Cross-cultural Perspectives in Medical EthicsRobert M. Veatch Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2000 - 380 pages Adding African and African-American perspectives to update the 1989 edition, 43 readings (1803-1998) explore the medical ethics of major Western and Eastern religious, philosophical, and legal traditions. Several point out how the Hippocratic Oath influenced other ethics, yet conflicts with the Jude |
Contents
The Hippocratic Tradition | 1 |
Modifying the Hippocratic Tradition | 25 |
Principles of Medical Ethics 1957 | 39 |
The Dominant Western Competitors | 55 |
The Obligation to Heal in the Judaic Tradition | 62 |
ROMAN CATHOLICISM | 77 |
PROTESTANTISM | 99 |
Code Covenant Contract or Philanthropy | 116 |
A Refutation | 179 |
Securing Access to Health Care | 187 |
Report to | 209 |
Medical Ethical Theories Outside Western | 217 |
ISLAM | 233 |
INDIA AND HINDUISM | 240 |
Oath of Initiation | 258 |
CONFUCIANISM TRADITIONAL | 292 |
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