The Historical Relationship Between Ethics and Medicine
Authors
Valentina Gazzaniga
Section of History of Medicine, Dep. of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Keywords:
Ethics , Medicine , History of medicine , History of Medical Ethics
Abstract
Did medicine need philosophy to create a medical ethics? The article analyzes the historical origins of medical ethics, considered as a compound of deontology and clinical ethics.
