So do doctors still swear this,because if so Ron Paul should have his license revoked.

[white_wolf]

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 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 to 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.

[IndyPragmatist]

1. Actually, he said he would treat them

He said he would treat them. I've never met a doctor who didn't believe in the hippocratic oath. Ron Paul is no different.

[REP]

2. The oath is ceremonial. Do people not know this?

[TexasProgresive]

3. I don't think he practices medicine anymore, but a friend of mine lamenting his late wife

says he never practiced enough to do it right.

[Raine]

4. I'm sure he said that he would and did treat them. nt

[sammytko]

5. Yes he did - he would treat them - he didn't say let them die

[ellenfl]

6. he's been in congress too long to be practicing medicine anymore. eom

[applegrove]

7. I cannot imagine a creepier doctor to have than Ron Paul...someone who wants

the poor to die due to lack of health care.