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"Doctor, Reread Your Oath" Los Angeles Times opinion piece criticizing physician involvement in executions; New England Journal of Medicine: Perspective Roundtable: Physicians and Execution; Gawande, Atul (2006). "When Law and Ethics Collide — Why Physicians Participate in Executions". New England Journal of Medicine. 354 (12): 1221–1229.
The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. The oath is the earliest expression of medical ethics in the Western world ...
physician, professor. Known for. revision of the Hippocratic Oath. Spouse. Helen Lasagna. Children. Nina, David, Mosie, Krissy, Lisa, Peter, and Christopher. Louis Cesare Lasagna (February 22, 1923 – August 6, 2003) was an American physician and professor of medicine, known for his revision of the Hippocratic Oath. [1]
Mildred Fay Jefferson (April 6, 1927 – October 15, 2010) [1] was an American physician and anti-abortion activist.The first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, the first woman to graduate in surgery from Harvard Medical School, and the first woman to become a member of the Boston Surgical Society, she is known for her opposition to the legalization of abortion and her work ...
Declaration of Geneva. The Declaration of Geneva was adopted by the General Assembly of the World Medical Association at Geneva in 1948, amended in 1968, 1983, 1994, editorially revised in 2005 and 2006 and amended in 2017. It is a declaration of a physician 's dedication to the humanitarian goals of medicine, a declaration that was especially ...
A 12th-century Byzantine manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath AMA Code of Medical Ethics. The term medical ethics first dates back to 1803, when English author and physician Thomas Percival published a document describing the requirements and expectations of medical professionals within medical facilities.
Steven H. Miles. Steven H. Miles is an American doctor, author, and professor of medicine who has published on ethically topics relating to medicine and the use of torture. [1][2] Miles is a practicing physician and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School [3] and is a member of its Center for Bioethics.
On Ancient Medicine. Hippocrates. The treatise On Ancient Medicine (Greek: Περὶ Ἀρχαίας Ἰατρικῆς; Latin: De vetere medicina) is perhaps the most intriguing and compelling work of the Hippocratic Corpus. The Corpus itself is a collection of about sixty writings covering all areas of medical thought and practice.