The limits of social justice as an aspect of medical professionalism

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 369-387

  Huddle, Thomas S ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

medical ethics; professionalism; Rawls; social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONALISM; RAWLS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

MEDICAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONALISM; RAWLS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84880564002     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jht024     Document Type: Article

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