MEDICAL ETHICS AND HUMAN LIFE

ISBN: 9781532677618 Géneros: Sinópsis: The Declaration of Geneva produced as a modern restatement of the Hippocratic Oath by the World Medical Association at its formation in 1947 includes the following pledges I will maintain the utmost respect for human life from the time of its conception Even under threat I will not use my medical knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity In this book David Braine examines the status and working out of these undertakings in the light of the Christian understanding of God and man David Braine 19402017 was educated at Magdalen College Oxford From 196589 he was a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen He was awarded a Gifford Fellowship from 198288 Following complications after his spinal injury of 1977 he took medical retirement in 1989 becoming Honorary Lecturer 19892002 and Honorary Research Fellow in 2002