Hippocratic, Religious, and Secular Medical Ethics : the Points of Conflict.

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Where should physicians get their ethics? Professional codes such as the Hippocratic Oath claim moral authority for those in a particular field, yet according to medical ethicist Robert Veatch, these codes have little or nothing to do with how members of a guild should understand morality or make et...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Veatch, Robert M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2012.
Sujets:
Hippocrates.
Hippocrates
Medical ethics.
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Ethics, Medical
Hippocratic Oath
Religion and Medicine
Éthique médicale.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Medicine > Religious aspects
Medical ethics
Medical ethics > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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