Medical Ethics in the Ancient World

Paul J. Carrick

Georgetown University Press, 2001

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Charts the ancient Greek and Roman foundations of Western medical ethics. Surveying 1500 years of pre-Christian medical moral history, this book applies insights from ancient medical ethics to developments in contemporary medicine such as advance directives, gene therapy, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and surrogate motherhood.

ISBN-13
9780878408498
ISBN-10
0878408495
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-04-30
Pages
288
Dimensions
155x230x21
Weight
464