This book articulates the Hippocratic Oath as establishing the medical profession by a promise to uphold an internal medical ethic that particularly prohibits doctors from killing. In its most basic and least controvertible form, this ethic mandates that physicians help and not harm the sick.
This book articulates the Hippocratic Oath as establishing the medical profession by a promise to uphold an internal medical ethic that particularly prohibits doctors from killing. In its most basic and least controvertible form, this ethic mandates that physicians help and not harm the sick.
T. A. Cavanaugh is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco where he regularly teaches medical ethics. He writes on medical ethics, double-effect reasoning, action theory, and the history of ethics.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Snake? Chapter 2 Hippocrates' Oath Chapter 3 Wounding Chapter 4 Oath, profession, and autonomy Conclusion: One or many medical professions? Appendix: Hippocrates' Oath: Greek text and literal English translation
Chapter 1 Snake? Chapter 2 Hippocrates' Oath Chapter 3 Wounding Chapter 4 Oath, profession, and autonomy Conclusion: One or many medical professions? Appendix: Hippocrates' Oath: Greek text and literal English translation
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