Bioethics Chapter 2 - Hippocratic Oath

Oath of Initiation

-confidentiality/not share medical knowledge -support teacher -deities

Paternalistic

-decides for someone else a course of action without consulting or receiving consent -approves of actions intended to benefit another person even if that person does not agree

Liberal Political Philosophy

-importance of the individual -commands respect for the individual even if others think they know what is best -belief in the equality of moral worth of all persons

Code Section

-no surgery (religiously unclean) -no euthanasia or abortafacients

Hippocratic Principle

-physician should benefit the patient according to the best of his or her judgment -paternalistic -absence of recognition of patients' rights

Ways Hippocratic Principle is Challenged

1. doctors decides what is a benefit to the patient, which is subjective 2. benefits contradict with moral duties 3.. conflict between interests of patients and those of others

Different Sections of the Hippocratic Oath

1. oath of initiation 2. code section

Hippocratic Oath

medical code of ethics attributed to Hippocrates