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Measurement of Moral Development in Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2009

Donnie J. Self  and
Evi Davenport
Donnie J. Self
Affiliation:
A professor in the Departments of Humanities in Medicine, Pediatrics, and Philosophy, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station.
Evi Davenport
Affiliation:
Is Director of Learning Resources in the School of Allied Health Sciences/School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
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The past two decades have been a time of heightened interest in the moral aspects of the practice of medicine. This interest has been reflected in medical education by the establishment of medical humanities programs in both preclinical and clinical education in many medical schools. It has also been reflected in the literature with a dramatic increase in journal articles on medical ethics as well as the development of medical ethics in textbooks. A number of journals have developed that are specifically devoted to medical ethics, including The Journal of Medical Ethics, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, The Journal of Medical Humanities, Theoretical Medicine, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, just to name a few. The literature includes both theoretical foundations and conceptual analyses of particular issues as well as practical advice and general suggestions for how to implement programs in medical humanities.

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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , Spring 1996 , pp. 269 - 277
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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