Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics :
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the points of conflict /
First Statement of Responsibility
Robert M. Veatch.
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Washington, DC :
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Georgetown University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2012.
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xiii, 242 p. ;
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ill ;
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24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hippocrates.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medical ethics.
Medical ethics-- Religious aspects-- Catholic Church.