The Hippocratic Oath - Modern Version
If you think this modern version of the Hippocratic Oath is a watered down, wishy-washy, shallow imitation of the original then we are in total agreement.
You do solemnly swear, each by whatever he or she holds most sacred
That you will be loyal to the Profession of Medicine and just and generous to its members
That you will lead your lives and practice your art in uprightness and honor
That into whatsoever house you shall enter, (should you happen to know a doctor who makes house calls, remember to protect one of an endagered species) it shall be for the good of the sick to the utmost of your power, your holding yourselves far aloof from wrong, from corruption, from the tempting of others to vice
That you will exercise your art solely for the cure of your patients, and will give no drug, perform no operation, for a criminal purpose, even if solicited, far less suggest it
That whatsoever you shall see or hear of the lives of men or women which is not fitting to be spoken, you will keep inviolably secret
These things do you swear. Let each bow the head in sign of acquiescence
And now, if you will be true to this, your oath, may prosperity and good repute be ever yours; the opposite, if you shall prove yourselves forsworn.
-This oath is a version approved by the American Medical Association
Suggested additions (my suggestions) .........
1. Go forth and make your fortune
2. Follow blindly and question not the pharmaceutical wisdom
3. Above all, defend your fellow members of the brotherhood
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