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cord-018024-fzjbdsg0	Pellegrino, Edmund D.	The Good of Patients and the Good of Society: Striking a Moral Balance	2004		.txt	text/plain	8080	423	54	In previous works we have held that an authentic ethic of clinical medicine must have its roots in a philosophy of medicine in which the good of the patient determines the obligations and virtues of the health professional. We contend that an authentic ethic of social medicine must have its roots in a philosophy of society in which the common good determines the obligations and virtues of the health professional. Physicians and nurses today practice within organizations, institutions, and systems; they are members of interprofessional health care teams and professional associations; access, availability, and distribution of health care has become a question of justice, and fairness; the economic, societal, and political impact of medical decisions have ethical significance, as does the conduct of health care organizations; potential be included under the same rubric. Medicine has always existed within a social context in which the uses of medical knowledge and clinical decisions have impacted the good of society as well as the individual patient.	./cache/cord-018024-fzjbdsg0.txt	./txt/cord-018024-fzjbdsg0.txt