Michael Hawking
Biographic Data
| ID | 8306094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Hawking |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Hawking |
| SIGNATURE | HAWKING M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Family Research Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Courage and Compassion
What, if anything, can medical ethics offer to assist in the care of the "difficult" patient? We begin with a discussion of virtue theory and its application to medical ethics. We conceptualize the "difficult" patient as an example of a "moral stress test" that especially challenges the physician's character, requiring the good physician to display the virtues of courage and compassion. We then consider two clinical vignettes to flesh out how the…
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Courage and Compassion
What, if anything, can medical ethics offer to assist in the care of the "difficult" patient? We begin with a discussion of virtue theory and its application to medical ethics. We conceptualize the "difficult" patient as an example of a "moral stress test" that especially challenges the physician's character, requiring the good physician to display the virtues of courage and compassion. We then consider two clinical vignettes to flesh out how the…
Altruism (biology (1 work) · Character (mathematics (1 work) · Compassion (1 work) · Courage (1 work) · Empathy (1 work) · Empathy and Medical Education (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Ethics in medical practice (1 work) · Innovations in Medical Education (1 work) · Medical ethics (1 work)