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In reply to the discussion: So stupid. So mean-spirited. So bigoted. [View all]Fla Dem
(23,668 posts)47. Slap in the face to the Hippocratic Oath
A Modern Version of the Hippocratic Oath
I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.
The classical version of the Hippocratic Oath is from the translation from the Greek by Ludwig Edelstein. From The Hippocratic Oath: Text, Translation, and Interpretation, by Ludwig Edelstein. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943.
The modern version of the Hippocratic Oath was written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna, Dean of the School of Medicine at Tufts University.
https://www.medicinenet.com/hippocratic_oath/definition.htm
I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.
The classical version of the Hippocratic Oath is from the translation from the Greek by Ludwig Edelstein. From The Hippocratic Oath: Text, Translation, and Interpretation, by Ludwig Edelstein. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943.
The modern version of the Hippocratic Oath was written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna, Dean of the School of Medicine at Tufts University.
https://www.medicinenet.com/hippocratic_oath/definition.htm
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Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia are almost making Mississippi Alabama and South Carolina
Tommymac
Feb 2021
#21
I'd agree except there are a lot of good progressive folks in those States. nt
Tommymac
Feb 2021
#51
Absolutely disgusting. These assholes all need a different line of work. Something where they
niyad
Feb 2021
#4
Imagine if firemen decided not to put out a fire in a house where homosexuals live.
patphil
Feb 2021
#23
That was exactly my point, at what I believe was the genesis of this whole issue.
BobTheSubgenius
Feb 2021
#58
This is so vile, I'm surprised the Iowa legislature hasn't introduced it. (I live in Iowa,
bullwinkle428
Feb 2021
#13
Back in the day, doctors down South were also able to use their 'beliefs' to refuse
PatrickforO
Feb 2021
#20
I wonder how many Republican voters even know that it is ALEC that writes their laws.
Lonestarblue
Feb 2021
#42
K&R - These smug reThuglicans push this abhorrent stance as most people do not object, nor
c-rational
Feb 2021
#43
If they concerned about "corporate and government intrusion in the practice of medicine"
maxrandb
Feb 2021
#44
This is absurd. What's the makeup of the Judiciary committee nowadays. Don't the Dems
iluvtennis
Feb 2021
#45
I think the Catholics do those things in third world countries hoping to gain more converts.
llmart
Feb 2021
#59
Next will be Protestants and Catholics refusing to provide health care to the other.
keithbvadu2
Feb 2021
#62