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Practicing medicine and ethics : integrating wisdom, conscience, and goals of care /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaldjian, Lauris Christopher, 1963-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Medical ethics.
Integrity.
Humility.
Ethics, Medical.
Morals.
Physician's Role.
Professional-Patient Relations.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Medicine as a goal-directed, moral practice
  • Virtue ethics
  • Practical wisdom in medicine
  • Conscience and its relation to practical wisdom
  • The authority, fallibility, and normative reach of conscience
  • Conscience as integrity
  • The challenge and inescapability of religious pluralism
  • Implications of moral pluralism for public dialogue and professional practice
  • Conscientious objection and conscientious practice
  • An integrity-centered framework for practical wisdom in medicine.