Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics : the points of conflict / Robert M. Veatch.

  • Veatch, Robert M.
Date:
[2012]
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Publication/Creation

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2012]

Physical description

xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.

Contents

Introduction: the Hippocratic problem -- The Hippocratic oath and the ethic of hippocratism -- The Hippocratic tradition: a sporadic retreat -- The cacophony of codes in medical schools and professional associations -- The limits of professionally generated ethics -- Religious medical ethics: revealed and natural alternatives -- Secular ethics and professional ethics -- Fallibilism and the convergence hypothesis -- Appendix : Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.

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    Medical Collection
    W50 2012V42h
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ISBN

  • 1589019466
  • 9781589019461