The Book Company: New Products - Ethics

The Ethics of Precision Medicine (The Problems of Prevention in Healthcare)

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:46:27 +0000

Paul Scherz explores the ethical challenges raised by precision medicine and its focus on medical risk as opposed to current disease.

Genetic technologies and artificial intelligence are rapidly changing the landscape of medical practice and patient care. In the emerging ..

Price: $35.00

Humane Medicine (A Philosophical Study of an Encounter)

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:24:35 +0000

Humane Medicine: A Philosophical Study of an Encounter argues that medicine's greatest challenge is not technological but human. As scientific advances transform healthcare, Gé rard Reach explores how the essential relationship between physician and patient can remain at the heart of ..

Price: $89.95

The Book of MAID (Understanding Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada)

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:18:38 +0000

A clear, compassionate guide to medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada, this book helps readers navigate one of life’s most difficult decisions with confidence and understanding. Written in plain language, it explains when MAID may be considered, how the process works, and what patients a..

Price: $16.95

Healthy Embodiment (Philosophical Reflections on the Experience of Health)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:51:34 +0000

This book provides a philosophical analysis of the experience of health and investigates how this experience is shaped by recent developments in medicine and public health. It shows how phenomenological and Foucauldian approaches to health can be systematically integrated into a general account..

Price: $64.99

The New Vet's Handbook (Information and Advice for Veterinary Graduates)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:09:43 +0000

A practical guide for new veterinary graduates entering the profession.The New Vet's Handbook acts as a guidebook for newly qualified vets on personal and professional issues, covering employment options, interviews, mentoring, working with clients, patients and colleagues,..

Price: $39.95

No Way to Treat a Friend (Lifting the Lid on Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:46:49 +0000

"No Way to Treat a Friend" is an informative and readable exposÃ?Â© of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine (CAVM). Written in an accessible style and illustrated with stories and real-life cases from veterinary practice, this book is a counterweight to the mass of 'pro' literature in..

Price: $29.90

Veterinary Ethics (Navigating Tough Cases)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:45:54 +0000

What should a vet do when a client can't pay for their animal's treatment? Or when asked their opinion on the killing of wildlife for disease control? Or when observing an animal welfare problem whilst off duty? Ethical problems are an every day part of life for veterinarians, but it can be diffic..

Price: $62.95

Supporting Pet Owners Through Grief (A Veterinarian's Guide to Loss)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:32:08 +0000

Supporting Pet Owners Through Grief provides practitioners and students alike with tools to better understand grief and its impact on the human-animal bond. Veterinary team members will also learn how to navigate their own mix of emotions as they themselves experience and process recurrent grief t..

Price: $55.00

Pigs Welfare in Practice

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:30:51 +0000

A concise practical handbook on high welfare standards in pig farming for people who work directly with animals. The aim is to improve animal health and farm profitability through introducing good husbandry practices and finding low cost solutions to improve welfare for the animals. Aimed at ..

Price: $29.90

Broiler Chickens (Welfare in Practice)

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:30:17 +0000

Broiler Chickens is a short practical book of guidelines and advice to good welfare practice in broiler chicken farming. With contributions from world expert researchers in poultry welfare, this book distils academic research into applied advice on the farm for industry and farm workers. Th..

Price: $29.90