title: George Eliot's Middlemarch: a contribution to medical professionalism.
abstract: The qualities of medical professionalism have been questioned in the last few years. George Eliot's 19(th) century novel Middlemarch illustrates some of the truths that should underlie the physician-patient relationship, and depicts prophetically some of the developments that were to occur in reality in the medicine of the 20(th) and 21(st) century. Her insight into the problems facing a medical researcher and the fictional conflicts between vocation and marriage are real issues of medical professionalism even today.
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authors.lastname: Rosin
keywords: George Eliot’s Middlemarch; doctor-patient relationship; medical professionalism; medical research