On the Hippocratic Sources of Western Medical Practice.(Chinese-American Conference on Medical Ethics in Practice, Teaching, and Research: May 1999, Beijing)

From: The Hastings Center Report | Date: July 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

One of the key figures in Western medicine is the fourth century Greek physician, Hippocrates. The Hippocratic Oath binds new physicians to the ethos and profession of medicine, while the Western tradition of scientific medicine traces its roots to the Hippocratic corpus. We will not attempt an exhaustive historical or philosophical analysis of the thinking of Hippocrates and his followers, but rather describe the most important Hippocratic influences still bearing on contemporary medicine in the West. We will highlight some of the major ideas found in notable quotations contained ...

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