The seven core virtues in medical professionalism

Singapore General Hospital Proceedings

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Low, Yinghui ^a   Omar, Eunizar ^a   Thirumoorthy, T ^a  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethics; Morals; Principles; Professionalism; Virtues

Indexed keywords

CONSCIENCE; COURAGE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; TRUST;

EID: 76549127928     PISSN: 02183048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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