Medical ethics in the ancient world / / Paul Carrick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798484803321
• Autore: Carrick Paul <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Georgetown University Press, , 2001; ©2001
• ISBN: 1-58901-861-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Clinical Medical Ethics series
• Disciplina: 174.209
• Soggetti: Medical ethics - History; Medicine, Ancient
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Notes; PART I: The Social and Scientific Setting; 1. THE STATUS OF THE PHYSICIAN; Types of Physicians; Egyptian Influences; Jewish Influences; The Problem of Licensure; The Relationship between Physicians and Philosophers; Discussion Questions; Notes; 2. THEORIES OF HEALTH AND DISEASE; The Hippocratic Humoral Theory; The Democritean Atomistic Theory; Plato and Aristotle; The Medical Sects; The Galenic Constitutional Theory; Discussion Questions; Notes; 3. ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH; Divine and Chthonic Personal ImmortalityNatural Personal Dissolution; Poetic and Popular Images; Plato and Aristotle; Epicurean Insights; Summary; Discussion Questions; Notes; PART II: The Rise of Medical Ethics; 4. WHO WAS HIPPOCRATES?; Medical Ethics before Hippocrates; The Puzzle of Hippocrates' Identity; Discussion Questions; Notes; 5. THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH; The Authorship Question; The Prohibition against Surgery; The Covenant Reconsidered; The Ethical Code; Abortion and Euthanasia; The Oath's Date and Origins Reconsidered; Medical Etiquette; Summary; Discussion Questions; Notes; PART III: Abortion and Euthanasia6. THE PROBLEM OF ABORTION; Preliminary Considerations; Philosophical Perspectives; Summary; Discussion Questions; Notes; 7. THE PROBLEM OF EUTHANASIA; Preliminary Considerations; Philosophical Perspectives; Summary; ; Discussion Questions; Notes; 8. THE PHYSICIAN'S MORAL RESPONSIBILITY; Abortion; Euthanasia; ""Do No Harm""; Summary; Discussion Questions; Notes; CONCLUSION; Diverse Medical Ethical Perspectives; Physicians and Philosophers; Physicians and Patients; Physicians and the State; Discussion Questions; Notes; EPILOGUE; The Biomedical Revolution; Morning After/Abortion Pill: RU-486Surrogate Motherhood; Physician-Assisted Suicide; Advance Directives; Preventive Medicine; Animal Experimentation; Gene Therapy; The Hippocratic Oath Revisited; Perennial Issues; Confidentiality; Abortion and Euthanasia; Truth-Telling; Distributive Justice; Professional Commitment; Discussion Questions; Notes; Appendix A: Principles of Medical Ethics; Appendix B: A Patient's Bill of Rights; Appendix C: Declaration of Geneva; Appendix D: Code for Nurses; Appendix E: Animal Use in Biomedical Research; Appendix F: Historical Chronology: Ancient Medicine and CultureSelect Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z