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Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics the points of conflict

Title: Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics [electronic resource] : the points of conflict / Robert M. Veatch.
Author: Veatch, Robert M.
Publication: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2012.

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1 online resource (xiii, 242 p.) : ill.

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Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics (Online)

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Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics (Online)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.

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Contents

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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