Hippocrates, Maimonides and the Doctor's Responsibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kalman J Kaplan (0000-0002-9329-0208, Wayne State University and, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, corresponding author), Matthew B Schwartz (Wayne State University) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-26 |
| Publication date | 2000-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/q3f3-d9qd-xjm2-ufmk |
| PMID | 12577904 |
| OpenAlex | W2147147027 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Jack Kevorkian criticizes the Hippocratic tradition in Greek medicine, which bans the physician from giving his patient a lethal medication. He sees this prohibition as potentially bringing harm to a suffering patient and not reflective of the larger Greek society which was tolerant and even approving of suicide. However, Kevorkian's advocacy of doctor-assisted suicide can be seen as the polarity of doctor abandonment of the suffering patient rather than as an antidote to it. Both positions involve an outcome of physician removal from the suffering patient, which can be contrasted with Maimonides' command to the physician to watch over the life and death of his patients
Abandonment (legal · Do no harm · Family medicine · Harm · Hippocratic Oath · Political science · Psychiatry · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |