The goal of this open access book is to develop an approach to clinical health care ethics that is more accessible to, and usable by, health professionals than the now-dominant approaches that focus, for example, on the application of ethical principles. The book elaborates the view that health professionals have the emotional and intellectual resources to discuss and address ethical issues in clinical health care without needing to rely on the expertise of bioethicists. The early chapters review the history of bioethics and explain how academics from outside health care came to dominate the field of health care ethics, both in professional schools and in clinical health care. The middle chapters elaborate a series of concepts, drawn from philosophy and the social sciences, that set the stage for developing a framework that builds upon the individual moral experience of health professionals, that explains the discontinuities between the demands of bioethics and the experience and perceptions of health professionals, and that enables the articulation of a full theory of clinical ethics with clinicians themselves as the foundation. Against that background, the first of three chapters on professional education presents a general framework for teaching clinical ethics; the second discusses how to integrate ethics into formal health care curricula; and the third addresses the opportunities for teaching available in clinical settings. The final chapter, "Empowering Clinicians", brings together the various dimensions of the argument and anticipates potential questions about the framework developed in earlier chapters.

This open access book sets out the stress-system model for functional somatic symptoms in children and adolescents. The book begins by exploring the initial encounter between the paediatrician, child, and family, moves through the assessment process, including the formulation and the treatment contract, and then describes the various forms of treatment that are designed to settle the child's dysregulated stress system. This approach both provides a new understanding of how such symptoms emerge - typically, through a history of recurrent or chronic stress, either physical or psychological - and points the way to effective assessment, management, and treatment that put the child (and family) back on the road to health and well-being.

BACK COVER COPYSince the days when fire alarms were signaled by church bells, people have been chasing fire engines. Some people just had to know where the fire was, and others actually went to the scene. Some of these "buffs" from the past include George Washington, Ben Franklin, Lillian Hitchcock Coit, Oliver Wendell Holmes, a Prince of Wales, Arthur Fiedler, and Fiorello LaGuardia.Today, when a fire engine or police car speeds by with its lights flashing and sirens wailing, we might wonder where it is going and what adventure awaits it. The church bell alarm of yesteryear has been replaced by radio, enabling ordinary citizens to be part of the excitement. The drama can range from a major conflagration to a high-speed pursuit, or merely a politician speeding to his own fund-raiser. Some buffs will go to events to watch the spectacle unfold, to record the event as journalists, or possibly to witness the scene of a crime as if they were part of the incident itself.Many thrill-seekers have become obsessed with chasing this kind of excitement. Complete with a buff's compendium of jargon and radio codes and frequencies, The Buff Chronicles tells the story of these infatuated people, their foibles, and the events they follow.