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	Institution: CLOCKSS  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 8 No. 4, July 1999   Archives  •  Online Features Series on Ethics  This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (1)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Medical Practice  • Medical Ethics  • Patient-Physician Communication  • Alert me on articles by topic Ethical Theories and Clinical Practice One Family Physician's Approach Marc Tunzi, MD Arch Fam Med. 1999;8:342-344. Many physicians find clinical ethics unhelpful in managing real-life patient care conflicts. In part, this is because different ethical theories often analyze situations in different ways. I review several clinical ethics methods that I have found useful in different patient care situations and discuss how this eclectic approach to ethical problems is consistent with primary care in general. From the Family Practice Residency, Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, Calif. THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES Clinical Ethics: What's Law Got to Do With It? Bauman Arch Fam Med 1999;8:345-346. FULL TEXT   HOME | CURRENT ISSUE | PAST ISSUES | TOPIC COLLECTIONS | CME | PHYSICIAN JOBS | HELP CONDITIONS OF USE | PRIVACY POLICY | CONTACT US | SITE MAP   © 1999 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.