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.