托马斯·帕茨瓦尔的医学伦理思想

Thomas Percival's Medical Ethics Thoughts

托马斯·帕茨瓦尔于1803年出版的《医学伦理学》一书是医学伦理学学科诞生的标志。全书采用道德箴言的形式阐述了当时的医学从业人员,包括内科医生、外科医生和药剂师应当遵守的各种道德行为规范,其中主要涉及医生的临床道德义务,医学从业者之间的道德义务,以及一些重要问题,如会诊、费用收取、新的医疗方法和技术应用等的注意事项。这一著作集中体现了帕茨瓦尔的医学人道主义思想,影响了后世医学伦理学的发展方向。

Medical Ethics published by Thomas Percival in 1803 is the symbol of birth of medical ethics. This book uses maxim language style stipulated physician, surgeon and apothecary s professional codes, which mainly about doctor clinical duty, medical staff reciprocal duty, and a series of important matters, such as consultation, medical service fee, new devise of medical remedy and method, etc. Medical Ethics embodied Thomas Percival＇s medical humanism thoughts and had an important influence on the development of modern medical ethics.