The Hippocratic Oath: the Transformation of its Semantics and the Revival of its Pragmatics

The Hippocratic Oath enjoys imperishable value in the western traditions of medicine. In modern culture, its postulates have frequently been interpreted as the foundations for the principles of bioethics and a basis of paternalistic practice, typical for modern medicine and opposite to bioethics. Ac...

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Main Authors: Melik-Gaykazyan, Irina, Mescheryakova, Tamara
Format: Article
Language:ell
Published: Novosibirsk State University Press 2015-01-01
Series:SCHOLE
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Online Access:http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/9/9-1-melik.pdf