Ethical sensitivity and the goals of medicine: Resisting the tides of medical deprofessionalisation

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 582-585

  Chin, J J ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethics; Medical professionalism; Virtue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS;

EID: 0035749945     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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