Reviews and Notes: Ethics: Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and Concepts

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Literature of Medicine15 August 1996Reviews and Notes: Ethics: Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases and ConceptsRobert Lyman Potter, MD, PhDRobert Lyman Potter, MD, PhDMidwest Bioethics Center, Kansas City, MO 64105Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-125-4-199608150-00037 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail RJ Devettere. 487 pages. Washington, DC: Georgetown Univ Pr; 1995. $25.95. ISBN 0-87840-594-1. Order phone 410-516-6995.Aristotle's framework for understanding ethics is the basis for this highly practical guide to ethics in health care. Devettere has presented the concepts and cases in nontechnical language; consequently, he has filled a need for a substantial book of instruction in virtue ethics that can be read by nonclinicians. However, this book is not simple. Each concept is supported by enough text to make the discerning reader well informed. For example, the concept of decision-making capacity is treated with such precision that no important ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Midwest Bioethics Center, Kansas City, MO 64105 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 15 August 1996Volume 125, Issue 4Page: 351-352KeywordsBioethicsDecision makingEuthanasiaHealth careHealth care providersNutritionPatientsReasoningSuicideTransplantation ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 August 1996 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1996 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...