Nearly all doctors recite the original Hippocratic Oath or an alternative version of it in medical school. Yet it remains controversial, prompting questions about whether it should be retired.
May is the month most American medical students finally see four years of grueling work bear fruit. Most U.S. medical schools hold commencement exercises in May, conferring "doctor of medicine" ...
The Hippocratic Oath. Sculpture by Wilfried Fitzenreiter. Credit: SeptemberWoman / Wikimedia Commons That is to say, it is almost certain that the author of the oath was not Hippocrates himself, and ...