Trusting doctors : the decline of moral authority in American medicine /

Discusses the emphasis that Protestant clergymen placed on the physician's vocation; the focus that Catholic moralists put on specific dilemmas faced in daily medical practice; and the loss of unchallenged authority experienced by doctors after World War II, when practitioners became valued for...

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Main Author:	Imber, Jonathan B., 1952-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2008]
Subjects:	Medical ethics. Medical policy > Moral and ethical aspects. Ethics, Medical > history. Bioethical Issues > history. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century. Physician-Patient Relations. Religion and Medicine. United States. Ebooks. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book