Competency :  a Study of Informal Competency Determinations in Primary Care / 
edited by Mary Ann Gardell Cutter and Earl E. Shelp. 
 - vii, 290 pages. 
 - Philosophy and Medicine,  39  0376-7418 ; .
 - Philosophy and medicine ;  39. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>940105603X 9789401056038 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Physician and patient.<br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Mental Competency
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R723-723.7 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.696