Hippocrates' oath and Asclepius' snake : the birth of the medical profession /

Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake: The Birth of the Medical Profession articulates the Oath as establishing the medical profession--a practice incorporating an internal, uniquely medical ethic that particularly prohibits doctors from killing. In its most basic and least controvertible...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cavanaugh, T. A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Hippocrates. > Hippocratic oath.
Hippocratic oath (Hippocrates)
Hippocratic Oath
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1 Snake?
  • 1.1 Asclepius' Snake
  • 1.2 Iatrogenic Harm
  • 1.3 The Medical-Ethical Problem: Role-Conflation
  • 2 Hippocrates' Oath
  • 2.1 Hippocrates'?
  • 2.2 Oath: Gods, Goddesses, Contract, and Oath-Proper
  • 2.2.1 Gods and Goddesses
  • 2.2.2 Contract
  • 2.2.3.1 Oath-Proper: Regimens, Harm, and Injustice
  • 2.2.3.2 Oath-Proper: The Rejection of Killing
  • 2.2.3.3 Oath-Proper: Cutting
  • 2.2.3.4 Oath-Proper: Entering Houses Free of Injustice (Sexual Acts)
  • 2.2.3.5 Oath-Proper: Entering Houses and Not Gossiping
  • 2.2.4 The Oath Concludes: Blessing and Self-curse
  • 3 Wounding
  • 3.1 A Distinction Within the Apollonian/Asclepian Account
  • 3.2 Coming to Terms: Distinguishing Wounds from Injuries
  • 3.3 Hippocratic Medicine Distinguished from Apollonian and Asclepian Skill
  • 3.3.1 The Asclepian Account Disputed
  • 3.3.2 Apollonian Killing Considered: Dr. Guillotin and his "Simple Mechanism"
  • 3.3.3 Attempts to Make Physicians Apollonian
  • 3.4 Further Reasons Why Physicians Ought not Kill
  • 3.5 If Thou Shalt not Kill Must One Strive Officiously to Keep Alive?
  • 3.6 Is the Problem of Iatrogenic Harm Most Basic?
  • 3.7 Forswearing Other Injuries and Injustices: Sexual Relations and Gossip
  • 4 Oath, profession, and autonomy
  • 4.1 Oath and Profession
  • 4.2 Further Reasons for a Medical Oath
  • 4.3 Professional Autonomy
  • 4.3.1 Professional Autonomy: The Internal Therapeutic Ethic as Law
  • 4.3.2 Professional Autonomy: The Basic Internal Medical Norm
  • 4.3.3 Professional Autonomy: Medicine not Solely a Technique
  • 4.3.4 Professional Autonomy: Salient Claims
  • 4.4 Conclusion: One or Many Medical Professions?
  • Appendix: Hippocrates' Oath - Greek text and literal English translation
  • Notes
  • References

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