Matter, morals and medicine : the ancient Greek origins of science, ethics and the medical profession
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Matter, morals and medicine : the ancient Greek origins of science, ethics and the medical profession
(American university studies, Series V . Philosophy ; vol. 110)
P. Lang, c1991
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Kyoto
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  Hyogo
  Nara
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  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
One of the cherished myths of medical ethics is that technological progress, by producing situations which are historically or ethically unprecedented, has destroyed the moral consensus on which traditional medicine has been based. The problem with this myth is that it overlooks the intense and incessant controversies that have characterized medicine for more than two millennia. Michael Jerome Carella has traced contemporary sciences, ethics, and medicine back to their ancient Greek origins. In doing so, he has provided the context essential for understanding the particular manner in which science, ethics, and technology have come together to create the ethical dilemmas of contemporary medicine.
Table of Contents
Contents: This book traces contemporary notions of science, ethics, and the medical profession back to their ancient Greek origins.
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