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Letters and Corrections15 October 1989Rhazes and AvicennaMohammed A. Nurhussein, MDMohammed A. Nurhussein, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-111-8-691_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editor: Updating the ACP Ethics Manual (1) is a timely undertaking. Part 1 of the manual was highly informative and will be of immense help to us in dealing with the ethical complexity of today's practice of medicine. I am looking forward to Part 2.In the interest of historical accuracy, however, I would like to offer a minor correction of an error. In the overview of the historical evolution of medical ethics, you credit Rhazes with having "compiled his canon." It was Avicenna (Abu Ali Al-Hussain Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sina) and not Rhazes who penned the "Canon...Reference1. . American College of Physicians ethics manual. Part 1: history; the patient; other physicians. Ann Intern Med. 1989;111:245-52. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Mohammed A. Nurhussein, MDAffiliations: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA BRIEF HISTORY OF DRUGS: FROM PLANT EXTRACTS TO DNA TECHNOLOGY 15 October 1989Volume 111, Issue 8Page: 691-692KeywordsMedical ethics ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 15 October 1989 PDF downloadLoading ...
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