Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake

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Author	: T. A. Cavanaugh
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 193
Release	: 2018
ISBN-10	: 9780190673673
ISBN-13	: 0190673672
Rating	: 4/5 (73 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake by : T. A. Cavanaugh

Book excerpt: This book articulates the Hippocratic Oath as establishing the medical profession by a promise to uphold an internal medical ethic that particularly prohibits doctors from killing. In its most basic and least controvertible form, this ethic mandates that physicians help and not harm the sick.

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