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OATH HIPPOCRATES [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Health Law
  • Ethics and Morals
CONT

... the Oath of Hippocrates required a physician to pledge, amongst other things that "he would not give to a woman an abortifacient pessary." Hippocrates symbolized the new respect for life which was to join forces with philosophy and religion in implementing a protective custody for the unborn.

CONT

The so-called Hippocratic Oath was unquestionably the exemplar for medical etiquette for centuries, and it endures in modified form to this day.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Droit de la santé
  • Éthique et Morale
CONT

[ ... ] serment d'Hippocrate [ ... ] que le Code de déontologie des médecins a repris en ces termes : «Le médecin doit exercer sa profession dans le respect de la vie, de la dignité et de la liberté de la personne humaine.»

Spanish

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