Moderna medicinska etika

Abstract

The Hippocratic Oath, millennium mainstay of medical ethics, has had many interpretations and challenges on its way to modern medical ethics and codes of ethics. Hippocrates learn­ing in history changed in accordance with cur­rent social, religious and political values and requirements. The most important reasons for the new approach in the new medical ethics lie in the ethical theories: utilitarianism (and welfare benefits), deontology (duty and behavior), the moral duties of doctors and health workers, and virtue ethics (set of Hippocrates). In all this, we should bear in mind the theoretical and practical values that are most relevant to each individual case. Today there are many theories of civil with the potential to grow into bioethical theories, such as the feminist movement in bioethics, Marxism, libertarianism (the doctrine of free­dom) and other theological theories. Howev­er, none of them are imposed from a practical point of view, able to deal with ethical dilem­mas and problems that gave birth to modern science and technology. In a similar trend in the development of medical ethics at the beginning of the new millennium, the Hippocratic oath is augmented with the Geneva Declaration, and in England, the General Medical Board provides a clear and stylish guide Hippocratic Oath in terms of the doctor's rights and obligations, as well as the Code of Ethics as a guide for good medi­cal practice (General Medical Council, 2006). Professional medical ethics has finally over­taken the Hippocratic ethic. What is encour­aging is the strong development of codes of ethics in modern medicine and health care in many countries, including Serbia.