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Academic Medicine
Medical Oaths and Their Educational Impact2016 •
Current health system put different tasks on physicians. Alongside with this change, medical education also becomes more sophisticated and the humanistic features of medicine undermined. However, it should be pointed out that the professional commitment of a physician and his/her primary duty is caring for the patients. Although changes in the health care system have affected the physician’s roles, this primal commitment mentioned as the primary task of the medicine as a profession. Besides, nowadays, physicians, patients, and members of the society have come to believe that medicine and especially its physician-patient relationship component is under threat, and virtually all have concluded that any action to address the issue must include a major educational initiative. (R L. Cruess, S R. Cruess &Yvonne Steinert eds. Teaching Medical Professionalism. 2009, Cambridge University Press) On the other hand, usually duties and responsibilities show themselves in the form of national and...
The Oath of Hippocrates is one of the most famous documents of Western medicine. It continues to be administered at graduation time in medical schools around the globe. Yet the values and meanings expressed in the Oath are closely linked to social and cultural conditions that prevailed in antiquity. This essay looks separately at the text’s components: oath, covenant, treatment limits, moral pledge, contacts with patients, and final reward, explaining their rationale and significance. Subjecting past ethical principles to historical scrutiny contributes to an understanding of their true significance while giving us the tools to better appreciate our own professional ethos.
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
On the Origins of the Hippocratic Oath (GRBS 59 [2019], 621-645)2019 •
The ethical strictures, quite different from the first paragraph (the oath of allegiance), were unknown to early readers and show affinities with the purity requirements of late Hellenistic cults: the strictures thus may be a late addition portraying the ideal physician.
2001 •
The oath of physicians (orkos) is an indo-European formula reflecting the beliefs of this culture. It was written when the authority of the Indo-European worldview was declining. To support this thesis the paper shows that: (1) the Greeks were Indo-Europeans; (2) Indo-Europeans had a world vision that understood the cosmos as a society of gods and men, whose activities were grouped in three functions: Priests-lawyers, warriors and husbandmen. (3) Harmony in this society was maintained by rta, a force that set up a field of tension that aligned all ideas; (4) Rta demanded that gods and men be bound by the Principle of Reciprocity and Exchange creating a true friendship between them; (5) Each function had its own gods and responsibilities and its own brand of medicine; (6) Each Indo-European god has an equivalent among the Greek gods, and in particular those mentioned in the Oath; (7) The commitments in the oath are those of two of the Indo-European functions; (8) The oath ends with a...
The Frontiers of Ancient Science. Papers in Honor of Heinrich von Staden, ed. by B. Holmes and K.D. Fischer (Berlin, W. De Gruyter), 47–66.
“Hippocratic” Oaths: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Medical Ethics in the Ancient World2015 •
This paper undertakes a comparison between three ancient medical codes (Greece, India, and China), and argues that the special relationship between doctor and patient seems to be responsible for a remarkable uniformity in the ethical rules that emerge to safeguard confidentiality and professional working method.
Mirabilia: Electronic Journal of Antiquity, Middle & Modern Ages
The Symbolic and Moral Interpretation of the Hippocratic Oath2021 •
Making Stories in Early Modern Italy and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Elizabeth S. Cohen and Thomas V. Cohen
Tales of justice2024 •
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Cancer Research
Global histone h4 acetylation and hdac2 expression correlate with the progression of colon cancer2008 •
Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
Comedonal Darier’s Disease: A Rare Variant and a Common Misdiagnosis2015 •
2023 •
1998 •
The Lancet. Global health
Increased concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and zinc deficiency2015 •
The Indian journal of medical research
Occurrence, patterns & predictors of hypogonadism in patients with HIV infection in India2017 •
International journal of health sciences
Artificial Intelligence in oral medicineSocial Science Research Network
Rethinking Investment Performance Attribution2014 •
Anuário Antropológico
Os rolezinhos e as metamorfoses do urbano no Brasil contemporâneoAdministração: Ensino e Pesquisa
Guaraná Orgânico: Ecodesenvolvimento e Comércio Justo2014 •
2008 •
Proceedings of The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015)
Dynamics of relativistic electrons in the region of outer radiation belt, caused by solar events2016 •
2020 •
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Revista Sociais E Humanas
O Debate sobre a Pós-Modernidade: uma Revisão Orientada pelos Interesses das Indústrias CulturaisMiddle East Fertility Society Journal
To understand the reproductive tract microbiome associated with infertility through metagenomics analysis2021 •
Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies
Regression-In-Ratio Estimators in the Presence of Outliers Based on Redescendingm-Estimator2019 •