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I want you to pretend to be sincere

Hynes, Julia (2016) I want you to pretend to be sincere. Medical Education, 50 (12). pp. 1219-1223. (doi:10.1111/medu.13097) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:99117)

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Abstract

Medical education has changed dramatically since the inception of this journal 50 years ago and is indeed a work in progress: there is now heavy emphasis on the character of the physician, in particular, and professionalism, in general. The subjects of communications skills and the teaching of sincerity, empathy and compassion are relative newcomers to the stage: they are not even as old as this journal itself. Nevertheless, these topics arose in an ancient debate dating from classical antiquity. ‘Can we teach virtue?’ Plato wondered in the Meno. Not exactly, he concluded. Aristotle believed that acquirement of the virtues enables one to attain the human good, which, in turn, spills over to any profession in which the human being decides to engage. Aristotle, along with his successor, Thomas Aquinas, the 13th century philosopher, argued that the virtues cannot be taught but only acquired, with practice and time, in the real situation.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/medu.13097
Subjects: R Medicine
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Kent and Medway Medical School
Depositing User: Julia Maria Hynes
Date Deposited: 13 Dec 2022 16:50 UTC
Last Modified: 14 Dec 2022 12:10 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/99117 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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