The New Medicine addresses the current crisis in medicine that stems from the steady collapse of the Hippocratic tradition of professional medical practice. Side by side growing support for abortion and euthanasia, both forbidden in the Hippocratic Oath, we see a shift toward the "relief of suffering" as the goal of medicine - a weasel concept that has been broadened to include the "suffering" of relatives, physicians, and society at large. The evils of medicine and science under the Nazis illustrated how rapidly the humane medical tradition could be subverted and medical skills put to terrible purposes. As we seek in the 21st century to rebuild the professional character of medicine, and to develop a policy framework for bioscience and related technologies, there has never been wiser counsel than that of Hippocrates. And that this pagan physician should have been endorsed by Christians, Jews, and Muslims, and perhaps most notably in the 20th century by Margaret Mead, doyenne of anthropologists and one of the century's most influential liberal figures, suggests that his vision for medicine is as relevant to tomorrow as it was in the distant days of late antique Greece.
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Nigel Cameron is Dean of The Wilberforce Forum in Washington, DC and former Provost at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. A consultant in bioethics and public policy issues on both sides of the Atlantic, he founded the journal Ethics & Medicine, has testified before the U.S. Congress, and has been a frequent contributor on network television.
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Hippocratic Oath, Declaration of Geneva, New York, Murderous Science, Ludwig Edelstein, Warnock Report, United States, Warnock Committee, Racial Hygiene, World Medical Association, Jesus Christ, Supreme Court, Test-tube Babies, The Doctor's Oath, Hippocrates of Cos, New Testament, Oxford University Press, Second World War, The Times, Down's Syndrome, Margaret Mead, Personal Origins, Rutherford House, The Cunning of History, University of Notre Dame Press New!
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In the decade since this book was issued both medicine and its step-sibling bio-medicine have witnessed extraordinary advance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hippocratic Oath, Declaration of Geneva, New York, Murderous Science, Ludwig Edelstein, Warnock Report, United States, Warnock Committee, Racial Hygiene, World Medical Association, Jesus Christ, Supreme Court, Test-tube Babies, The Doctor's Oath, Hippocrates of Cos, New Testament, Oxford University Press, Second World War, The Times, Down's Syndrome, Margaret Mead, Personal Origins, Rutherford House, The Cunning of History, University of Notre Dame Press New!
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- Hippocratic Oath by L. Edelstein on 14 pages
- Should the Baby Live?: The Problem of Handicapped Infants (Studies in Bioethics) by Helga Kuhse on 4 pages
- Islamic Medicine (Islamic Surveys) by Professor Manfred Ullman on page 43, page 45, and Back Matter
- Suffering Presence by Stanley Hauerwas on page 57, page 68, and Back Matter
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn on page 157, and page 168
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- Basic Questions on Healthcare: What Should Good Care Include? (Biobasics) (BioBasics Series) by John Kilner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Telling the Old, Old Story: The Art of Narrative Preaching by David L. Larsen in Back Matter
- Aging, Death, and the Quest for Immortality (Horizons in Bioethics Series) by Mrs. Susan A. Salladay on page 188
- Physician-Assisted Death (Biomedical Ethics Reviews (closed)) by James M. Humber on page 130
- Genetic Engineering: A Christian Response: Crucial Considerations for Shaping Life (The Christian Response Series) by Timothy J. Demy on page 48
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