The hippocratic oath and modern medicine

Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 484-500

  Smith, Dale C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; ENGLAND; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUROPE; HIPPOCRATIC OATH; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030253372     PISSN: 00225045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/51.4.484     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. The current debate in Great Britain about the use of the oath clearly partakes of this public character: The Observer, 2 July 1995, p. 5;
2. The Times, 5 July 1995, p. 6.
3. See also Brit. Med J., 1994, 309: 414, 952-53. I owe my awareness of this current debate to ProfessorVivian Nutton of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, and appreciate his sharing the information with me.