{"product_id":"hippocrates-oath-and-asclepius-snake-the-birth-of-the-medical-profession-hardcover","title":"Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake: The Birth of the Medical Profession - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. a. Cavanaugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eT. A. Cavanaugh's \u003cem\u003eHippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake: The Birth of the Medical Profession\u003c\/em\u003e articulates the \u003cem\u003eOath\u003c\/em\u003e as establishing the medical profession's unique internal medical ethic - in its most basic and least controvertible form, this ethic mandates that physicians help and not harm the\u003cbr\u003esick. Relying on Greek myth, drama, and medical experience (e.g., homeopathy), the book shows how this medical ethic arose from reflection on the most vexing medical-ethical problem -- injury caused by a physician -- and argues that deliberate iatrogenic harm, especially the harm of a doctor\u003cbr\u003echoosing to kill (physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, abortion, and involvement in capital punishment), amounts to an abandonment of medicine as an exclusively therapeutic profession. The book argues that medicine as a profession necessarily involves stating before others what one stands for: \u003cbr\u003ethe good one seeks and the bad one seeks to avoid on behalf of the sick, and rejects the view that medicine is purely a technique lacking its own unique internal ethic. It concludes noting that medical promising (as found in the White Coat Ceremony through which U. S. medical students matriculate)\u003cbr\u003eimplicates medical autonomy which in turn merits respect, including honoring professional conscientious objections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eT. A. Cavanaugh\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco where he regularly teaches medical ethics. He writes on medical ethics, double-effect reasoning, action theory, and the history of ethics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255294943334,"sku":"9780190673673","price":95.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Slc3MmZOV1d0c25ySVo1UGQ0NzZvQT09.webp?v=1773654714","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/hippocrates-oath-and-asclepius-snake-the-birth-of-the-medical-profession-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}