Social Medicine and Medical Ethics Some Major Ethical Questions, Applying the Principal of Medical Ethics Květoslav Šipr

Four-principles approach to ethics 1.Respect for Autonomy 2.Nonmaleficence 3.Beneficence 4.Justice BEAUCHAMP, Tom L. – CHILDRESS, James F. : Principles of Biomedical Ethics. 1. edition, 1979, 5. edition 2001 (reedition 2008).

Hippocrates ( BC) /Peter Paul Rubens, 1638/Peter Paul Rubens

Hippocrates ( b.c.), a Greek physician on the Isle of Cos, was called even in ancient times the “Father of Medicine.” Modern classicists have long argued back and forth about the authorship of his Oath and the other writings in the Hippocratic corpus. But, regardless of its actual author, classicists all acknowledge that the Hippocratic Oath dates back at least to the fourth century b.c. and marks the moment when—thanks to Hippocrates' influence on his many students and apprentices— medicine separated itself from magic and pledged itself to preserving life.

The Hippocratic Oath The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by doctors swearing to practice medicine ethically. It is widely believed to have been written by Hippocrates, often regarded as the father of western medicine, in Ionic Greek (late 5th century BC), or by one of his students, and is usually included in the Hippocratic CorpusHippocrates Ionic Greek