Hippocratic Oaths : Medicine and Its Discontents - Hardcover

Raymond Tallis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843541262 ISBN 13: 9781843541264

Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2004

Synopsis

Poet, philosopher, novelist and physician, Professor Raymond Tallis is one of the world's foremost scientific philosophers. In this book, for the first time, he brings together his diverse intellectual interests to address profoundly important questions about our well being. Hippocratic Oaths blends philosophy with public opinion, polemic and personal experience to bridge the disjunction between the health care we believe we are entitled to expect, and the difficult realities of what is possible. In a series of fiercely stimulating and impassioned arguments Tallis looks at the truth behind recent public health scares; why we continue to incorrectly treat our bodies as if they were machines, separate from ourselves; and why the exploding popularity of alternative therapies is bad for doctors and patients alike. Hippocratic Oaths is the summation of a life time's thought and medical practice, by one of the most singular stars in the British scientific firmament. It will, quite simply, change forever the way you think about yourself, and your health.

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About the Author:

RAYMOND TALLIS is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester, and has published over 150 research papers, articles and textbooks. He is also the Chairman of the Royal College of Physicians Committee on Ethical Issues in Medicine.He is a poet and a novelist as well as a renowned philosopher. The Raymond Tallis reader has recently been published by Macmillan. In 2004, Prospect magazine named him one of Britain's 100 most significant public intellectuals.

Review:

"'One of the most intriguing figures in the current intellectual scene.' Ray Monk"

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843541262
• ISBN 13: 9781843541264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352