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Ethical Aspects Of Ottoman Surgical Practice
Nil SARI*
* Prof.Dr., İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Deontoloji ve Tıp Tarihi AD, İSTANBUL
Ethical rules to be observed by surgeons in the Ottoman period are found in medical manuscripts and the deed of trusts of hospitals. Besides skillfulness which was a primary rule for surgical practice, virtues such as earnestness and mercifulness were also expected. On the other hand, registers of the canonical courts' judges contain many examples of certificates of consent arranged at the presence of the judge and witnesses, between the surgeon and patient or his/her parent or guardian These contracts describe the legal application of medical practice in the Ottoman Society.
Since patients consents were started to seek after 19. century, it is significantly important in the history of Medical Ethics that patient's consent were taken before the surgery in the presence of witnesses in the ottoman.Keywords: Ottoman History, Medical Ethics, SurgeryT Klin J Med Ethics 2000, 8:9-14
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