Title: Doctors, honour, and the law : medical ethics in imperial Germany /
Authors: Maehle, Andreas-Holger, 1957-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Patient Rights; Liability, Legal; Ethics, Medical; Physician-Patient Relations ethics; Patient Rights history; Liability, Legal history; History, 19th Century; Ethics, Medical history; Medical ethics Germany History; Physician and patient Germany History; Courts of honor Germany History; Germany; Germany
Contents: Disciplining doctors : medical courts of honour and professional conduct -- Medical confidentiality : the debate on private versus public interests -- Patient information and consent : self-determination versus paternalism -- Duties and habitus of a doctor : the literature on medical ethics.