Plato on Medicine's Role in Society: The Care of the Elderly

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Medical Ethics: Common Ground for Understanding. St. Louis. 1986, p. 65.

James F. Gustafson points out that “Western Catholic theology and ethics from the time of Augustine have with remarkable continuity retained a neo-Platonic pattern of all things coming from God and returning to God” (Protestant and Roman Catholic Ethics. University of Chicago. 1978, pp. 7–8).

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New York Times. Letter to the Editor, Nov. 5, 1986.

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