The moral foundation of medical leadership: the professional virtues of the physician as fiduciary of the patient

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The four virtues of self-effacement, self-sacrifice, compassion, and integrity can be used to create a culture of professionalism in health care organizations. Unwarranted bias, self-interest, hard-heartedness, and corruption will undermine that culture.

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Neglected ethical dimensions of the professional liability crisis

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A study is conducted to provide preventive ethical tools in order to deal effectively in own practices and in organizational cultures with neglected ethical dimensions of the professional liability crisis. These tools are designed to preserve and strengthen four professional virtues such as integrity, compassion, self-effacement and self-sacrifice.

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Ethics, a neglected dimension of power relationships of physician leaders

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The ethical dimensions of power relationships of physician leaders with administrative subordinates, administrative peers and superiors and also of the organizational cultures are analyzed. The analysis has suggested that physician leaders should follow the Gregorian power relationships and organizational cultures instead of Hoffmannian culture as it will preserve and strengthen medicine as a fiduciary profession.

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