Courage and Compassion
Virtues in Caring for So-Called “Difficult” Patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15744622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Hawking (Family Research Institute, corresponding author), Farr A Curlin (Cal Humanities), John D Yoon (0000-0002-4877-0704, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 357-363 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.medu2-1704 |
| PMID | 28430569 |
| OpenAlex | W2606544738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
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 these virtues might come into play in the care of "difficult" patients, and we conclude with a brief proposal for how medical educators might cultivate these essential character traits in physicians-in-training
Altruism (biology · Character (mathematics · Compassion · Courage · Empathy · Epistemology · Medical ethics · Psychiatry · Virtue · Virtue ethics · Empathy and Medical Education · Ethics in medical practice · Innovations in Medical Education · Medicine · Nursing · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |