PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ryan Tatnell
AU  - Phillipa J Malpas
TI  - The morality of care: case study and review
AID  - 10.1136/jme.2011.042911
DP  - 2012 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 763--764
VI  - 38
IP  - 12
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/12/763.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/38/12/763.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2012 Dec 01; 38
AB  - This case concerns aspects of the treatment of a post-surgical patient in a major public hospital in New Zealand during the author's experiences as a fourth year medical student. This case is used to consider the interlinked ethical issues of sympathy, moral virtue, dignity and how the medical environment can realign these values.