Browsing Research Publications and Outputs by subject "Virtue ethics"
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On the fragility of medical virtue in a neoliberal context: the case of commercial conflicts of interest in reproductive medicine.
Published 2016-03-01Social, political, and economic environments play an active role in nurturing professional virtue. Yet, these environments can also lead to the erosion of virtue. As such, professional virtue is fragile and vulnerable to ...Article -
Virtuous acts as practical medical ethics: an empirical study
Published 2011-01-01Rationale, aims and objectives To examine the nature, scope and significance of virtues in the biographies of medical practitioners and to determine what kind of virtues are at play in their ethical behaviour and reflection. ...Article