04186nam 2200613 450 991046580080332120200520144314.01-58901-861-3(CKB)3710000000718912(EBL)4532379(SSID)ssj0001674047(PQKBManifestationID)16472996(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001674047(PQKBWorkID)13163973(PQKB)11327500(MiAaPQ)EBC4532379(Au-PeEL)EBL4532379(CaPaEBR)ebr11213875(OCoLC)606556946(EXLCZ)99371000000071891220160608h20012001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedical ethics in the ancient world /Paul CarrickWashington, District of Columbia :Georgetown University Press,2001.©20011 online resource (289 p.)Clinical Medical Ethics seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-87840-848-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 DEATHDivine 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; NotesPART 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 RevolutionMorning 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 ResearchAppendix 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; ZClinical Medical Ethics seriesMedical ethicsHistoryMedicine, AncientElectronic books.Medical ethicsHistory.Medicine, Ancient.174.209Carrick Paul1946-612632MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465800803321Medical ethics in the ancient world1141057UNINA