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- The Hippocratic Oath, taken by ancient and medieval doctors, requires high ethical standards from medical doctors. Its principles are important in professional and ethical education of medical doctors even today.
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Dec 14, 2016 · “The oath is a useful record of how medical ethics have developed. But the GMC’s good practice guidelines go into more detail, have evolved through case law and disciplinary hearings, and are regularly reviewed,” she says.
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Hippocrates oath has been considered the gold standard of ethics in medicine since long. But, the oath was formulated long before the advancements in bioethics. In this article, we try to analyse the important aspects of the oath and examine whether it holds up in the current era of medical malpractice and consumer laws or has lost its relevance.
- Vishal Indla, M S Radhika
- 2019
- The Injunction “For The Benefit of The Ill”: The Principle of Beneficence
- The Injunction of “No Harm” : The Principle of Non-Maleficence
- Prohibition of Euthanasia Or Absolute Respect For Life?
- Prohibition of Abortion Or Warning Against Harming The Patient?
- Personal Purity and Professional Integrity
- Prohibition of Surgery Or Limitations to Physicians’ Competence?
- Prohibition of Sexual Abuse and Respect of Patient’S Dignity
- Revealing Information About The Patient: Respect of Patient’S Confidentiality
Τhe injunction “for the benefit of the ill” is a recurrent theme that underlies the Oath. It is the so-called Hippocratic Principle, the most emphatic principle in Hippocratic medicine and the originality of the Hippocratic thought [15, pp. 112–126]. This simple axiom is a sober command for a good physician to aim for the obvious objective of his a...
As the injunction “to benefit the ill”represents an ideal that the physician cannot always attain, the oath-taker adds: The imperative of “no harm” is not the first time that appears in the Hippocratic writings. It is found much earlier than the Oath in the clinical, epidemiological treatise Epidemics I: “as to diseases, make a habit of two things,...
Some medical ethicists have understood this passage as the prohibition of euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide or even discontinuation of life-sustaining treatment. The concept of prohibition of euthanasia was mainly based on the Pythagorean hypothesis . However, nowhere in the Hippocratic treatises evidence can be found of physicians assisting...
The word “likewise” connects a “deadly drug” with a “destructive pessary”, both of which contradict the most fundamental aim of medicine. In ancient Greek, the keywords in this passage are “pesson fthorion” translated by Littré as “pessaire abortif” and by Edelstein as “abortive remedy” [9, pp. 3–6]. “Pesson fthorion” was not just an ordinary pessa...
The next sentence is inserted, seemingly unrelated, between the previous and the following obligations of the physician. This phrase summarizes the central objective of the Oath, wherein an explicit promise is given “in a pure and holy way”. The two concepts “purity” and “holiness” were significant in most influential Greek healing cults. Their ins...
The pledge never to use the knife is the third highly controversial vow of the Oath. Edelstein believes that “only in connection with Pythagorean medicine this injunction acquires any meaning and plausibility at all” [9, pp. 26–32]. He claims that in order to maintain divine purity Pythagorean medicine forbade “bloody operations” [6, 9, pp. 26–33]....
For the second time, the physician vows “to benefit the ill” and in different words, repeats the early injunction against intentional injustice and harm in relation to the private and personal sphere of the patient and his family. The Oathdistinguishes between the ethics of the public medical life and the ethics of the physician in the patient’s pr...
The Oath compels confidentiality in what is seen or heard as a fundamental principle in the relationship of the physician with his patients. The respect for confidentiality (a component of the modern principle of autonomy) of the information the patient discloses in the course of treatment and outside treatment is an absolute principle. It is notew...
- Helen Askitopoulou, Antonis N. Vgontzas
- 2018
This comprehensive single-authored text examines the medical ethics of the Hippocratic Oath, including its meaning to ancient Greek physicians and its relevance to physicians today.
- Paul S. Mueller
- 2004
Oct 15, 2014 · The Oath is an ancient pledge of medical ethical conduct. It addresses two important tenets: benefitting the ill and protecting patients against personal and social harm and injustice. There are many translations of the Oath, but the essential meaning remains the same.
Its foremost message focuses on patients' best interests and not on the prohibition of surgery, euthanasia or abortion, as is generally believed. Furthermore, the Oath as a code of professional identity has had a powerful impact on modem judicial opinions regarding medical ethics.
Oct 27, 2017 · The purpose of the present paper is to examine whether the general ethical and moral values of the Hippocratic Oath must be considered as outdated and irrelevant or whether the Oath continues to have a strategic impact inspiring current medical practice in the Modern World.
