Medical Ethics and Bioethics in the Twentieth Century

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In the twentieth century there has been a foreseeable and intense renewal of the concept of medical ethics. This “revolution” had already been seen in the American Medical Association (AMA) texts and in the flourishing specific medical literature.

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  1. 1.

    Jonsen (2000), p. 96.

  2. 2.

    Baker et al. (1999), Lederer (2004), Maehle (2002). Codice Etico Medico dell’Associazione Medica Americana (1847).

  3. 3.

    Hospers (1980).

  4. 4.

    Jonsen (2000), pp. 84–95.

  5. 5.

    Babu (2015), Williams (2005, 2008).

  6. 6.

    Association for Medical ethics, 2005. http://www.ethicaldoctor.org Gale (2000).

  7. 7.

    Tra le principali Organizzazioni internazionali: (IT. Some of the main international organizations): Amnesty International, International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians (IFAPP), International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR).

    Falkenheimer (2014) and Walters and Moraczewski (2003).

  8. 8.

    WMA International Code of Medical ethics. 19499, 1968, 1983, 2006. WMA Manual, 2005 WMA Medical ethics, 2017.

    WMA Principles of Medical Ethics, 2001.

    World Medical Association (1949).

  9. 9.

    Federal Medical Council (1994).

  10. 10.

    Olweny (1994) and Zumla and Costello (2002).

  11. 11.

    Parker and Hope (2000).

  12. 12.

    Il NEH è un’agenzia federale indipendente creata nel 1965. È uno dei più grandi finanziatori di programmi umanistici negli U.S.A., trasmettendo le lezioni della storia a tutti gli americaniI sussidi NEH si rivolgono a istituzioni culturali, come musei, archivi, biblioteche, università, università, televisione pubblica e stazioni radio e a singoli studiosi. [IT. The NEH is an independent federal agency set up in 1965. It is one of the largest financers of humanistic programs in the USA, transmitting history lessons to all Americans. NEH funds go to cultural institutions such as museums, archives, libraries, universities, public television and radio stations, and scholars.)

  13. 13.

    Jonsen (2000). Op cit. From Medical Ethics to Bioethics, pp. 115–120.

  14. 14.

    Corbellini (2010).

  15. 15.

    Engelhardt (1991) and Irving (1999, 2003).

  16. 16.

    Project of the ABIM Foundation, ACP-ASIM Foundation and European Federation of Internal Medicine (2002).

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Russo, R.G. (2023). Medical Ethics and Bioethics in the Twentieth Century. In: Medical Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42444-1_16

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