The virtuous physician

The virtuous physician

by Marcum, James A.

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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 professionalism crises in medicine. In this book, the author proposes a notion of virtuous physician to address these crises. He discusses the nature of the two crises and efforts by the medical professio…

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  • Full title :The virtuous physician / by James A. Marcum.

Summary

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 professionalism crises in medicine. In this book, the author proposes a notion of virtuous physician to address these crises. He discusses the nature of the two crises and efforts by the medical profession to resolve them and then he briefly introduces the notion of virtuous physician and outlines its ba.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Springer
  • Place of Publication:Dordrecht
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789400727052, 9400727054, 9789400727069, 9400727062
  • oclc:ocn785870676
  • LC Classification:R724
  • Dewey Decimal:174.2

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Medicine's Crises; 1.1 Medicine's Crises; 1.1.1 Quality-of-Care Crisis; 1.1.2 Professionalism Crisis; 1.2 Resolving Medicine's Crises; 1.2.1 Evidence-Based Medicine; 1.2.2 Patient-Centered Medicine; 1.3 Summary; References; 2 Virtue Theory, Ethics, and Epistemology; 2.1 Virtue Theory; 2.1.1 Traditional Virtue Theory; 2.1.2 Eclipse of Virtue Theory; 2.1.3 Contemporary Virtue Theory; 2.2 Vice; 2.3 Contemporary Virtue Ethics; 2.4 Virtue Epistemology; 2.5 Summary; References; 3 Virtues and Vices; 3.1 The Intellectual Virtues and Vices.

3.2 The Ethical Virtues and Vices3.2.1 Courage and Cowardice; 3.2.2 Temperance and Intemperance; 3.2.3 Justice and Injustice; 3.3 The Theological Virtues and Vices; 3.3.1 Faith and Faithlessness; 3.3.2 Hope and Hopelessness; 3.3.3 Love and Lovelessness; 3.4 Summary; References; 4 On Caring and Uncaring; 4.1 Caring; 4.1.1 Mayeroff's Notion of Caring; 4.1.2 Models of Caring; 4.1.3 Is Caring a Virtue?; 4.1.4 Care; 4.1.4.1 Care Ethics; 4.1.4.2 Peabody's Notion of Patient Care; 4.1.5 Competence; 4.1.6 Care-Competence Relationship; 4.2 Uncaring; 4.2.1 Carelessness; 4.2.2 Incompetence.

4.2.3 Carelessness-Incompetence Rel…

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Subjects

Clinical Competence Compétence clinique Ethics, Medical Éthique médicale Médecine -- Philosophie Medical ethics Medicine -- Philosophy Philosophy, Medical Virtue

Writers

Marcum, James A.

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