Download or read book Doctors, Honour and the Law written by A. Maehle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical ethics in Imperial Germany were entangled with professional, legal and social issues. This book shows how doctors' ethical decision-making was led by their notions of male honour, professional politics and a paternalistic doctor-patient relationship rather than concern for patients' interests or the right of the sick to self-determination.