Medical Ethics in the VA System

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By John Walters on Wednesday, December 19, 2001.
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The Veterens Affairs Department has a national center for ethics in White River Junction, VT. That's where Paul Reitemeier works. He's a medical ethicist who provides guidance on ethical issues for veterens' hospitals accross the country. For him, it's a way to combine his two main interests: medicine and philosophy.

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