| I
SWEAR in the presence of the Almighty
and before my family, my teachers and my peers that according to
my ability and judgment I will keep this Oath and Stipulation:
TO RECKON all who
have taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents and in
the same spirit and dedication to impart a knowledge of the art
of medicine to others. I will continue with diligence to keep
abreast of advances in medicine. I will treat without exception
all who seek my ministrations, so long as the treatment of
others is not compromised thereby, and I will seek the counsel
of particularly skilled physicians where indicated for the
benefit of my patient.
I WILL FOLLOW
that method of treatment which according to my ability and
judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patient and abstain
from whatever is harmful or mischievous. I will neither
prescribe nor administer a lethal dose of medicine to any
patient even if asked nor counsel any such thing nor perform act
or omission with direct intent deliberately to end a human life.
I will maintain the utmost respect for every human life from
fertilization to natural death and reject abortion that
deliberately takes a unique human life.
WITH PURITY, HOLINESS AND BENEFICENCE
I will pass my life and practice my art. Except for the prudent
correction of an imminent danger, I will neither treat any
patient nor carry out any research on any human being without
the valid informed consent of the subject or the appropriate
legal protector thereof, understanding that research must have
as its purpose the furtherance of the health of that individual.
Into whatever patient setting I enter, I will go for the benefit
of the sick and will abstain from every voluntary act of
mischief or corruption and further from the seduction of any
patient.
WHATEVER IN CONNECTION
with my professional practice or not in connection with it I may
see or hear in the lives of my patients which ought not be
spoken abroad I will not divulge, reckoning that all such should
be kept secret.
WHILE I CONTINUE
to keep this Oath unviolated may it be granted to me to enjoy
life and the practice of the art and science of medicine with
the blessing of the Almighty and respected by my peers and
society, but should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the
reverse be my lot. |