This document discusses the virtues that are important for professionalism, particularly in the doctor-patient relationship. It defines profession as a public commitment to excellence and service. Key virtues discussed include prudence, justice, courage, temperance, fidelity to trust, benevolence, intellectual honesty, compassion, and truthfulness. The opposite vices of these virtues, such as untrustworthiness and indifference, are destructive to professionalism. The document traces the concept of medical professionalism back to the first century AD.