1994
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6959.952
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The Hippocratic oath

Abstract: The Hippocradc oath Is alive and well in North America EDITOR,-If, as Irvine Loudon speculates,' oath taking by medical graduates in the United Kingdom is a myth it stands in stark contrast with the use of medical oaths in Canada and the United States. I have followed the growth of the use of medical oaths in the United States for 30 years.2 Currently, about 98% of the medical schools in the United States use some form ofmedical oath.

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“…I en undersøkelse, utført av Association of American Medical Colleges 120 år senere, fant man at bare 19 % av skolene brukte eden (5). Selv om bruken økte etter -eller snarere på grunn avden annen verdenskrig, var det sjelden den originale hippokratiske eden som ble brukt (6,7). Den originale versjonen brukes ikke ved de norske universitetene, og i en undersøkelse fra Storbritannia i 2017 var det ingen av skolene som brukte den (7).…”
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“…I en undersøkelse, utført av Association of American Medical Colleges 120 år senere, fant man at bare 19 % av skolene brukte eden (5). Selv om bruken økte etter -eller snarere på grunn avden annen verdenskrig, var det sjelden den originale hippokratiske eden som ble brukt (6,7). Den originale versjonen brukes ikke ved de norske universitetene, og i en undersøkelse fra Storbritannia i 2017 var det ingen av skolene som brukte den (7).…”
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“…Some use a modernised version of the Hippocratic Oath or of the Prayer of Maimonides, others use the Declaration of Geneva (box), and others still, their own institutional oath. The process of oath taking differs: some schools ask for graduands' affirmation by signature, in others the oath is read out or students recite it together during the graduation ceremony 6 9 19. The question of how voluntary such oath taking is has not been well documented.…”
Section: Who Takes the Oath?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the United Kingdom the General Medical Council has reissued its professional code and, together with the BMA, the royal colleges, and other organisations, has published a document on the “core values” of medical practice 1 2. There has been discussion of the role of oath taking at the end of medical training, and the BMA has drafted a new Hippocratic Oath on behalf of the World Medical Association (see third box) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. The American Medical Association has this year commemorated the 150th anniversary of its 1847 Code of Ethics with an extensive debate on the relevance of oaths and codes to modern practice 12 13 14…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Some 98% of American 1 3 and nearly 50% of British medical students 1 4 swear some kind of oath, either on entry to medical school5 or at graduation 4. One reason why oaths are more common in America may be that American children are brought up to swear their allegiance to the flag, so the concept of affirming their beliefs is less alien than to British students.…”
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confidence: 99%