This engaging book examines what the Hippocratic Oath meant to Greek physicians 2400 years ago and reflects on its relevance to medical ethics today.

This book articulates the Hippocratic Oath as establishing the medical profession by a promise to uphold an internal medical ethic that particularly prohibits doctors from killing.

This work reflects the author's dedication to advancing the field of medicine through empirical research and rational thinking.

Citing fascinating studies that show why antibiotics for sore throats are almost always unnecessary; how cough syrup is rarely more effective than a sugar pill; and why CPR is violent, invasive—and almost always futile, this thought ...

Extracts relevant pieces from the many disparate treatises of the Hippocratic Corpus and then groups them under eight main headings, providing a systematic structure lacking in the original.

This book is for them and, perhaps even more importantly, for their patients.

These full-color biographies chronicle the lives and important contributions of great scientists and mathematicians from across the ancient world, with each book providing several hands-on activities and experiments.

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works.

In The Hippocratic Myth, Dr. M. Gregg Bloche marshals his expertise in medicine and the law to expose how: *Doctors are pushed into acting both as caregivers and cost-cutters, compromising their fidelity to patients *Politics keeps doctors ...

A biography of Hippocrates known as the father of medicine.