Medical Ethics Before Bioethics

Nathan Emmerich

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-26825-1_61-1

Medical Ethics Before Bioethics

Nathan Emmerich

School of Medicine and Psychology

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This entry briefly sets out the history of medical ethics in the West to illuminate what preceded bioethics. The Hippocratic Tradition, particularly the Hippocratic Oath, and the new discourse of medical ethics that accompanied the emergence of the modern profession of medicine provide the focus of this discussion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Health Humanities
Place of Publication	UK
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26825-1_61-1
Publication status	Published - 2024

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