The Modern Hippocratic Oath I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this 1 covenant: 2 I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those 3 physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such 4 knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. 5 I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which 6 are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment 7 and therapeutic nihilism. 8 Notes: I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as 9 science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding 10 may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug. 11 I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to 12 call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed 13 for a patient's recovery. 14 I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems 15 are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most 16 especially must I tread with care in matters of life and 17 death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may 18 also be within my power to take a life; this awesome 19
The Modern Hippocratic Oath 1 I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this 2 covenant: 3 I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those 4 physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such 5 knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. 6 I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which 7 are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment 8 and therapeutic nihilism. Notes: 9 I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as 10 science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding 11 may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug. 12 I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to 13 call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed 14 for a patient's recovery. 15 I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems 16 are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most 17 especially must I tread with care in matters of life and 18 death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may 19 also be within my power to take a life; this awesome