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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Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2014-12-01
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Series: | Encyclopaideia |
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Online Access: | http://encp.unibo.it/article/view/4561 |