Hume's influence on John Gregory and the history of medical ethics

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 376-395

  McCullough, Laurence B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

David Hume; History of medical ethics; John Gregory; Moral physiology; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY;

BIOETHICS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; SCOTLAND; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIRTUES;

EID: 0033175251     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.24.4.376.5979     Document Type: Article

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