Veatch, Robert M.

Hippocratic, Religious, and Secular Medical Ethics The Points of Conflict / [Recurso electrónico] : Robert M. Veatch. - Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 242 p. :) ill ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) 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.

Libro Electrónico

9781589019478 1589019474




Hippocrates.


Medical ethics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Medical ethics.


Electronic books.

R724 / .V415 2012

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