Free and informed consent is one of the most widespread and morally important practices of modern health care; competence to consent is its cornerstone. In this book, Becky Cox White provides a concise introduction to the key practical, philosophical, and moral issues involved in competence to consent.
The goals of informed consent, respect for patient autonomy and provision of beneficent care, cannot be met without a competent patient. Thus determining a patient's competence is the critical first step to informed consent. Determining competence depends on defining it, yet...
Free and informed consent is one of the most widespread and morally important practices of modern health care; competence to consent is its corners...
Ten Thousand Miles of Miracles is an extraordinary account of a remarkable young lady named Paula who survived life during a crucial time in history few first-hand witnesses are still alive to tell about. This book follows her life beginning with her childhood in Zipserland, Slovakia, and her amazing journey of leaving home at 12 years old, traveling by herself to escape the ravages of WWII in Europe, fleeing a refugee camp, surviving air raids and phosphor bombs, narrowly escaping death many times, coming face to face as a young lady with the Nazi soldiers for several hours while her family...
Ten Thousand Miles of Miracles is an extraordinary account of a remarkable young lady named Paula who survived life during a crucial time in history f...