Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics
Veatch, Robert M.
Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics the points of conflict / [electronic resource] : Robert M. Veatch. - Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2012 - 1 online resource (xiii, 242 p.) ill.
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.
1589019474 (electronic bk.) 9781589019478 (electronic bk.)
Hippocrates.
Medical ethics.
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
MEDICAL / Ethics
Electronic books.
R724 / .V415 2012
174.2/2
Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics the points of conflict / [electronic resource] : Robert M. Veatch. - Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2012 - 1 online resource (xiii, 242 p.) ill.
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.
1589019474 (electronic bk.) 9781589019478 (electronic bk.)
Hippocrates.
Medical ethics.
Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
MEDICAL / Ethics
Electronic books.
R724 / .V415 2012
174.2/2
