by David C. Thomasma (Author), Edmund D. M.D. Pellegrino (Author)
This monograph constructs a virtue-based ethic for medicine and health care. Specific virtues such as trust, compassion, justice, courage and self-effacement are discussed. The text concludes by examining how a virtue-based ethic of medicine effects the analysis of health care problems.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 220
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 03 Nov 1993
ISBN 10: 0195082893
ISBN 13: 9780195082890