Setting the Stage

Question 1

Virtue

Answer 1

character trait which disposes habitually to excellence in intent and performance

Question 2

8 virtues

Answer 2

• prudence/wisdom
• justice
• fortitide
• temperance
• fidelity to trust
• compassion
• integrity
• effacement of self-interest

Question 3

Cardinal virtues

Answer 3

• prudence/wisdom
• justice
• fortitude
• temperance

Question 4

Prudence/Wisdom

Answer 4

practice wisdom

capacity to make the right decision at the right time for the right reason

Question 5

Justice

Answer 5

a virtue and a principle
what is due to others
pattern of distribution of the good

Question 6

Fortitude

Answer 6

sustained moral courage
resist temptation
be an advocate for patients

Question 7

Fidelity to Trust

Answer 7

physician impelled to develop relationship that included being familiar with who the patient is and how they want to meet their illness

Question 8

compassion

Answer 8

cognitive aspect of healing to fit the unique predicament of patient
suggest the idea of co-suffering, of fellowship in the experience

Question 9

Integrity

Answer 9

know what you know and admit what you do not know

Question 10

Effacement of self-interest

Answer 10

one of the least popular virtues in medicine

Question 11

Beneficence

Answer 11

do good

Question 12

nonmaleficence

Answer 12

don’t do bad

Question 13

autonomy

Answer 13

patient is empower to make the decisions