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Edited by Richard L. Cruess, Sylvia R. Cruess, and Yvonne Steinert. 310 pp., illustrated. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2009. $90 (cloth); $49 (paper). ISBN 978-0-521-88104-3 (cloth); 978-0-521-70742-8 (paper).

One of the oft-heard adages in medical education is that professional values are "caught and not taught," which implies that learners integrate important values in a way that resists formal pedagogical efforts. The editors of Teaching Medical Professionalism, however, believe that such values, attitudes, and behaviors can indeed be taught in a formal and innovative way. They have assembled an impressive array of scholars of professionalism, and two of the editors, Richard Cruess and Sylvia Cruess, have earned a reputation as leaders of the professionalism movement in medical education.

In the first chapter of the book, entitled "The Cognitive Base . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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