Hippocratic oath

Noun

Meaning

an oath taken by physicians to observe medical ethics deriving from Hippocrates

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I think the personal satisfaction of doing good in the community and increasing value and holding true to the Hippocratic oath and being able to provide services to those that are in need is very strong moral reason to provide services for the underserved. Raul Ruiz

The time has come to formulate guidelines for the ethical conduct of scientist, perhaps in the form of a voluntary Hippocratic Oath. Joseph Rotblat

Among schools of modern medicine, sixty-two of 122 used the Hippocratic Oath, or a modified version of it. Source: Internet

It truly is institutionalized child abuse coming about because we have these institutions that have embraced radical ideology over the Hippocratic oath and over science." Source: Internet

He traced his ideas to the Hippocratic Oath. Source: Internet

Part of the Hippocratic Oath suggests there were practicing surgeons in ancient Greece to whom physicians were to defer for lithotomies. Source: Internet

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