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Medical Ethics in the Ancient World Pdf

Medical Ethics in the Ancient World
Author: Paul J. Carrick
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0878408495

In this book Paul Carrick charts the ancient Greek and Roman foundations of Western medical ethics. Download Medical Ethics in the Ancient World (Clinical Medical Ethics series) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Surveying 1500 years of pre-Christian medical moral history, Carrick applies insights from ancient medical ethics to developments in contemporary medicine such as advance directives, gene therapy, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and surrogate motherhood. He discusses such timeless issues as the social status of the physician; attitudes toward dying and death; and the relationship of medicine to philosophy, religion, and popular morality. Opinions of a wide range of ancient thinkers are consulted, including physicians, poets, philosophers, and patients. He also explores the puzzling question of Hippocrates' identity, analyzing not only th Search and find a lot of medical books in many category availabe for free download. Medical Ethics in the Ancient World medical books pdf for free. He also explores the puzzling question of Hippocrates' identity, analyzing not only th



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