Medical Ethics Is More Like Chess Than Checkers

Peter G. Holub

Medical Ethics Is More Like Chess Than Checkers

Peter G. Holub

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Abstract

Some naysayers say, “Ethics can’t be taught and good character can’t be learned.” This belief is based on the notion that there is a small window of opportunity, sometime between birth and the teenage years, when a person either develops moral character or doesn’t. Parenting gets most of the credit…or all of the blame. If this perspective is true, then what’s the point of trying to teach ethics to medical, nursing and allied health students?

Original language	American English
Journal	The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Volume	15
Issue number	4
State	Published - Oct 3 2017

Keywords

allied health
bioethics
medical education

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Bioethics and Medical Ethics
Medicine and Health Sciences

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Medical Ethics Is More Like Chess Than Checkers

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