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9780195134551

A Short History of Medical Ethics

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    9780195134551

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    0195134559

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-09-30
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Univ. of Washington, Seattle. Presents the evolution of medical ethics in Western and Eastern cultures. Shows that certain themes are constant and may be relevant to modern debates. The final chapter chronicles events in medical science and technology that has transformed medical ethics into bioethics. For students, clinicians, and others interested in the subject.

Author Biography

Albert Jonsen, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Ethics in Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Long Tradition of Ethics in Medicine
Hellenic, Hellenistic and Roman Medicine: Fifth Century BCE to Third Century CE
Medieval Medicine: Fifth to Fourteenth Century CE
Medical Ethics of India and China
Renaissance and Enlightenment: Fourteenth to Eighteenth Century
British Medicine: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Ethics in American Medicine
American Medicine: Science, Competence, and Ethics
American Medicine: Religion and Morality
A Chronicle of Ethical Events: 1940s to 1980s
Conclusion: From Medical Ethics to Bioethics
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