Abstract The physician, said Henry Sigerist in 1940, has been acquiring an increasingly
social role. For centuries, however, codes of medical ethics have concentrated on proper …

In this symposium Professor Swales, a professor of medicine, argues that medical ethics
cannot be separated conceptually or practically from medical practice and training generally …

Historically, the United States has had a long tradition of medical ethics teaching but not in
the sense in which the term is applied today. Tradition-ally, teaching institutions sponsored …

Biomedical advances of the past 20 years have stimulated a renewed interest in medical
ethics. Transplantation of multiple human organs, implantation of artificial devices, advances …

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While Bioethics is now taught at all medical colleges in the United States as well as in other
nations, and while discussions about Bioethics have become frequent in most medical …

The subject of medical ethics is always current and offers an inviting theme, particularly for
anyone who has spent his life in medical practice. But the subject of ethics is impossible to …

Physician-scientists, like all physicians, have duties that extend beyond realizing the
medical and scientific possibilities of their field. Among these duties are moral and …

Medicine and ethics have an historic and rich relationship dating back to the fourth century
and the work of Greek physician Hippocrates, and later the work of Galen, who cautioned …

Medical science has taken giant steps forward in the health care of people during the past
half century. The dramatic developments of science, medicine and technology in our …