Medical Ethics in the Renaissance

This book is the first comprehensive study of medical ethics in the Renaissance. It examines ethical issues, procedure evaluations and problem-solving techniques in the writings of European physicians and surgeons from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. While much of the practice ...

Medical Ethics in the Ancient World

In this book, Paul Carrick presents the ancient Greek and Roman foundations of Western medical ethics. Analysing 1500 years of pre-Christian moral history of medicine, Carrick applies insights from ancient medical ethics to the development of modern...