(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA This Chapter, first developed as a presentation for the University of Scranton conference, ‘Genetic Engineering and the Future of…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 8.1 The Several Ways to Consider Any Clinical Encounter Over the past 25 years, I was privileged to consult on…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 7.1 Review The field of bio- or medical ethics continues to show serious distress, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding….
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 4.1 Appeal and Response Encountering another person who is afflicted—whether from illness, injury, or the result of some genetic…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 6.1 Taking Time, Listening to the Voices My critique of the casuist proposal serves to highlight several points of…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA I should note at the outset that an early version of this book was published several years ago in…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA I should confess at the outset that each time I have set out to write something introductory about the…
(1) Department of Medicine, Primary, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA 5.1 What Are We to Make of the Backlash Against Ethics? I want to pick up where I left…
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS Bacterial Meningitis BASICS An acute inflammation and infection of the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord ETIOLOGY Children: group B streptococci and E. coli,…
BRONCHITIS, PNEUMONIA, LUNG ABSCESS, AND EMPYEMA Bronchitis BASICS Infection of the conducting airways of the lung (bronchial inflammation) ETIOLOGY Generally viral (influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]) SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS…
