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The Christian physician cannot both prescribe contraception at the office and believe that contraception is wrong at home. He or she cannot divide personal beliefs from the practice of medicine and still maintain integrity. This is a matter of character on which the Hippocratic Oath is instructive but which much of current medical ethics glosses over. A Christian physician acts out of a Christian metaphysics founded on God as Creator. The Christian anthropology built upon this foundation depicts the human being as made in the image of God and created for excellence. The development of good character through practicing the virtues is the path to excellence. The Christian physician of good character acting on his belief in God avoids prescribing contraception and takes strength from Christ the Good Samaritan and Divine Physician.

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This page is a summary of: Character and Action in the Physician's Vocation, The Linacre Quarterly, August 2010, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1179/002436310803888736.
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