Hippocrates' oath and Asclepius' snake : the birth of a medical profession / T.A. Cavanaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavanaugh, T. A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hippocrates. Hippocratic oath.

Hippocrates.

Hippocratic Oath.

Medical Subjects:

Hippocratic Oath.

Physical Description:

xii, 177 pages ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Contents:

1 Snake? 7

1.1 Asclepius' Snake 7

1.2 Iatrogenic Harm 18

1.3 The Medical-Ethical Problem: Role-Conflation 22

2 Hippocrates' Oath 31

2.1 Hippocrates'? 31

2.2 Oath: Gods, Goddesses, Contract, and Oath-Proper 43

2.2.1 Gods and Goddesses 45

2.2.2 Contract 49

2.2.3.1 Oath-Proper: Regimens, Harm, and Injustice 56

2.2.3.2 Oath-Proper: The Rejection of Killing 58

2.2.3.3 Oath-Proper: Cutting 64

2.2.3.4 Oath-Proper: Entering Houses Free of Injustice (Sexual Acts) 66

2.2.3.5 Oath-Proper: Entering Houses and Not Gossiping 68

2.2.4 The Oath Concludes: Blessing and Self-curse 69

3 Wounding 73

3.1 A Distinction Within the Apollonian/Asclepian Account 74

3.2 Coming to Terms: Distinguishing Wounds from Injuries 77

3.3 Hippocratic Medicine Distinguished from Apollonian and Asclepian Skill 79

3.3.1 The Asclepian Account Disputed 83

3.3.2 Apollonian Killing Considered: Dr. Guillotin and his "Simple Mechanism" 87

3.3.3 Attempts to Make Physicians Apollonian 95

3.4 Further Reasons Why Physicians Ought not Kill 99

3.5 It Thou Shalt not Kill Must One Strive Officiously to Keep Alive? 106

3.6 Is the Problem of Iatrogenic Harm Most Basic? 108

3.7 Forswearing Other Injuries and Injustices: Sexual Relations and Gossip 116

4 Oath, Profession, and Autonomy 121

4.1 Oath and Profession 121

4.2 Further Reasons for a Medical Oath 124

4.3 Professional Autonomy 130

4.3.1 Professional Autonomy: The Internal Therapeutic Ethic as Law 133

4.3.2 Professional Autonomy: The Basic Internal Medical Norm 134

4.3.3 Professional Autonomy: Medicine not Solely a Technique 141

4.3.4 Professional Autonomy: Salient Claims 143

4.4 Conclusion: One or Many Medical Professions? 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cavanaugh, T.A. Hippocrates' oath and Asclepius' snake.

ISBN:

9780190673673

0190673672

OCLC:

979534119