Definitions for hippocratic oath
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1. Hippocratic oathnoun

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

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1. Hippocratic oath

   An oath said to have been dictated by Hippocrates to his disciples. Such an oath is still administered to candidates for graduation in medicine.

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1. Hippocratic oathnoun

   An oath sworn by newly-qualified physicians that they will observe the medical ethics that derived from Hippocrates

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1. Hippocratic Oath

   The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. The oath is the earliest expression of medical ethics in the Western world, establishing several principles of medical ethics which remain of paramount significance today. These include the principles of medical confidentiality and non-maleficence. As the seminal articulation of certain principles that continue to guide and inform medical practice, the ancient text is of more than historic and symbolic value. It is enshrined in the legal statutes of various jurisdictions, such that violations of the oath may carry criminal or other liability beyond the oath's symbolic nature. The original oath was written in Ionic Greek, between the fifth and third centuries BC. Although it is traditionally attributed to the Greek doctor Hippocrates and it is usually included in the Hippocratic Corpus, some modern scholars do not regard it as having been written by Hippocrates himself.

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1. Hippocratic Oath

   The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by physicians and other healthcare professionals swearing to practice medicine honestly. It is widely believed to have been written either by Hippocrates, often regarded as the father of western medicine, or by one of his students. The oath is written in Ionic Greek, and is usually included in the Hippocratic Corpus. Classical scholar Ludwig Edelstein proposed that the oath was written by Pythagoreans, a theory that has been questioned due to the lack of evidence for a school of Pythagorean medicine. Of historic and traditional value, the oath is considered a rite of passage for practitioners of medicine in many countries, although nowadays the modernized version of the text varies among them. The Hippocratic Oath is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It requires a new physician to swear upon a number of healing gods that he will uphold a number of professional ethical standards.

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1. Hippocratic Oath

   An oath, attributed to Hippocrates, that serves as an ethical guide for the medical profession.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hippocratic oath in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hippocratic oath in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hippocratic oath in a Sentence

1. Doctor Oz:

   There have been times when I have been tempted to break my Hippocratic oath, to put my patient first, because although I could save their life, they didn't have the ability to reimburse whoever had to pay for it. And what happens then is that the system goes bankrupt. You can't afford those services anymore. We can't have people who have given their life to healthcare being pulled in two directions because one party says you can't help that person. They're not in the system.

2. Luke Goodrich:

   Both federal courts to consider this controversial mandate have struck it down as bad for patients, bad for doctors and bad for religious liberty, it is past time for this administration to stop forcing doctors to go against conscience and sound medical judgment and to start respecting their Hippocratic Oath to ‘do no harm.’.

3. Farid Fata:

   I have violated the Hippocratic oath and violated the trust of my patients, i do not know how I can heal the wound. I do not know how to express the sorrow and the shame.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hippocratic oath
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=hippocratic oath
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hippocratic oath