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Table 3 Relevant Metaphors

From: Virtue and care ethics & humanism in medical education: a scoping review

Aspirational

Detractive

“Habits of the heart”

“Heroes vs. Villains” (Physicians vs. others)

“A beacon on a map” (Virtue)

“Ailing culture”

“Learning to drive on the edge of the tires”

“Bludgeon” of ethics

“Medical Monasticism” (Self-Sacrifice)