Title: A Short History of Medical Ethics
First published: January 15, 2000
Description: "This book provides a brief tour of the complex story of how medical ethics evolved over centuries in both Western and Eastern culture. It sets this story in the social and cultural contexts in which the work of healing was practiced and suggests that, behind the many different perceptions about the ethical duties of physicians, certain themes appear constantly, and may be relevant to modern debates."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Medical ethics, History