The Bridge Between Bioethics and Medical Practice

Part 1: Defining Medical Professionalism.- Chapter 1. Professionalism and Medical Practice - Introduction (Luis Vivanco).- Chapter 2. Medical Professionalism - A Developmental View from the Trenches (Renzo Pegoraro).- Chapter 3. The Need for a Common Set of Competencies as Ingredients for Medical Professionalism, Paired with a Common Program of Assessment (Aaron R. Douglas).- Part 2: Medical Professionalism from Broader Perspectives.- Chapter 4. Medical Professionalism - legal framework (Suncana Roksandic).- Chapter 5. Medical Professionalism - Sociological Framework (Gordana Cerjan Letica).- Part 3: The Moral Foundations of Medical Professionalism.- Chapter 6. Medical Professionalism - Philosophical Framework (Marko Curkovic).- Chapter 7. Medical Professionalism from Virtue Ethics Perspective (Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor).- Part 4. Medical Professionalism - Interpersonal Views and Considerations.- Chapter 8. Interpersonal or Relational Professionalism (Marko Curkovic).- Chapter 9. The Physician Patient Relationship: a Philosophical Perspective on Medical Professionalism and Virtues (Roberto Dell'Oro).- Chapter 10. Physicians Towards Fellow Colleagues (Marko Curkovic).- Chapter 11. Physicians Towards Other Healthcare Professionals (and Vice Versa) (Marko Curkovic).- Chapter 12. Interdisciplinary Challenges to Interprofessional Practice (Jos V. M. Welie).- Part 5. Medical Professionalism - Unique Challenges and Duties.- Chapter 13. The Impact of Uncertainties on Physicians' Health and Wellbeing (Marko Curkovic).- Chapter 14. Physicians and Organization: For a Reflective Organizational Professionalism (Jean-Philippe Cobbaut).- Chapter 15. Victims or Actors? Can Professionalism Shape Physicians' Roles Inside the Health Care System? (Bernice Elger).- Chapter 16. What do Doctors and Society Owe Each Other? A Scanlonian Reflection on Medical Professionalism (Andrew Papanikitas).- Chapter 17. Physicians Towards Society (and Vice Versa) (Sabine Salloch).- Part 6: Medical

Marko Curkovic, M.D., Ph.D. (Zagreb, 1986) is a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Medical Ethics, School of Medicine of the University of Zagreb. Dr. Curkovic is also serving as a deputy director for health care quality at the University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce in Zagreb, Croatia. As a consultant psychiatrist, dr. Curkovic is working at the Department of diagnostics and intensive care and the Department for first psychoses. He is also a founder and current director of the first telepsychiatric center in the Republic of Croatia. Dr. Curkovic obtained his medical degree (M.D.) from the School of Medicine, the University of Zagreb, in 2010, and his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from the same institution in 2017. The title of his Ph.D. thesis is "Development of an instrument for assessing professional relationships among hospital physicians," and Ana Borovecki was his mentor. Dr. Curkovic is currently also serving as the president of the Section of young psychiatrists of theCroatian Psychiatric Association. He published more than 40 scientific papers, took part (as a lecturer, presenter, or organizer) in numerous domestic and international scientific and professional conferences and projects, and contributed to almost ten book chapters. Areas of special academic, scientific, and professional interest of dr. Curkovic are medical ethics, or more specifically professional medical ethics, ethics and methodology of biomedical research, and psychiatry ethics. Furthermore, dr. Curkovic is involved in researching the possibilities for applying new methods and modalities of treatment and recovery for persons with mental health disorders and, more generally, the organization of the health care systems. Dr. Curkovic is (happily) married to a colleague Danijela, and has four children (namely: Pavla, Petar, Simun, and Toma).

Ana Borovecki, M.D., B.A. Ph.D., MPH (Zagreb, 1973) is an Associate professor at Andrija Stampar, School of Public Health, School of Medicine,