Evaluating Clinical Ethics Consultation: A European Perspective

This paper focuses on the topic of evaluation of clinical ethics consultation. The concept of evaluation seems to contain an internal tension: On the one hand, evaluation is seen (by some authors) as distorting the conceptual and normative content of the case(s) under scrutiny and, on the other, the...

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Authors: Pfäfflin, Margarete 1950- (Author) ; Kobert, Klaus (Author) ; Reiter-Theil, Stella (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2009
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 406-419
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Summary:This paper focuses on the topic of evaluation of clinical ethics consultation. The concept of evaluation seems to contain an internal tension: On the one hand, evaluation is seen (by some authors) as distorting the conceptual and normative content of the case(s) under scrutiny and, on the other, the evaluative act is the most important use of judgment and an inescapable part of everyday life (e.g., the decision to buy a certain car or eat certain food is based on our own evaluations). As such, we maintain that evaluation is essential.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180109090604