'Why Not Common Morality?'revisits an important and enduring question: is medical ethics
distinct from 'everyday'ethics? In her paper, Rosamond Rhodes undertakes the ambitious …

The perceived value of philosophy to medical education is increasing. But beyond the
occasional application of philosophical concepts, what does it mean to be philosophical …

Public health cannot function without public trust, and public trust is largely dependent on
the public health work force's ability to demonstrate ethical competence. Public health ethics …

Looking back on the development of the field of bioethics in the 1970s, one can now discern
what was not so clear at the time: an uneasy relationship between bioethics and …

Because health care professions exist to provide a good for society, ethical questions are
inherently part of them. Such professions and their members can be assessed based on …

Delese Wear and Mark G. Kuczewski's criticisms (2004) of the professionalism movement
could be recast as the “potential dangers of renam (ing) what has been called medical ethics …

An introduction to applied ethics, this guide is intended for students taking courses in law,
medicine, science, teaching, social work, and other professions. Pointing to the ethical …

Medical ethics has become something of a growth industry in the last two decades. Even in
times of budget restraint, many philosophy departments have managed to find resources to …

Effectively developing professionalism requires a programmatic view on how medical ethics
and humanities should be incorporated into an educational continuum that begins in …

Despite many efforts to increase ethics education in US medical schools, barriers continue
to arise that impede the production of morally driven physicians who practice medicine with …