The Virtuous Physician The Role of Virtue in Medicine /

Although modern medicine enjoys unprecedented success in providing excellent technical care, many patients are dissatisfied with the poor quality of care or the unprofessional manner in which physicians sometimes deliver it. Recently, this patient dissatisfaction has led to quality-of-care and profe...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Marcum, James A. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Σειρά:Philosophy and Medicine, 114
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Acknowledgments.- Preface
  • 1. Medicine’s crises
  • 2. Virtue theory, ethics, and epistemology
  • 3. Virtues and vices
  • 4. On caring and uncaring
  • 5. On prudent love and imprudent lovelessness
  • 6. Medical stories
  • 7. The virtuous physician and medicine’s crises
  • 8. Figures
  • References.- Notes.