OBJECTIVE To survey the use of declarations of ethical commitment made by graduating medical students in Australia and New Zealand. METHODS Information, obtained by email and telephone, from faculty officers of all faculties of medicine (or medicine and health sciences) in Australia and New Zealand. RESULTS Declarations are made by graduating medical students at seven of 12 Australasian fac...

The Hippocratic School laid the foundations of modern medicine on broad lines, and we owe to it: Firstly: the emancipation of medicine from the shackles of priest-craft and of caste. Secondly: the conception of medicine as an Art based on accurate observation, and as Science, an integral part of the Science of Man and of nature. Thirdly: the high moral ideals, expressed in that “memorable of hu...

This article specifies the place of the Hippocratic Oath in the programme of bioethical education on graduate schools where future medical and healthcare workers are being educated. The presented conceptualization of contents and described methodology of work show how the curriculum contents, dominated by historical facts, are being actualized by the use of knowledge students have acquired earl...

21W.746 Humanistic Perspectives on Medicine Hippocratic Oath, Final Draft 2/24/05 The Hippocratic Oath Adapted by Modern Technology and Society As a responsible medical professional, I swear by my faith and on my honor that... I will always hold the health and well-being of my patient as my primary consideration. I will treat my patient to the best of my abilities and call for assistance from m...