CommentMedicine: the prosperity of virtue
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2008, Social Science and MedicineCitation Excerpt :They are continuously berated with alleged shortcomings: they are not meeting standards (clinical guidelines); they order too many unnecessary and expensive tests and procedures (computerized monitoring of performance); they make too many medical errors (resulting in 80,000 deaths annually in the U.S.); they do not sufficiently respect patients (need for patient-centered care); other providers can do their jobs as well or even better than they can; they don't keep up to date using the latest technologies; they practice so as to avoid lawsuits (defensive medicine), and so forth. Horton (2005, p. 198) believes, “…the endemic demoralization of doctors today is creating a cold front of danger that threatens the public health.” The underlying reasons for physician dissatisfaction (with both the content of medical work and the workplace) are not well understood and have received little serious study.
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2006, Current Problems in SurgeryCitation Excerpt :To retain or regain societal trust includes the ethic of professionalism. The British Royal College of Physicians has outlined the commitments to integrity, compassion, altruism, continuous improvement, excellence, and working within a cooperative team atmosphere.64 These values form a moral contract between the medical profession and society.
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