The Virtues in Medical Practice

AvEdmund D. Pellegrino,David C. Thomasma

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-03-03
Mått:163 x 238 x 21 mm
Vikt:481 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195082890

Utforska kategorier

Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Läkare / patientrelation inom Medicin
Folkhälsa och hälsopedagogik inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., is John Carroll Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics at Georgetown University. David C. Thomasma, Ph.D., is director of the Medical Humanities Program at Loyola University of Chicago.

Recensioner i media

...the book is impressive and important because it attempts to systematize the insights of virtue theory and medical ethics and to place these insights into the larger framework of moral philosophy.

Innehållsförteckning

PART I: Theory1: Virtue Theory2: The Link Between Virtues, Principles, Duties3: Medicine as a Moral Community4: The Ends of Medicine and its VirtuesPART II: The Virtues in Medicine5: Fidelity to Trust6: Compassion7: Phronesis: The Indispensable Virtue of Medicine8: Justice9: Fortitude10: Temperance11: Integrity12: Self-EffacementPART III: The Practice of Virtue13: How Does Virtue Make a Difference?14: Can the Medical Virtues be Taught?15: Postscript: An Integral Medical Ethics