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

By: Publication details: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2012Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 242 p.) illISBN:
  • 1589019474 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781589019478 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 174.2/2 23
LOC classification:
  • R724 .V415 2012
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

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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