This physician is following in the spirit of Hippocrates. “Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my …
This physician is following in the spirit of Hippocrates. “Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.
Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain for ever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.”
He is in every way living up to his oath. He is an example to ALL people responsible for others’ health. I hope at the end of my career, I can say I upheld my oath as solidly as this young man.
As always I want to know every detail about the actual situation and charges. There’s no HIPPA or Hippocratic oath issue if personal details were hidden. It’s the difference between an ER doctor saying that their community is seeing a sharp rise in overdoses of some new drug, and saying that last night, Sally Smith and her boyfriend Greg Chaz came to the hospital with near-lethal levels of NewDrug in their blood.
True, HIPPA is a bit of a mixed bag in my experience. I’m more interested in the greater good of exposing so called health professionals that would perform the procedures on children.
“[swore] by Apollo Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that [he] will carry out, according to [his] ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.
To hold [his] teacher in this art equal to [his] own parents; to make him partner in [his] livelihood; when he is in need of money to share [his] with him; to consider his family as [his] own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture; to impart precept, oral instruction, and all other instruction to [his] own sons, the sons of [his] teacher, and to indentured pupils who have taken the Healer's oath, but to nobody else.”
Or do you suppose maybe that oath is a little… outdated?
This physician is following in the spirit of Hippocrates. “Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.
Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain for ever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.”
He is in every way living up to his oath. He is an example to ALL people responsible for others’ health. I hope at the end of my career, I can say I upheld my oath as solidly as this young man.
As always I want to know every detail about the actual situation and charges. There’s no HIPPA or Hippocratic oath issue if personal details were hidden. It’s the difference between an ER doctor saying that their community is seeing a sharp rise in overdoses of some new drug, and saying that last night, Sally Smith and her boyfriend Greg Chaz came to the hospital with near-lethal levels of NewDrug in their blood.
True, HIPPA is a bit of a mixed bag in my experience. I’m more interested in the greater good of exposing so called health professionals that would perform the procedures on children.
Do you suppose he:
“[swore] by Apollo Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that [he] will carry out, according to [his] ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.
To hold [his] teacher in this art equal to [his] own parents; to make him partner in [his] livelihood; when he is in need of money to share [his] with him; to consider his family as [his] own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture; to impart precept, oral instruction, and all other instruction to [his] own sons, the sons of [his] teacher, and to indentured pupils who have taken the Healer's oath, but to nobody else.”
Or do you suppose maybe that oath is a little… outdated?
Ok, the oath is a few millennia old. The point is 1st, do no harm. That’s not changed.