The virtues in medical practice / by Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pellegrino, Edmund D., 1920-2013, author.

Thomasma, David C., 1939- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Bioethics.

Ethics, Medical.

Philosophy, Medical.

Medical Subjects:

Bioethics.

Ethics, Medical.

Philosophy, Medical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

PART I: Theory 1. Virtue Theory2. The Link Between Virtues, Principles, Duties3. Medicine as a Moral Community4. The Ends of Medicine and its VirtuesPART II: The Virtues in Medicine 5. Fidelity to Trust6. Compassion7. Phronesis: The Indispensable Virtue of Medicine8. Justice9. Fortitude10. Temperance11. Integrity12. Self-EffacementPART III: The Practice of Virtue 13. How Does Virtue Make a Difference?14. Can the Medical Virtues be Taught?15. Postscript: An Integral Medical Ethics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

I: Theory

1. Virtue Theory

2. The Link Between Virtues, Principles, and Duties

3. Medicine as a Moral Community

4. The Ends of Medicine and Its Virtues

II: The Virtues in Medicine

5. Fidelity to Trust

6. Compassion

7. Phronesis: Medicine's Indispensable Virtue

8. Justice

9. Fortitude

10. Temperance

11. Integrity

12. Self-Effacement

III: The Practice of Virtue

13. How Does Virtue Make a Difference?

14. Can the Medical Virtues Be Taught?

15. Toward a Comprehensive Philosophy for Medicine

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-770918-4

1-280-44347-2

9786610443475

0-19-974875-6

1-4237-6356-4

1-60129-929-X

OCLC:

65217575