Essays about: "Hippocratic"

Found 4 essays containing the word Hippocratic.

  1. 1. MSF and the Hippocratic Approach : a single case study on communication in the conflict of South Sudan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Thomas Stahl; [2018]
    Keywords : MSF; Hippocratic; Do No Harm; conflict; marketization;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates Médécins Sans Frontières (MSF) communication in the setting of South Sudan. More precisely, the thesis investigates MSF’s engagement in a discussion regarding the potential harm NGOs, both other and themselves, might cause in terms of conflict dynamics. READ MORE

  3. 2. PRIMUM NON NOCERE : Medicine's Culture of Dealing with and Denial of the Occurrence of Medical Harm

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Dorothea Weiss; [2017]
    Keywords : failure; malpractice; nonmaleficence; patient safety; risk management; patient involvement; reconciliation; cost reduction;

    Abstract : The hippocratic principle "primum non nocere" (above all do no harm) has always been and still is the strong foundation of medical conduct. For a long time healthcare professionals created the image of infallibility of medicine. Even within the "closed" hierarchies mistakes and malpractice were never openly discussed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women and Their Bodies in Classical Greece : The Hippocratic Female

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Linda Persson; [2016]
    Keywords : Gynaecology; Hippocratics; Classical Greece; menstruation; women; wandering womb;

    Abstract : The Hippocratic Corpus is a collection of approximately sixty medical treatises that were written by the Hippocratics during the Classical period of Greece. The Hippocratics were a group of practicing physicians and are today considered as one of the first Greek scientists. READ MORE

  5. 4. Why people with HIV are let to die - Analysing medical ethics, drug patents and activism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Viktor Östlund; [2012]
    Keywords : politics; economists; bio technicians; hippocratic oath; geneva; udhr; human rights; bureaucracy; genocide; holocaust; economic theory; business; pharmaceutical; patents; fda; arv; azt; antiretroviral; medicine; drugs; generic; thailand; india; south africa; usa; hiv; aids; clinton; anthrax; trips; third world; developing countries; rich countries; mänskliga rättigheter; bush; mbeki; homocide; nelson mandela; conspiracies; Science General;

    Abstract : In this essay it will be analysed why people in need of HIV-medicine do not get access to them, which has so far resulted in millions of seemingly unnecessary deaths. It will be discussed what responsibilities scientists have and what people can or should do to claim rights to medicine. READ MORE