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Accountability as a virtue in medicine: from theory to …

WEBAccountability is a norm basic to several aspects of medical practice. We explore here the benefits of a more explicit focus on the virtue of accountability, which as …

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Principlism, medical individualism, and health promotion …

WEBThrough its adoption of the biomedical model of disease which promotes medical individualism and its reliance on the individual-based anthropology, mainstream …

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The art of equity: critical health humanities in practice

WEBThe American Association of Medical Colleges has called for incorporation of the health humanities into medical education, and many medical schools now offer …

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Time for a unified approach to medical ethics

WEBA code of ethics is used by individuals to justify their actions within an environment. Medical professionals require a keen understanding of specific ethical …

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Patients and agents – or why we need a different …

WEBThe success of medicine in the treatment of patients brings with it new challenges. More people live on to suffer from functional, chronic or multifactorial …

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The role of philosophy and ethics at the edges of medicine

WEBThe edge metaphor is ubiquitous in describing the present situation in the world, and nowhere is this as clearly visible as in medicine. “The edge of medicine” has …

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Healthcare access as a right, not a privilege: a construct of …

WEBOver 45 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured. Those living in poverty exhibit the worst health status. Employment, education, income, and race are …

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Barr Donald A: Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The …

WEBDonald A. Barr's Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America (second edition, 2007) offers a lucid …

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Normality in medicine: a critical review Philosophy, Ethics, and

WEBIn clinical practice normality is at the basis of all comparisons. [] From normality derives both health and disease, with implications from the patient self …

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Revisiting the need for virtue in medical practice: a reflection upon

WEBEdmund Pellegrino considered medicine as a skill, art, and perhaps most importantly, a moral enterprise. In this essay, I attempt to exemplify how the legacy and …

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“Violence” in medicine: necessary and unnecessary, intentional and

WEBWhat constitutes violence? The World Health Organization defines violence as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, …

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What is the place for philosophy within the field of medicine

WEBThis extended essay seeks to unpack some of the key aspects of philosophy which are applicable to medical thought and practice. It proceeds via an analytical …

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On the ontological assumptions of the medical model of …

WEBA common theme in the contemporary medical model of psychiatry is that pathophysiological processes are centrally involved in the explanation, evaluation, and …

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Virtue and medical ethics education Philosophy, Ethics, and

WEBThe traditional structure of medical school curriculum in the United States consists of 2 years of pre-clinical study followed by 2 years of clinical rotations. In this …

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The ethical foundations of patient-centered care in aesthetic …

WEBWords matter. Aesthetic medicine (AM) is an umbrella term currently used for describing specialties with the aim of improving physical appearance through invasive …

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Utilitarianism and the ethical foundations of cost-effectiveness

WEBEconomic efficiency is a leading criterion for resource allocation decisions for global (or public) health [1, 2].Yet assessments of efficiency in the form of cost …

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The predictive factors of moral courage among hospital nurses

WEBBackground Having moral courage is a crucial characteristic for nurses to handle ethical quandaries, stay true to their professional obligations towards patients, …

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