title: [Medical deontology--historical study].
abstract: The subject of the paper was to present selected publications concerning the medical deontology. Special attention was paid on three of them. Well-known publications Hippocrates' oath formulated in 5th/4th century BC, Majmonides' prayer (12th century) and Polish medical deontology code published in 1994 underwent a comparative analysis. The objective of the analysis was the description of the similarities and differences in the assumptions constituting in the fundamentals of medical deontology. Its formulated in almost one thousand year intervals, as well as assumptions comparison of Polish and universal medical deontology.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Humanistycznych Nauk Lekarskich Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wieckowska
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D028663:Ethical Theory / Q000266:history*; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000266:history*; D006625:Hippocratic Oath; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland