Author(s)
King, Lester S.Keywords
Alternative TherapiesCodes of Ethics
Education
Ethics
Historical Aspects
Medical Education
Medical Ethics
Medical Etiquette
Medicine
Moral Obligations
Organizations
Physicians
Professional Organizations
Social Dominance
Sociology
Standards
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Abstract
Attempts by nineteenth-century American physicians to upgrade the status of the medical profession influenced the development of their code of ethics, as chronicled here. Unlike the case in Great Britain, physicians in the U.S. did not constitute a homogenous class in background and education. To distinguish 'regular' physicians from other practitioners such as homeopaths, medical societies tended to emphasize adherence to 'orthodox medical beliefs' in defining the standards of the profession. (KIE abstract)Date
2015-05-05Identifier
oai:repository.library.georgetown.edu:10822/72180610.1001/jama.1982.03330180079046
JAMA. 1982 Nov 12; 248(18): 2329-2333.
0098-7484
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1982.03330180079046
http://hdl.handle.net/10822/721806