The following appeared in Volume 98, Number 1 (Fall, 1998) of the APA Newsletters

Advanced European Bioethics Course. 8-10 April 1999, nijmegen, Netherlands. Specialists from different countries will discuss ethical aspects of palliative care. Subjects: Evolution of Palliative Care; Ethics and Pain Management; Limits of Palliative Care; Futility of Medical Treatment; Palliative Care and Euthanasia. Lecturers: B. Crul, W. Dekkers, B. Gordijn, H. ten Have (all Neth.), S. Husebø (norway), R. Purtilo (USA), Z. Zylicz (Neth.). Language: English. For more information: Dr. B. Gordijn, Catholic University Nijmegen, 232 Dept. Of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Tel: [31] 24-3615320. Fax: [31] 24-3540254. E-mail: b.gordijn@efg.kun.nl Internet site: http://www.azn.nl/fmw/onderwys/ukpallia.htm

New Books
I Can’t Remember: Family Stories of Alzheimer’s Disease
Ester Strauss Smoller

I Can’t Remember is an intimate photo essay of four families and their process of coping with Alzheimer’s disease—a process of coming to terms with the practical and emotional consequences of a disease that changes the entire family dynamic. Family members tell their stories of first denying that their loved one could be suffering from Alzheimer’s, then dealing with the changing relationships among family members and the intensifying emotions, as old family troubles are stirred up and new feelings of despair and love appear.

Temple University Press: ISBN 1-56639-555-0

Fourteen leading authorities in their respective fields provide comprehensive and current survey of issues in medical ethics. Each author is given the opportunity to write a chapter surveying a critical issue in one of the major subject areas in medical ethics. Within each chapter, the author develops a discussion of the critical concepts, arguments and positions in a particular facet of medical ethics, without arguing for one position or another.

Jones and Bartlett: ISBN 0-86720-974-7

Morality and the New Genetics is the results of three years of discussion at Dartmouth College among philosophers, physicians, scientists, and specialists who deal with the moral problems associated with genetic disabilities.

The overall purpose of this book is to show readers how philosophical analysis can be of use in developing policies to deal with the moral issues that arise from the new genetics.

Jones and Bartlett: ISBN 0-86720-520-2

This text explores ethics that stem directly from the moral dimension of nursing as it is rooted in everyday practice. Using practical examples that present ethical issues as they naturally arise, the authors demonstrate that integrating the motivation to care will help nurses fulfill the moral sense of their jobs as caretakers.

Jones and Bartlett: ISBN 0-86720-969-0

This is the first book available that provides readers with a combined introductory approach to the history, methods, and practice of bioethics. Its goal is to teach readers where bioethics came from, what methods we use to define and analyze ethical issues and how bioethics is practiced in the clinical setting.

Jones and Bartlett: ISBN 0-7637-0228-5

This collection of essays written by David Eddy was originally published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. It lays out a unified theory and offers practical recommendations for responding to the changing environment in which medicine is practiced. The essays address such issues as physician uncertainty, guidelines, patient preferences, outcomes, evidence-based medicine, the cost problem, the balance between quality and cost, physician responsibilities, and rationing.

Jones and Bartlett: ISBN 0-7637-0143-2

Ethical Choices presents issues in an easy-to-read case study format that physicians and other health care professionals will find relevant to day-to-day practice and patients will find critical to their health, welfare, and rights.

More than a dozen issues are examined, including sexual relationships between physicians and patients; the impaired doctor; disclosure of errors; disputes between residents and attendings; financial incentives inherent in fee-for service medicine versus managed care; patient preferences for referrals; and physician-assisted suicide.