However, the history of medical ethics dates back to the fifth century BCE, with the oaths of Caraka and Hippocrates and other ancient texts that contained basic principles for medical ...

Holland Kaplan, MD, is an assistant professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy and the Section of General Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In this Q&A ...

Until recently, however, other than broad principles proposed for the practice of public health in general, [4] population medicine physicians have not had a distinct code of ethics to guide their ...

Perhaps no profession has stricter ethical standards than medicine, and ethics is considered essential in the education of any respected medical school. A new essay by researchers at Hiroshima ...

PHIL 1160 (3) Introduction to Medical Ethics Eric Lee, PhD. Introduces students to moral dilemmas in medical practice, biomedical research, and health policy, placing them in the context of ...