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Manson, AaronKeywords
AltruismAttitudes
Culture
Education
Ethics
Goals
Health
Illness
Medical Education
Medical Ethics
Medicine
Moral Development
Philosophy
Physician's Role
Physicians
Protestant Ethics
Psychology
Religion
Science
Values
Virtues
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http://hdl.handle.net/10822/746635
Abstract
William Osler's description of the ideal physician remains the dominant character-ideal for modern physicians. He believed that the personality traits that resulted from a belief in ascetic Protestantism, what has been called the Puritan temper, were essential in the practice of medicine. However, this idealism has been weakened by modern psychological theories which view idealism as an illness. In a culture oriented to health, rather than virtue, as an ultimate ideal, physicians can help develop a science of limits.Date
2015-05-05Identifier
oai:repository.library.georgetown.edu:10822/74663510.1007/BF02297792
Journal of Medical Humanities. 1994 Fall; 15(3): 153-162.
1041-3545
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02297792
http://hdl.handle.net/10822/746635