vbid/9783319004853

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There is a diversity of �ethical practices� within medicine as an institutionalised profession as well as�a need for ethical specialists both in practice as well as in institutionalised roles. This�Brief offers a social perspective on medical ethics education.�It discusses a range of concepts relevant to educational theory and thus provides a basic illumination of the subject. Recent research in the sociology of medical education and the social theory of Pierre�Bourdieu are covered. In the end, the themes of Bourdieuan Social Theory, socio-cultural apprenticeships and the �characterological turn� in medical education�are draw together�the context of medical ethics education. ?Typham this is the title: Medical Ethics Education: An Interdisciplinary and Social Theoretical Perspective