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Medical Evidence and Virtue Ethics: A Commentary on Zarkovich and Upshur

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Pellegrino, E.D. Medical Evidence and Virtue Ethics: A Commentary on Zarkovich and Upshur. Theor Med Bioeth 23, 397–402 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021241024613

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