Introduction Flashcards
4 main principles of bioethics
1) Benevolence
2) Autonomy
3) Non-maleficence
4) Justice
3 core values of bioethics
1) Compassion
2) competence
3) autonomy
offensive display of superiority
arrogance
failure to fulfill responsibilities
lack of conscientiousness
father of medicine
hippocrates
3 main points of hippocratic oath
1) treat sick to best of abilities
2) preserve patient privacy
3) teach secrets of medicine to next generation
most basic teaching of the hippocratic oath
“primum non nocerum” = “first do no harm”
first recorded legislation regarding medical practice
code of hammurabi
christian physician turned muslim who wrote Adab Al-tabib
Ishaq Ibn Ali Rawahi
first medical ethics book for Islamic Medicine
Adab al-Tabib
Jewish physician and philosopher who said to look upon the sick with empathy and respect, and to develop medical skills to work for benefit of all
Moses Maimonides
wrote the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons / Medical Ethics
Thomas Percival
1st code of ethics adopted by professional group of physicians
Percival’s Code of Medical Ethics
Father of Bioethics
Fritz Jahr
1st to coin the term “Bioethics”
Fritz Jahr