Short History of Medical Ethics

Name: Short History of Medical Ethics
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ISBN: 9780195369847

ISBN-10: 019536984X

ISBN-13: 9780195369847

Edition: 2008

Authors: Albert R. Jonsen

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A physician says, "I have an ethical obligation never to cause the death of a patient," another responds, "My ethical obligation is to relieve pain even if the patient dies." The current argument over the role of physicians in assisting patients to die constantly refers to the ethical duties of hte profession. References to the Hippocratic Oath are often heard. Many modern problems, from assisted suicide to accessible health care, raise questions about the traditional ethics of medicine and the medical profession. However, few know what the traditional ethics are and how they came into being. This book provides a brief tour of the complex story of medical ethics evolved over centuries in…

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List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Introduction: The Long Tradition of Ethics in Medicine



Hellenic, Hellenistic, and Roman Medicine: Fifth Century BCE to Third Century CE



Medieval Medicine: Fifth to Fourteenth Centuries CE



Medical Ethics of India and China



Renaissance and Enlightenment: Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries



British Medicine: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries



Ethics in American Medicine



American Medicine: Science, Competence, and Ethics



A Chronicle of Ethical Events: 1940s to 1980s



Conclusion: From Medical Ethics to Bioethics


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