Edmund Pellegrino claims that medical ethics must be derived from a perception of the patient's "damaged humanity," rather than from the self-imposed duties of professionals. This essay explores the meaning and examines ...

In

Responding to Daniel Putman's defense of the role of virtue in health care, Veatch puts forth the qualification that it is impossible to get right actions from virtues, unless the right virtue is the starting point. ...

A brief commentary on a booklet, published under the auspices of the London-based Royal College of Psychiatrists, which examines the concept and implications of psychiatric assessment of dangerousness, including the pros and ...

A recent legal case,