| Description |
1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Grand Rounds -- I. Physician, who are you? -- Creators -- Teachers -- Learners -- -- II. To what are physicians committed? -- The health of the public -- Deadly drugs -- Abortion -- Integrity -- Errors -- Consent and truth-telling -- Exploiting patients -- Discretion in speech -- -- III. In what way are physicians accountable? -- A trustworthy profession -- Afterword: The oath for our time. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
This engaging book examines what the Hippocratic Oath meant to Greek physicians 2400 years ago and reflects on its relevance to medical ethics today. Drawing on the writings of ancient physicians, Greek playwrights, and modern scholars, each chapter explores one of its passages and concludes with a modern case discussion. The Oath proposes principles governing the relationship between the physician and society and patients. It rules out the use of poison and a hazardous abortive technique. It defines integrity and discretion in physicians' speech. The ancient Greek medical works written during the same period as the Oath reveal that Greek physicians understood that they had a duty to avoid medical errors and learn from bad outcomes. These works showed how and why to tell patients about their diseases and dire prognoses in order to develop a partnership for healing and to build the credibility of the profession. Miles uses these writings to illuminate the meaning of the Oath in its day and in so doing shows how and why it remains a valuable guide to the ethical practice of medicine.; This is a book for anyone who loves medicine and is concerned about the ethics and history of this profession. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hippocrates.
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Hippocrates. |
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Hippocrates. |
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Hippocrate. Serment d'Hippocrate. |
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Medical ethics.
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Medical ethics. |
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Physicians -- Professional ethics.
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Physicians -- Professional ethics. |
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Ethics, Medical. |
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Hippocratic Oath. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miles, Steven H. Hippocratic oath and the ethics of medicine. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005 0195188209 9780195188202 (OCoLC)60559895 |
| ISBN |
9780199759835 (electronic book) |
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0199759839 (electronic book) |
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1280845872 |
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9781280845871 |
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0195188209 (Paper) |
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0195162196 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195162196 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195188202 (paperback) |
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