Aplicación al Mundo Real del SEM A través de la evolución de estudios de caso de pacientes en cada capítulo, la undécima edición proporciona a los estudiantes el contexto de mundo real para aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos en cada capitulo clarificando cómo la información se utiliza para la atención de los pacientes en el campo e impulsa a los estudiantes a participar en el pensamiento crítico y la discusión. Una Fundación de por Vida La undécima edición parte de la premisa de que los estudiantes necesitan una base de fundamentos solidos y posteriormente refuerzo apropiado. La undécima edición proporciona a los estudiantes una comprensión amplia de la terminología médica, anatomía, fisiología y fisiopatología. Los conceptos son examinados brevemente y son relacionados con los capítulos posteriores, fortaleciendo los conocimientos fundamentales y ofreciendo un contexto cuando se estudian las emergencias específicas.
Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management
Author: Liam Donaldson
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030594033
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Implementing safety practices in healthcare saves lives and improves the quality of care: it is therefore vital to apply good clinical practices, such as the WHO surgical checklist, to adopt the most appropriate measures for the prevention of assistance-related risks, and to identify the potential ones using tools such as reporting & learning systems. The culture of safety in the care environment and of human factors influencing it should be developed from the beginning of medical studies and in the first years of professional practice, in order to have the maximum impact on clinicians' and nurses' behavior. Medical errors tend to vary with the level of proficiency and experience, and this must be taken into account in adverse events prevention. Human factors assume a decisive importance in resilient organizations, and an understanding of risk control and containment is fundamental for all medical and surgical specialties. This open access book offers recommendations and examples of how to improve patient safety by changing practices, introducing organizational and technological innovations, and creating effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care systems, in order to spread the quality and patient safety culture among the new generation of healthcare professionals, and is intended for residents and young professionals in different clinical specialties.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030594033
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Implementing safety practices in healthcare saves lives and improves the quality of care: it is therefore vital to apply good clinical practices, such as the WHO surgical checklist, to adopt the most appropriate measures for the prevention of assistance-related risks, and to identify the potential ones using tools such as reporting & learning systems. The culture of safety in the care environment and of human factors influencing it should be developed from the beginning of medical studies and in the first years of professional practice, in order to have the maximum impact on clinicians' and nurses' behavior. Medical errors tend to vary with the level of proficiency and experience, and this must be taken into account in adverse events prevention. Human factors assume a decisive importance in resilient organizations, and an understanding of risk control and containment is fundamental for all medical and surgical specialties. This open access book offers recommendations and examples of how to improve patient safety by changing practices, introducing organizational and technological innovations, and creating effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care systems, in order to spread the quality and patient safety culture among the new generation of healthcare professionals, and is intended for residents and young professionals in different clinical specialties.
Healthcare Reform, Quality and Safety
Author: Jeffrey Braithwaite
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1472451422
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This book offers a global perspective on healthcare reform and its relationship with efforts to improve quality and safety. It looks at the ways reforms have developed in 30 countries, and specifically the impact national reform initiatives have had on the quality and safety of care. It explores how reforms drive quality and safety improvement, and equally how they act to negate such goals. Every country included in this book is involved in a reform and improvement process, but each takes place in a particular social, cultural, economic and developmental context, leading to differing emphases and varied progress. Methods for tackling common problems - financing, efficiencies, effectiveness, evidence-based practice, institutional reforms, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives - also differ. Representatives from each nation provide a chapter to convey their own situation. The editors draw a conclusion from these numerous contributions and synthesize the themes emerging into a coherent ‘lessons learned’ summary that delivers value to the numerous stakeholders. Healthcare Reform, Quality and Safety forms a compendium of the current ‘state of the art’ in global healthcare reform. This is the first book of its type, and offers a unique opportunity for cross-fertilization of ideas to the mutual benefit of countries involved in the project. The content will be of interest to governments, policymakers, managers and leaders, clinicians, teaching academics, researchers and students.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1472451422
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This book offers a global perspective on healthcare reform and its relationship with efforts to improve quality and safety. It looks at the ways reforms have developed in 30 countries, and specifically the impact national reform initiatives have had on the quality and safety of care. It explores how reforms drive quality and safety improvement, and equally how they act to negate such goals. Every country included in this book is involved in a reform and improvement process, but each takes place in a particular social, cultural, economic and developmental context, leading to differing emphases and varied progress. Methods for tackling common problems - financing, efficiencies, effectiveness, evidence-based practice, institutional reforms, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives - also differ. Representatives from each nation provide a chapter to convey their own situation. The editors draw a conclusion from these numerous contributions and synthesize the themes emerging into a coherent ‘lessons learned’ summary that delivers value to the numerous stakeholders. Healthcare Reform, Quality and Safety forms a compendium of the current ‘state of the art’ in global healthcare reform. This is the first book of its type, and offers a unique opportunity for cross-fertilization of ideas to the mutual benefit of countries involved in the project. The content will be of interest to governments, policymakers, managers and leaders, clinicians, teaching academics, researchers and students.
Buen Aliento e Seguridad
Author: Mauricio Conceicao
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 8565190056
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 8565190056
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Quality Management
Author: Donna C. S. Summers
Publisher: Pearson Educación
ISBN: 9789702608134
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Designed to enable readers to recognize the cornerstones of creating and sustaining organizational effectiveness, the First Edition is based on key quality initiatives including Six Sigma, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, ISO 9000, lean manufacturing, and value creation. This book explores how quality management has progressed from an emphasis on the management of quality to a focus on the quality of managing, operating, and integrating customer service, marketing, production, delivery, information, and finance areas throughout an organization's value chain. For professionals with a career or interest in business, engineering, engineering technology, and quality management.
Publisher: Pearson Educación
ISBN: 9789702608134
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Designed to enable readers to recognize the cornerstones of creating and sustaining organizational effectiveness, the First Edition is based on key quality initiatives including Six Sigma, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, ISO 9000, lean manufacturing, and value creation. This book explores how quality management has progressed from an emphasis on the management of quality to a focus on the quality of managing, operating, and integrating customer service, marketing, production, delivery, information, and finance areas throughout an organization's value chain. For professionals with a career or interest in business, engineering, engineering technology, and quality management.
WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery 2009
Author: World Health Organization (Genève). World Alliance for Patient Safety
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789241598552
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Confronted with worldwide evidence of substantial public health harm due to inadequate patient safety, the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2002 adopted a resolution (WHA55.18) urging countries to strengthen the safety of health care and monitoring systems. The resolution also requested that WHO take a lead in setting global norms and standards and supporting country efforts in preparing patient safety policies and practices. In May 2004, the WHA approved the creation of an international alliance to improve patient safety globally; WHO Patient Safety was launched the following October. For the first time, heads of agencies, policy-makers and patient groups from around the world came together to advance attainment of the goal of "First, do no harm" and to reduce the adverse consequences of unsafe health care. The purpose of WHO Patient Safety is to facilitate patient safety policy and practice. It is concentrating its actions on focused safety campaigns called Global Patient Safety Challenges, coordinating Patients for Patient Safety, developing a standard taxonomy, designing tools for research policy and assessment, identifying solutions for patient safety, and developing reporting and learning initiatives aimed at producing 'best practice' guidelines. Together these efforts could save millions of lives by improving basic health care and halting the diversion of resources from other productive uses. The Global Patient Safety Challenge, brings together the expertise of specialists to improve the safety of care. The area chosen for the first Challenge in 2005-2006, was infection associated with health care. This campaign established simple, clear standards for hand hygiene, an educational campaign and WHO's first Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. The problem area selected for the second Global Patient Safety Challenge, in 2007-2008, was the safety of surgical care. Preparation of these Guidelines for Safe Surgery followed the steps recommended by WHO. The groundwork for the project began in autumn 2006 and included an international consultation meeting held in January 2007 attended by experts from around the world. Following this meeting, expert working groups were created to systematically review the available scientific evidence, to write the guidelines document and to facilitate discussion among the working group members in order to formulate the recommendations. A steering group consisting of the Programme Lead, project team members and the chairs of the four working groups, signed off on the content and recommendations in the guidelines document. Nearly 100 international experts contributed to the document (see end). The guidelines were pilot tested in each of the six WHO regions--an essential part of the Challenge--to obtain local information on the resources required to comply with the recommendations and information on the feasibility, validity, reliability and cost-effectiveness of the interventions.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789241598552
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Confronted with worldwide evidence of substantial public health harm due to inadequate patient safety, the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2002 adopted a resolution (WHA55.18) urging countries to strengthen the safety of health care and monitoring systems. The resolution also requested that WHO take a lead in setting global norms and standards and supporting country efforts in preparing patient safety policies and practices. In May 2004, the WHA approved the creation of an international alliance to improve patient safety globally; WHO Patient Safety was launched the following October. For the first time, heads of agencies, policy-makers and patient groups from around the world came together to advance attainment of the goal of "First, do no harm" and to reduce the adverse consequences of unsafe health care. The purpose of WHO Patient Safety is to facilitate patient safety policy and practice. It is concentrating its actions on focused safety campaigns called Global Patient Safety Challenges, coordinating Patients for Patient Safety, developing a standard taxonomy, designing tools for research policy and assessment, identifying solutions for patient safety, and developing reporting and learning initiatives aimed at producing 'best practice' guidelines. Together these efforts could save millions of lives by improving basic health care and halting the diversion of resources from other productive uses. The Global Patient Safety Challenge, brings together the expertise of specialists to improve the safety of care. The area chosen for the first Challenge in 2005-2006, was infection associated with health care. This campaign established simple, clear standards for hand hygiene, an educational campaign and WHO's first Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. The problem area selected for the second Global Patient Safety Challenge, in 2007-2008, was the safety of surgical care. Preparation of these Guidelines for Safe Surgery followed the steps recommended by WHO. The groundwork for the project began in autumn 2006 and included an international consultation meeting held in January 2007 attended by experts from around the world. Following this meeting, expert working groups were created to systematically review the available scientific evidence, to write the guidelines document and to facilitate discussion among the working group members in order to formulate the recommendations. A steering group consisting of the Programme Lead, project team members and the chairs of the four working groups, signed off on the content and recommendations in the guidelines document. Nearly 100 international experts contributed to the document (see end). The guidelines were pilot tested in each of the six WHO regions--an essential part of the Challenge--to obtain local information on the resources required to comply with the recommendations and information on the feasibility, validity, reliability and cost-effectiveness of the interventions.
Bioethics in Medicine and Society
Author: Thomas F. Heston
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 183881177X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Bioethics is the application of ethics to the broad field of medicine, including the ethics of patient care, research, and public health. In this book, prominent authors from around the globe discuss the complexities of bioethics as they apply to our current world. Topics range from the philosophical bioethics of the evolution of thinking about marriage from a religious standpoint to the bioethics of radiation protection to value-based medicine and cancer screening for breast cancer. Bioethics in Medicine and Society is wide-ranging, with additional chapters on the ethics of geoengineering, complementary and alternative medicine, and end-of-life ethical dilemmas. Readers with find that the field of bioethics has broad implications throughout society from our most intimate interpersonal relationships to policies being implemented on a global scale.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 183881177X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Bioethics is the application of ethics to the broad field of medicine, including the ethics of patient care, research, and public health. In this book, prominent authors from around the globe discuss the complexities of bioethics as they apply to our current world. Topics range from the philosophical bioethics of the evolution of thinking about marriage from a religious standpoint to the bioethics of radiation protection to value-based medicine and cancer screening for breast cancer. Bioethics in Medicine and Society is wide-ranging, with additional chapters on the ethics of geoengineering, complementary and alternative medicine, and end-of-life ethical dilemmas. Readers with find that the field of bioethics has broad implications throughout society from our most intimate interpersonal relationships to policies being implemented on a global scale.