Virtues in Medical Practice - Pellegrino, Edmund D. (Professor of Medical Ethics, Professor of Medical Ethics, Georgetown University) a Thomasma, David C. (Director, Medical Humanities Program, Director, Medical Humanities Program, Loyola University of Chicago)

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.