The Virtues in Medical Practice (Hardcover, New)

This book constructs a virtue-based ethics for medicine and health care. Beginning with the problem of relating virtues to principles, the authors develop a theory that this linkage lies in the goals of medicine and the nature of medical practice as a moral community. Specific virtues such as trust, compassion, prudence, justice, courage, temperance, and self-effacement are discussed in separate chapters. The book ends by examining how a virtue-based ethic of medicine makes a difference in analysing problems like caring for the poor, research on human subjects, whether the medical virtues can be taught in professional training, and how a refurbished philosophy of medicine can enhance medicine and health care in the future.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1994
First published:	November 1993
Authors:	Edmund D. Pellegrino (Professor of Medical Ethics) • David C. Thomasma (Director, Medical Humanities Program)
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	205
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-508289-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	0-19-508289-3
Barcode:	9780195082890

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