The Virtues in Medical Practice - Hardcoverby Edmund D. Pellegrino (Author), David C. Thomasma (Author) In recent years, virtue theories have enjoyed a renaissance of interest among general and medical ethicists. This book offers a virtue based ethic for medicine, the health professions, and health care. Beginning with a historical account of the concept of virtue, the authors construct a theory of the place of the virtues in medical practice. Their theory is grounded in the nature and ends of