Medical Ethics Before Bioethics

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPalgrave Encyclopedia of the Health Humanities
Place of PublicationUK
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

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