1. Ludwig Edelstein, “The Hippocratic Oath: Text, Translation and Interpretation,” Bulletin of the History of Medicine (Supp. 1, 1943).
2. Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 130–132 (1973).
3. Examples include John Gregory, Lectures on the Duties and Qualifications of a Physician (London: Strahan & Cadell, 1772); Thomas Percival, Medical Ethics (Manchester: S. Russell, 1803); American Medical Association, “Code of Medical Ethics,” in Proceedings of the National Medical Conventions in New York, May 1846, and Philadelphia, May 1847.
4. Black’s Law Dictionary (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1996).
5. Ruth R. Faden, Tom Beauchamp, Nancy M.P. King, A History and Theory of Informed Consent (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986), p. 119.