Competence to Consent
![]() 224 pp., 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: 9780878405602 (0878405607) eBook ISBN: 9781589013001 E-Inspection Request E-Inspection September 1994 LC: 94-9917 Clinical Medical Ethics series EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionReviews |
Competence to Consent
Becky Cox White
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. Becky Cox White is an assistant professor of philosophy at California State University Chico. She received a PhD from Rice University and has extensive nursing experience. H. Tris Engelhardt and Kevin Wm. Wildes, Series Editors
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"This is a serious and important theoretical contribution to the discussion of competence and consent developing in bioethics and political theory. Its strengths are its rigor and clarity of argument; its economy and elegance of language; and its willingness to move from theoretical to practical implications. White's clinical experience strengthens her phenomenological analysis and incorporates the insights of philosophy, anthropology, modern psychology, medical sociology, and nursing....it provides the basis for establishing practical and efficacious tests for competence."—Joel Zimbelman, chair, Department of Religious Studies, California State University, Chico |