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Virtue and Medicine

Explorations in the Character of Medicine

Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 17)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Historical Analyses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Virtue and Health/Medicine in Pre-Christian Antiquity

      • Gary B. Ferngren, Darrel W. Amundsen
      Pages 3-22
    3. Virtue and Medicine from Early Christianity Through the Sixteenth Century

      • Darrel W. Amundsen, Gary B. Ferngren
      Pages 23-61
    4. Virtue and Medicine During the Enlightenment in Germany

      • Dietrich von Engelhardt
      Pages 63-79
  3. Theories of Virtue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Virtue and Vice

      • Bernard Gert
      Pages 95-109
    3. Two Cheers for Meno: The Definition of the Virtues

      • Edmund L. Pincoffs
      Pages 111-131
    4. The Virtues: A Theological Analysis

      • Gilbert Meilaender
      Pages 151-171
  4. Virtue and Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
    2. The Virtues of Medicine: Meaning and Import

      • Edmund L. Erde
      Pages 201-221
    3. The Virtuous Physician, and the Ethics of Medicine

      • Edmund D. Pellegrino
      Pages 237-255
    4. Virtue and the Practice of Nursing

      • Martin Benjamin, Joy Curtis
      Pages 257-273
    5. The Virtuous Patient

      • Karen Lebacqz
      Pages 275-288
  5. Critique

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305

Editors and Affiliations

  • Theology and Ethics, Institute of Religion, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    Earl E. Shelp

  • Medical Ethics, Department of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    Earl E. Shelp

  • Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    Earl E. Shelp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Virtue and Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Explorations in the Character of Medicine

  • Editors: Earl E. Shelp

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5229-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1808-2Published: 31 March 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8812-1Published: 19 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5229-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 364

  • Topics: Philosophy of Medicine, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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