Hippocrates' oath and asclepius' snake: the birth of the medical profession
Auteur :
Cavanaugh, T.A.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190673673
Date de publication :
28 déc. 2017
Dimensions :
18,0 x 12,7 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
259 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book articulates the Hippocratic Oath as establishing the medical profession by a promise to uphold an internal medical ethic that particularly prohibits doctors from killing. In its most basic and least controvertible form, this ethic mandates that physicians help and not harm the sick.