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Erschienen in: HSS Journal ® 2/2007

01.09.2007 | Ethics

Professionalism and Medicine

verfasst von: C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD

Erschienen in: HSS Journal ® | Ausgabe 2/2007

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Excerpt

The practice of medicine is not a business and can never be one ... Our fellow creatures cannot be dealt with as a man deals in corn and coal; the human heart by which we live must control our professional relations.
Fußnoten
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In contemporary times, a third potentially dominant pathway of medical ethics known as organizational ethics has emerged to address ethical issues associated with the business and managerial aspects of healthcare organizations. This approach recognizes that the quality of care experienced by patients depends in part on the values of the healthcare organization with which they and their physicians and other heath care providers interact [7].
 
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Medicine is the only profession that still honors an oath [26].
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Professionalism and Medicine
verfasst von
C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2007
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
HSS Journal ® / Ausgabe 2/2007
Print ISSN: 1556-3316
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-3324
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-007-9054-3

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