Title Medical ethics in antiquity : philosophical perspectives on abortion and euthanasia / Paul Carrick

Published Dordrecht ; Boston : D. Reidel ; Hingham, MA, U.S.A. : Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1985] ©1985

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Description xxvi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Philosophy and medicine ; v. 18 Philosophy and medicine ; v. 18 Contents pt. 1. The social and scientific setting -- 1. The status of the physician -- 2. Theories of health and disease -- 3. Attitudes towards death -- pt. 2. The rise of medical ethics -- 4. Who was Hippocrates? -- 5. The Hippocratic oath -- pt. 3. Abortion and euthanasia -- 6. The problem of abortion -- 7. The problem of euthanasia -- 8. The physician's moral responsibility -- 9. Conclusion -- 10. Epilogue -- Appendices Analysis Medicine Ethical aspects Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 225-232 Notes Philosophy and medicine no:18 0376-7418 Subject Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects. Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects. Medical ethics. Medicine, Ancient. LC no. 85001878 ISBN 9027718253 9027719152

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