Evolution of Medical Ethics and Bioethics in Greece: ''Ancient-Christian-Contemporary Greece"

Authors

  • Nikolaos Koios
  • Lambrini Veloyanni University of Ioannina
  • Demetrios Alvanos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26248/eleutherna.v3i0.144

Keywords:

Medical ethics, Bioethics, professional ethics, Hippocratic Oath, doctor -patient relationship, benefit for the patient, Christian anthropology

Abstract

Although its authenticity has been questioned, the text that has been known as
Hippocrates' Oath has played a crucial role to the evolution of medical ethics in
Greek settings. The Oath has greatly influenced Greek ethical thinking not only
during antiquity, but also during early Christian times and Byzantine era. During
the period of Turkish occupation the Oath recurs in Greece, in the texts of the
Greek Enlighters. In modem times we trace it as the Oath taken by graduate students
of Medicine, while it still serves as a basis for debates concerning the modem
challenges of Bioethics and Medicine.

Author Biographies

Nikolaos Koios

Nikolaos Koios
Doctor of Theology with specialization in the fields of Christian Ethics and Bioethics. He
works as a public school teacher of religion in Secondary Education. He has specialized in
Ethics and Bioethics at the Faculty of Theology of the Aristotele University of Thessaloniki,
Ludwigs Maximillian University of Munich and the Hasting Center in New York.

Lambrini Veloyanni, University of Ioannina

Lambrini Veloyanni
Associate Professor at the School of Medicine at the University of loannina. She teaches
Medical Ethics, Bioethics, Deontology of Medicine and History of Medicine. She has specialized
in Bioethics at the Kennedy Institute of Bioethics in Washington DC.

Demetrios Alvanos

Demetrios Alvanos
Attorney at Law appointed to the Court of Appeals. He has done postgraduate studies in Human
Rights at the University of Padova and the University Centre of Luxemburg.

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Published

2006-02-12

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Koios, N., Veloyanni, L., & Alvanos, D. (2006). Evolution of Medical Ethics and Bioethics in Greece: ’’Ancient-Christian-Contemporary Greece". ELEUTHERNA, 3, 111–125. https://doi.org/10.26248/eleutherna.v3i0.144

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Vol. 3 (2006): ΤΟΜΟΣ ΤΡΙΤΟΣ / VOLUME ΙΙΙ

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