Is consent in medicine a concept only of modern times?
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Is consent in medicine a concept only of modern times?
Although the issue of consent in medical practice has grown immensely in recent years, and it is generally believed that historical cases are unknown, our research amongst original ancient Greek and Byzantine historical sources reveals that it is a very old subject which ancient philosophers and physicians have addressed. Plato, in ancient Greece, connected consent with the quality of a free pe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.27.1.59