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The Moral Identity Of Professional Medicine
Gerhold K. BECKER*
* Founding Director of Centre for Applied Ethics and Chair Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, CHINA
Examining the function of the Hippocratic Oath and its lasting significance for medical ethics, the paper explores the moral basis of medicine in view of contemporary challenges. It is argued that, though the Hippocratic tradition has laid a solid foundation for medical ethics, contemporary medicine needs to more firmly establish itself on the human rights tradition and its core principles of human dignity and respect for persons.Keywords: Tıbbi Kanunlar, Hipokrat Andı, Saygınlık, Saygı göstermek, İnsan HaklarıTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics 2002, 10:237-242
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