the legislator has not an explicit view about revision to judgments based on definitive oath. this point has caused disagreement between judges and lawyers. such disagreement may be entitled the losing party to petition in revision court in one case and deprive other losing party from it in similar case. in addition, the lawyers doubt in basis of rule in article 369 of civil procedure code base...

Unfortunately, today few physicians care about medical deontology and medical ethics, that is how to behave and respect others when exercising our medical profession. Some of us may not show the care and kindness we should show towards our students or the due respect to our senior colleagues. Occasionally, when examining our patients we may not pay the proper attention to their problems, being ...

FROM HIPPOCRATIC OATH TO DECLARATION OF GENEVA: THE EVOLUTION ETHICAL VALUES IN MEDICAL PRACTICE

This second collection of essays-a sequel to The double face of Janus (1977)-brings together some of the most influential articles written by the late Owsei Temkin, one of our most distinguished medical historians. The first two chapters are new, the first biographical in character, and the second a new translation and commentary of the Hippocratic Oath. Temkin lived long enough to become his o...

INTRODUCTION Swearing to a medical oath is a common practice in medical schools today. Students at the Medical School for International Health (MSIH) participate in an elaborate physician's oath ceremony held in the first year of studies. At this ceremony, students read a code of ethics written by their class, the content of which includes the ethical principles the class as a whole deems signi...