The Virtues in Medical Practice

Neuausgabe 1993
ISBN: 978-0-19-508289-0
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pellegrino, Edmund D. M. D.

Pellegrino, Edmund D.

Thomasma, David C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik