Medical ethics /

Padilla, Reynaldo A.

Medical ethics / Reynaldo A. Padilla - Revised edition. - Mandaluyong City, Philippines : National Book Store, c2006 - xii, 264 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 : The need for an on-going self-appraisal -- Chapter 2 : The Hippocratic tradition and other traditions -- Chapter 3 : The Morality of human acts -- Chapter 4 : Law, obligation and conscience -- Chapter 5 : Moral guide and maxims -- Chapter 6 : The Physician as a person and as a professional -- Chapter 7 : responsibilities, competence, and confidentiality -- Chapter 8 : The Patient-physician relationship -- Chapter 9 -- Principles relating to the origin of life -- Chapter 10 : Principles relating to the destruction of life.

The current edition of this book will try to participate in that discussion by providing a systematic overview of relevant topics relating to medical ethics.

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ETHICS, MEDICAL

R 724 .P33 2006