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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808650803321

Autore

Pellegrino Edmund D. <1920->

Titolo

The virtues in medical practice [[electronic resource] /] / by Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

0-19-770918-4

1-280-44347-2

9786610443475

0-19-974875-6

1-4237-6356-4

1-60129-929-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasmaDavid C. <1939->

Disciplina

174/.2

Soggetti

Medical ethics

Bioethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.