Reflections of the Hippocratic Oath in modern medicine

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3075-3079

  Antoniou, Stavros A ^a   Antoniou, George A ^b   Granderath, Frank A ^a   Mavroforou, Anna ^c   Giannoukas, Athanasios D ^d   Antoniou, Athanasios I ^e,f  

^a Hospital Maria v d Aposteln Neuwerk   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^e DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^f Souniou 11   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HIPPOCRATIC OATH; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 78651293509     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0604-3     Document Type: Article

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