The Virtues in Medical Practice

by David C. Thomasma and Edmund D. Pellegrino

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In recent years, virtue theories have enjoyed a renaissance of interest among general and medical ethicists. This book offers a virtue-based ethic for medicine, the health professions, and health care. Beginning with a historical account of the concept of virtue, the authors construct a theory of the place of the virtues in medical practice. Their theory is grounded in the nature and ends of medicine as a special kind of human activity. The concepts...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195082893

ISBN13:9780195082890

Release Date:January 1993

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.12 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"

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Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Ethics Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Medical Medical Books Medical Ethics Medicine Public Health Words, Language & Grammar

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