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Professionalism and Medical Practice—Introduction

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The ever-changing field of medicine and healthcare has witnessed accentuated changes in the last decade, not only in the areas of scientific and clinical knowledge, in the understanding of diseases or the development of new drugs and therapeutic interventions, but also in the physician–patient relationship, the management of healthcare systems and the general approach to health, welfare and disease management.

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  1. Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), Logroño, Spain

    Luis Vivanco & Roberto C. Delgado Bolton

  2. National Centre of Documentation On Bioethics, Logroño, Spain

    Luis Vivanco & Roberto C. Delgado Bolton

  3. University Hospital San Pedro, Logroño, Spain

    Roberto C. Delgado Bolton

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  1. University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče, Zagreb, Croatia

    Marko Ćurković

  2. School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ana Borovečki

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Vivanco, L., Bolton, R.C.D. (2022). Professionalism and Medical Practice—Introduction. In: Ćurković, M., Borovečki, A. (eds) The Bridge Between Bioethics and Medical Practice. The International Library of Bioethics, vol 98. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09733-1_1

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