My colleagues and i in birmingham are always on the lookout for an undergraduate textbook for our medical students which was why i agreed to review this book by and large it is pitched at an undergraduate audience and covers many of the areas that one might expect to find in a uk undergraduate medical course consent making decisions for the incompetent end of life issues beginning of . Practical decision making in health care ethics cases and concepts 3ed virtue theoretic approach to decision making in healthcare ethics i would not recommend this book for those wanting to learn about the concepts and principles of healthcare ethics although it may be a valuable source of background information on cases and . Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 212k or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Practical decision making in health care ethics is a refreshingly different kind of medical ethics textbook based on situational prudence and practical wisdom devetteres approach provides students and their instructors the opportunity to examine difficult bioethical issues through thoughtful discussion and careful reflection. For more than twenty years practical decision making in health care ethics has offered scholars and students a highly accessible and teachable alternative to the dominant principle based theories in the field raymond j devetteres approach is not based on an ethics of abstract obligations and duties but following aristotle on how to live a fulfilled and happy life in short an ethics of personal well being grounded in prudence the virtue of ethical decision making