The Independent - London, July 6th, 1995
Hippocrates was a 5th-century Greek physician and, in his name, doctors were once obliged to make an oath affirming their obligations and proper conduct. The British Medical Association still makes much of the Hippocratic Oath, deciding at its conference this week to produce an updated version - apparently to guard against slipping ethical standards brought about by commercialism in the NHS. Like so many matters the BMA makes much of, the foundation for the fuss is poor. Hippocrates is probably not the author of the document. Of the 70 works ascribed to the Hippocratic Collection, Hippocrates...
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