TY - BOOK ID - 6700938 TI - Cross-cultural perspectives in medical ethics. PY - 2000 SN - 0763713325 9780763713324 PB - Sudbury Jones and Bartlett DB - UniCat KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison KW - Medical ethics KW - Ethics, Medical. KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison. KW - bio-ethiek (medische, biomedische ethiek, bio-ethische aspecten) KW - Medical Ethics KW - Medicine KW - Professionalism KW - Bioethics KW - bioéthique (éthique médicale, biomédicale, aspects bioéthiques) KW - ethics KW - Transcultural Studies KW - Comparison, Cross-Cultural KW - Comparisons, Cross-Cultural KW - Cross Cultural Comparison KW - Cross-Cultural Comparisons KW - Studies, Transcultural KW - Study, Transcultural KW - Transcultural Study KW - Cultural Characteristics KW - Culture KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Clinical ethics KW - Health care ethics KW - Medical care KW - Professional ethics KW - Nursing ethics KW - Social medicine KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Medical ethics - Cross-cultural studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6700938 AB - It starts with the definitive twentieth century analysis of the Hippocratic Oath and then shows how most religious and philosophical traditions differ from the ethical commitments contained in that classic document. Some like the quaint, medieval "Hippocratic Oath In So Far as a Christian May Swear It," show how it is impossible to commit to both the Hippocratic Oath and the Christian (or Jewish) religion at the same time. Others, representing modern secular liberal political philosophy, show how the mainstream of Western law and philosophy are radically at odds with the Hippocratic tradition. Still others reflect ancient Eastern cultures--Hinduism, Buddhism, and the philosophies of China--or other traditions outside the modern, liberal West, such as Islam and Marxism. The second edition includes, for the first time, articles presenting perspectives on both African and African-American medical ethics. ER -