Health care practices in ancient Greece: The hippocratic ideal

Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kleisiaris, Christos F ^a   Sfakianakis, Chrisanthos ^a   Papathanasiou, Ioanna V ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ancient Greek medicine; Health care interventions; Health care provision; Hippocratic medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903548924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20080387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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