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The Hippocratic Oath is a formal pledge traditionally taken by doctors in which they promise to practice medicine ethically and put patient care first. It matters because it establishes fundamental principles about how physicians should conduct themselves and treat patients, helping define the professional standards and moral responsibilities of the medical profession.
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Book · Open Library
- Author
- Raymond Tallis
- First published
- 2004
- Editions
- 2
- Subjects
- Medicine, history
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Research
1,458 papers- The Hippocratic Oath: Analysis and Contemporary Meaning.Orthopedics · 2021
- Applying the Hippocratic Oath in breast cancer-The case for promoting prevention.The breast journal · 2019
- Hippocratic Oath and current medical oaths.Casopis lekaru ceskych · 2022
- Hippocratic Oath.Lancet (London, England) · 1996
- Hippocratic Oath and Heart Failure Journey: An Update on Therapies.
Article
The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. The oath is the earliest expression of medical ethics in the Western world, establishing several principles of medical ethics which remain of paramount significance today. These include the principles of medical confidentiality and non-maleficence. As the foundational expression of certain principles that continue to guide and inform medical practice, the ancient text is of more than historic and symbolic value. It is enshrined in the legal statutes of various jurisdictions, such that violations of the oath may carry criminal or other liability beyond the oath's symbolic nature.
Text of the oath