Doctors, Honour and the Law Medical Ethics in Imperial Germany

by Maehle, Andreas-Holger

• ISBN13: 9780230553309
• ISBN10: 0230553303
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Medical ethics in Imperial Germany were entangled with professional, legal and social issues. This book shows how doctors ethical decision-making was led by their notions of male honor, professional politics and a paternalistic doctor-patient relationship rather than concern for patients interests or the right of the sick to self-determination.

Author Biography

ANDREAS-HOLGER MAEHLE is Professor of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics at Durham University, UK, where he directs the Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease. He has published widely on the history of medicine, including Drugs on Trial: Experimental Pharmacology and Therapeutic Innovation in the Eighteenth Century (Rodopi 1999) and, as editor, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Biomedical Ethics: From Paternalism to Autonomy? (Ashgate 2002).

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Disciplining Doctors: Medical Courts of Honour and Professional Conduct	p. 6
Medical Confidentiality: The Debate on Private versus Public Interests	p. 47
Patient Information and Consent: Self-Determination versus Paternalism	p. 69
Duties and Habitus of a Doctor: The Literature on Medical Ethics	p. 95
Epilogue	p. 122
Notes	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 153
Index	p. 179
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