Before bioethics : a history of American medical ethics from the colonial period to the bioethics revolution / Robert Baker.

Author/creator Baker, Robert, 1937- author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxi, 476 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentLink to view prior bioethics codes
Subjects

Contents Introduction : on medicine, ethics, and morality -- Midwives' oaths of fidelity and diligence -- The medical ethics of gentlemanly honor -- The lecturers : Samuel Bard and Benjamin Rush -- Oaths and codes of medical police and ethics, 1806-1846 -- A national code of medical ethics -- Professional medical ethics, 1848-1875 : abortion, inquisition, and exclusion -- The anti-code revolt : laissez-faire medical ethics, 1876-1979 -- American research ethics, 1800-1946 -- Explaining the birth of bioethics, 1947-1999.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [383]-429) and index.
LCCN 2013001404
ISBN9780199774111
ISBN0199774110

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