Introduction : lost virtue : professional character development and medical education / Nuala Kenny and Wayne Shelton -- 1. Character formation and the making of good physicians / Edmund Pellegrino -- 2. Ethical concept of medicine as a profession : its origins in modern medical ethics and implications for physicians / Laurence B. McCullough -- 3. Character formation in professional education : a word of caution / Robert M. Veatch -- 4. Evidence-based character development / Muriel J. Bebeau -- 5. Disillusioned doctors / Carl Elliott -- 6. Molding professional character / Rosamond Rhodes and Lawrence G. Smith -- 7. Mindful practice and the tacit ethics of the moment / Ronald M. Epstein -- 8. Learning and teaching in professional character development / Karen V. Mann -- 9. Medical-social education compact and the medical learner / David J. Doukas -- 10. Searching for Doctor Good : virtues for the twenty-first century / Nuala Kenny.