The Ethics of Self-Care in Caring Professions

The medical academy's primary ethical imperative may be to care for others, but this imperative is meaningless if divorced from the imperative to care for oneself. How can we hope to care for others if we, ourselves, are crippled by ill health, burnout, or resentment? The self-care imperative,...

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Main Author: Craig Irvine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2014-12-01
Series:Encyclopaideia
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Online Access:http://encp.unibo.it/article/view/4561