[Ethics and ethos of the patient].
The medicine of the present is dominated by an asymmetrical distribution of rights to the patient and duties to the physician; the virtues are seldom taken into consideration. In contrast, in the past, the duties of the patient and the rights of the physician have always been a part of the discussion. Beyond this, the opinion was put forward that both the patient and the physician could allow themselves to be guided by the virtues as a matter of course. In medicine, the ethics of principles are substantially dependent upon the ethics of virtues.
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Institut für Medizin- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Universität zu Lübeck, Königstrasse 42, D-23552 Lübeck, Deutschland. v.e@imwg.mu-luebeck.de
D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012803:Sick Role; D012945:Social Values