The Codification of Medical Morality. Historical and Philosophical Studies of the Formalization of Western Medical Morality in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Medical Ethics and Etiquette in the Eighteenth Century

. Ed(s): Baker, Robert; Porter, Dorothy; Porter, Roy

ISBN 10: 0792319214 / ISBN 13: 9780792319214

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993

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Offers a survey of early medical ethics in the eighteenth century. This book focusses on the relationship between the ethical dilemmas of actual practice and the formulations of philosophically-minded physicians. It also examines the historical and philosophical roots of late Enlightenment medical-ethical theories. Editor(s): Baker, Robert; Porter, Dorothy; Porter, Roy. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 515. . 1993. Hardback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Codification of Medical Morality. Historical and Philosophical Studies of the Formalization of Western Medical Morality in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Medical Ethics and Etiquette in the Eighteenth Century
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792319214
• ISBN 13: 9780792319214
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The editors have incurred many debts in preparing this book, and both etiquette and ethics would be contravened if they were not discharged here. Above all, we wish to thank the contributors for so cheerfully complying with our suggestions for preparing their papers for publication and efficiently meeting our schedules. It is thanks to their cooperation that this volume has appeared speedily and painlessly; their revisions have helped to give it internal coherence. This volume has emerged from papers delivered at a conference on the History of Medical Ethics, held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, 1 December, 1989. We are most grateful to the Wellcome Trust for having underwritten the costs of the conference, and to Frieda Houser and Stephen Emberton whose organizational skills contributed so much to making it a smoothly-run and enjoyable day. In addition to the papers delivered at the conference, we are delighted to have secured further contributions from David Harley and Johanna Geyer-Kordesch. Our thanks to them for their eager help. From start to finish, we have received splendid encouragement from all those connected with the Philosophy and Medicine series, especially Professor Stuart Spicker, and Martin Scrivener at Kluwer Academic Publishers. Their enthusiasm has lightened our load, and expedited the editorial process.