New Review of Critical Decisions
A review of Critical Decisions was recently published in The American Journal of Bioethics. You can check it out here.
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A review of Critical Decisions was recently published in The American Journal of Bioethics. You can check it out here.
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My heart was warmed by a new, and very positive, review of a Critical Decisions. I always find myself agreeing with people who liked my book. Funny thing. Anyway, here is the review: “This is a very belated review. And I mean that as a compliment. As soon as I finished reading Peter Ubel’s Critical Decisions,…
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At long last, my new book Critical Decisions is out there, ready to reach (fingers crossed!) a wide and appreciative audience. I’m really excited about this book. It pulls together ideas that have been smoldering in my brain for two decades — research, reflections and experiences (AKA “stories”). In the book, I relate the fascinating…
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