Exploring the premise of lost altruism: content analysis of two codes of ethics

W Haddara, L Lingard - Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2017 - Springer
As an ideal, altruism has long enjoyed privileged status in medicine and medical education.
As a practice, altruism is perceived to be in decline in the current generation. A number of …

The ethical professional as endangered person: blog notes on doctor–patient relationships

T Koch, S Jones - Journal of medical ethics, 2010 - jme.bmj.com
In theory, physicians subscribe to and in their actions personify a set of virtues whose
performance demands personal engagement. At the same time, they are instructed in their …