Medicine and morality in the ancient world : an analysis of Galen's medical and philosophical writings

The great power of the medical profession over the lives of men entails a wealth of moral problems in medical practice and lends particular importance to questions of the responsibility of the physician. We investigate the solutions offered by Galen, the most prolific medical author of classical Ant...

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Main Author: Linden, David Edmund Johannes
Published: University of Oxford 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312858