This reflective work develops a constructive alternative to the principle of primacy of patient welfare and advocates for an ethics of virtue that respects the physician as a moral equal. It is of interest to students and academics in medicine, ethics, medical humanities and health management.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2016-06-01
Language: English
Number of Pages: 182
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..