Hippocratic, Religious, and Secular Medical Ethics: The Points of Conflict

Contents

CONTENTS List of Tables vii Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Hippocratic Problem 1 chapter 1 The Hippocratic Oath and the Ethic of Hippocratism 10 chapter 2 The Hippocratic Tradition: A Sporadic Retreat 30 chapter 3 The Cacophony of Codes in Medical Schools and Professional Associations 67 chapter 4 The Limits of Professionally Generated Ethics 81 chapter 5 Religious Medical Ethics: Revealed and Natural Alternatives 103 chapter 6 Secular Ethics and Professional Ethics 137 chapter 7 Fallibilism and the Convergence Hypothesis 159 v vi  Contents appendix Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights 193 Notes 203 Bibliography 219 Index 235 ...