Ethics Codes in Medicine - Herych, Eckhard

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Résumé :
First published in 1998, this volume considers the Nuremberg Code in light of new ethical grey areas which have become evident due to recent scientific advancements, particularly the questions of DNA and cloning....

Biographie:
Trohler, Ulrich, Dr., Ph.D., Professor, Institut fur Geschichte der Medizin, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Freiburg i.Br., Germany. Reiter-Theil, Stella, Dr., Dipl.-Psych., Zentrum fur Ethik und Recht in der Medizin, Universitatsklinikum der Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Freiburg i.Br., Germany....

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Part 1. Ethics Codes in Medicine: Historical, Legal and Philosophical Aspects. 1. The Invention of Hippocrates: Oath, Letters and Hippocratic Corpus. Karl-Heinz Level. 2. Medical Science and Ethics before 1947. Anne-Marie Moulin. 3. Ethical Conduct and Ethical Norms up to 1947. Etienne Lepicard. 4. The Nuremberg Code in Light of Previous Principles and Practices in Human Experimentation. David J. Rothman. 5. The Medical Experiments in Nazi Concentration Camps. Bernard Kanovitch. 6. The Nuremberg Code: The Proceedings in the Medical Case, the Ten Principles of Nuremberg and the Lasting Effect of the Nuremberg Code. Erwin Deutsch. 7. The Nuremberg Code: Rules of Public International Law. Pascal Arnold and Dominique Sprumont. 8. The Disturbed Equilibrium Between Science, Myths and Medicine: Towards a New Rationalism? Maurice A. M. de Wachter. 9. Scientific Progress in Socio-Cultural Context: Natural Science, Medicine and Myth after Nuremberg. Dietrich von Engelhardt. 10. Crimes against Humanity: The Forgotton History of Japan. Rihito Kimura. 11. The Inclusion of the Ten Principles of Nuremberg in Professional Codes of Ethics: An International Comparison. Gonzalo Herranz. 12. The Nuremberg Code Turns Fifty. William J. Winslade and Todd L. Krause. 13. Ethical Norms and the Law: Legitimacy of Experts and Democratic Legitimacy. Bertrand Mathieu. 14. The Interrelationship between Ethical Codes and the Law: Legitimacy Seen from the British Point of View. Paul Honigman. 15. The Genome Project: Legal and Ethical Thoughts for Coping with Problems to Come. Joel Levi and Markus Plantholz. Part 2. The Paradigm Shift in Medical Ethics: Patients' Rights, Education, Institutions. 16. The Paradigm Shift in Health Care and the Patient-Physician Relationship from an American Perspective. Ronald A. Carson. 17. Means and Ways for the Protection of Patients in France. Jean Michaud. 18. The Paradigm Shift in Health Care and the Patient-Health Professional Relationship. J. Stuart Horner. 19. Paradigm Changes in Health Care Systems and in Relations Between Patients and (Para)medical Professions in Italy. Antonio Spagnolo. 20. The Recognition of Patients' Rights, Especially the Mentally Ill, by International Organizations and in the Jurisprudence of the European Convention on Human Rights. Thoma?s Douraki. 21. Answers to Change: The Problem of Paradigm Shift in Medical Ethics from the German Perspective. Stella Reiter-Theil. Part 3. Ethics and Medicine for the 21st Century: The Quest for New Codes. 22. Looking for New Codes in the Field of Predictive Medicine. Luis Archer. 23. Allocation of Limited Resources and Equity. G?ran Hermer?n. 24. The Quitable Allocation of Limited Resources. Carmen Rauch, Jean-Paul Moatti and Jean-Fran?ois Matt??. 25. Transcultural Medical Ethics and Human Rights. Robert Baker. 26. Medical Ethics and Human Rights in South America. Horacio Riquelme.