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. 1993 Mar;19(1):17–18. doi: 10.1136/jme.19.1.17

After bioethics and towards virtue?

P D Toon 1
PMCID: PMC1376162  PMID: 8459433

Abstract

The place of philosophical medical ethics in medical education and clinical practice has recently been questioned. Although partially valid, the criticisms do not warrant abandoning the enterprise. Instead a reappraised model, based on Aristotelean concepts of intellectual and moral virtue is suggested.

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