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
was against vivisection and advocated biological imperative (plants and animals have souls; end in itself)
Fritz Jahr
angel of death
Dr. Joseph Mengele
Nazi Ideology, making doctors feel less guilty coz they thought they were helping their country
healing-killing paradox
keystone of what has become of code of ethics
nuremberg trials
established year of Nuremberg Code
1947
longest non-therapeutic experiment on humans
Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-1972)
how long did the tuskegee syphilis study last?
40 years
when was abortion legalized?
1973
until which trimester is abortion permitted?
3rd trimester
Dr Death
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
death machine
Thanatron
introduced the term “bioethics” - combines biological knowledge with value systems
Van Renssalaer Potter
states that morality isn’t based on any absolute standard
moral relativism
