title: After bioethics and towards virtue?
abstract: The place of philosophical medical ethics in medical education and clinical practice has recently been questioned. Although partially valid, the criticisms do not warrant abandoning the enterprise. Instead a reappraised model, based on Aristotelean concepts of intellectual and moral virtue is suggested.
authors.affiliation: St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Toon
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D026822:Ethicists; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009014:Morals; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010819:Physician's Role; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D028722:Virtues