The Christian Virtues in Medical Practice

by Edmund D. Pellegrino, David C. Thomasma, David G. Miller

Book Overview

Christian health care professionals in our secular and pluralistic society often face uncertainty about the place religious faith holds in today's medical practice. Through an examination of a virtue-based ethics, this book proposes a theological view of medical ethics that helps the Christian physician reconcile faith, reason, and professional duty.

Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma trace the history of virtue in moral thought,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878405666
• ISBN13: 9780878405664
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher