Competency : a Study of Informal Competency Determinations in Primary Care / edited by Mary Ann Gardell Cutter and Earl E. Shelp.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Clinical Context -- Judging Competence: When the Psychiatrist Need, or Need Not, Be Involved -- Informal Judgments of Competence and Incompetence -- Reexamining Concepts of Competence -- Competence -- Judgments of Incompetence and Their Moral Presuppositions -- Fashioning Law and Public Policy -- Competence: At the Intersection of Law, Medicine, and Philosophy -- The Geography of Competency -- Medical Treatment Decisions and Competency in the Eyes of the Law: A Brief Survey -- Case Studies: Seeking Insight From Application -- Competency Judgments: Case Studies From the Internist's Perspective -- Competency Judgments: Case Studies from the Psychiatrist' Perspective -- Competency Judgments: Case Studies in Moral Perspective -- Commentary and Critique: Another Look at Concepts of Competence -- The Competency of Definitions of Competency -- Judgments About Patient Competence: Cultural and Economic Antecedents -- Patient Freedom and Competence in Health Care -- Breaking up the Shell Game of Consequentialism: Incompetence - Concept and Ethics -- Competency: A Triaxial Concept.