Medical Ethics in the Ancient World

by: Carrick, P.

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Medical ethics in the ancient world
Author:Paul Carrick

Contents:
INTRODUCTION PART I The Social and Scientific Setting1. THE STATUS OF THE PHYSICIAN 2. THEORIES OF HEALTH AND DISEASE 3. ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH PART II The Rise of Medical Ethics4. WHO WAS HIPPOCRATES? 5. THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH PART III Abortion and Euthanasia6. THE PROBLEM OF ABORTION7. THE PROBLEM OF EUTHANASIA 8. THE PHYSICIAN'S MORAL RESPONSIBILITY CONCLUSION EPILOGUE Appendix A: Principles of Medical Ethics Appendix B: A Patient's Bill of Rights Appendix C: Declaration of Geneva Appendix D: Code for Nurses Appendix E: Animal Use in Biomedical Research Appendix F: Historical Chronology: Ancient Medicine and Culture Select Bibliography Index

Series:
Clinical medical ethics (Washington, D.C.)

xxii, 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Medical Ethics in the Ancient World

by: Carrick, P.

• ISBN-13: 9780878408481 / 978-0-87840-848-1
• ISBN-03: 0878408487 / 0-87840-848-7
• Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C., 2001

Price: 89,00 EURO

1 copy in stock