| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 177 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1 Snake? -- 1.1 Asclepius' Snake -- 1.2 Iatrogenic Harm -- 1.3 The Medical-Ethical Problem: Role-Conflation -- 2 Hippocrates' Oath -- 2.1 Hippocrates'? -- 2.2 Oath: Gods, Goddesses, Contract, and Oath-Proper -- 2.2.1 Gods and Goddesses -- 2.2.2 Contract -- 2.2.3.1 Oath-Proper: Regimens, Harm, and Injustice -- 2.2.3.2 Oath-Proper: The Rejection of Killing -- 2.2.3.3 Oath-Proper: Cutting -- 2.2.3.4 Oath-Proper: Entering Houses Free of Injustice (Sexual Acts) -- 2.2.3.5 Oath-Proper: Entering Houses and Not Gossiping -- 2.2.4 The Oath Concludes: Blessing and Self-curse -- 3 Wounding -- 3.1 A Distinction Within the Apollonian/Asclepian Account -- 3.2 Coming to Terms: Distinguishing Wounds from Injuries -- 3.3 Hippocratic Medicine Distinguished from Apollonian and Asclepian Skill -- 3.3.1 The Asclepian Account Disputed -- 3.3.2 Apollonian Killing Considered: Dr. Guillotin and his "Simple Mechanism" -- 3.3.3 Attempts to Make Physicians Apollonian -- 3.4 Further Reasons Why Physicians Ought not Kill -- 3.5 If Thou Shalt not Kill Must One Strive Officiously to Keep Alive? -- 3.6 Is the Problem of Iatrogenic Harm Most Basic? -- 3.7 Forswearing Other Injuries and Injustices: Sexual Relations and Gossip |
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4 Oath, profession, and autonomy -- 4.1 Oath and Profession -- 4.2 Further Reasons for a Medical Oath -- 4.3 Professional Autonomy -- 4.3.1 Professional Autonomy: The Internal Therapeutic Ethic as Law -- 4.3.2 Professional Autonomy: The Basic Internal Medical Norm -- 4.3.3 Professional Autonomy: Medicine not Solely a Technique -- 4.3.4 Professional Autonomy: Salient Claims -- 4.4 Conclusion: One or Many Medical Professions? -- Appendix: Hippocrates' Oath - Greek text and literal English translation -- Notes -- References |
| Summary |
Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake: The Birth of the Medical Profession articulates the Oath as establishing the medical profession--a practice incorporating an internal, uniquely medical ethic that particularly prohibits doctors from killing. In its most basic and least controvertible form, this ethic mandates that physicians try to help while not trying to harm the sick |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2017) |
| Subject |
Hippocrates. Hippocratic oath.
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| SUBJECT |
Hippocratic oath (Hippocrates) fast |
| Subject |
Hippocratic Oath
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MEDICAL -- Ethics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017014393 |
| ISBN |
9780190673703 |
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0190673702 |
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9780190673697 |
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0190673699 |
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