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    SA Orthopaedic Journal

    versión On-line ISSN 2309-8309
    versión impresa ISSN 1681-150X

    SA orthop. j. vol.7 no.4 Centurion oct./dic. 2008

     

    MEDICAL ETHICS

     

    Medical ethics - will it continue to exist?

     

     

    LH Becker

    BChD (Pret) HDip Dent (Rand) MChD (Pret) FCD (SA), Professor Emeritus, Dept of Restorative Dentistry, University of Pretoria. Former President of SAMDC; former Member of HPCSA; former Chair Medical and Dental Professions Board

    Correspondence

     

     


    ABSTRACT

    Professional ethics and the profession of medicine have been closely linked through the centuries and many examples exist of guidelines having been developed early in the history of the profession by the profession, the best known of which is the Hippocratic Oath. There are many others, a few examples of which are The Prayer of Moses Ben Maimon, The Oath of Asaph and Yohanan and The Seventeen Rules of Enjuin. The common themes in all of these are the recognition of a God, keeping own needs subservient to that of the patient, confidentiality and a prohibition on performing and causing abortions.


     

     

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