Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
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The commonest practical model used in contemporary medical ethics is Principlism. Yet, while Principlism is a widely accepted consensus statement for ethics, the moral theory that underpins it faces serious challenges in its attempt to provide a coherent and accepted system of moral analysis. This inevitably challenges the stability of such a consensus statement and makes it vulnerable to attack by competitors such as preference consequentialism. This two-part paper proposes an inclusive version of virtue theory as a more grounded system of moral analysis.
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Biography Historical Article Classical Article
The intensive care of the coronary crisis.
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To explore the impact of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) training on the stability of medical career choices in the UK. ⋯ Post-MMC, graduates were less likely to change their career choice and more likely to be motivated by personal factors and self-assessment of their suitability to a particular area of work.
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Biography Historical Article
Méta-analyse en médecine: the first book on systematic reviews in medicine.