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Hippocratic Oath

The modern version of the Hippocratic Oath outlines the responsibilities of physicians to their patients. It states that doctors will respect scientific knowledge, apply all necessary treatments avoiding overtreatment or nihilism, and remember that medicine is both a science and an art involving empathy. Physicians will acknowledge limits of their knowledge, respect patient privacy, and treat the whole person rather than just the illness. The oath emphasizes prevention over cure and that doctors remain members of society with obligations to all people.

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Hippocratic Oath

The modern version of the Hippocratic Oath outlines the responsibilities of physicians to their patients. It states that doctors will respect scientific knowledge, apply all necessary treatments avoiding overtreatment or nihilism, and remember that medicine is both a science and an art involving empathy. Physicians will acknowledge limits of their knowledge, respect patient privacy, and treat the whole person rather than just the illness. The oath emphasizes prevention over cure and that doctors remain members of society with obligations to all people.

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HIPPOCRATIC OATH, MODERN VERSION

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.

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