Hippocratic, religious, and secular medical ethics : the points of conflict / Robert M. Veatch.

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2012]

xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.

Introduction: the Hippocratic problem -- The Hippocratic oath and the ethic of hippocratism -- The Hippocratic tradition: a sporadic retreat -- The cacophony of codes in medical schools and professional associations -- The limits of professionally generated ethics -- Religious medical ethics: revealed and natural alternatives -- Secular ethics and professional ethics -- Fallibilism and the convergence hypothesis -- Appendix : Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.