Beyond the Hippocratic Oath: A Memoir on the Rise of Modern Medical Ehics.
0888644531Beyond the Hippocratic oath; a memoir on the rise of modern medical ethics.
Dossetor, John B.
The U. of Alberta Press
2005
298 pages
$39.95
Paperback
RC903
With the development of a more informed approach to medicine in mind, Dossetor (medicine, U. of Alberta, Canada) reflects on his medical career and its overlap with the rise of medical ethics, improved treatment of chronic kidney disease, and developments in kidney transplantation. He describes the evolution of medical knowledge towards a greater interest in ethics, his early career as a student and in the army, his postgraduate years in London, becoming a nephrologist in Canada, his experiences with transplantation, research, the role of the academic physician, and his eventual study of ethics, with examples of unethical research. Ethical dilemmas he faced are presented in independent discussions throughout the book. Distributed by Michigan State U. Press.
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| Article Type: | Book Review |
| Date: | Sep 1, 2006 |
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