The rogue doctor, the Hippocratic saviour turned hypocritic slayer, is a mercifully rare medical phenomenon in this country. |
That is the central imperative of the Hippocratic oath, traditionally taken by doctors across the Western world. |
It is perhaps a strange quirk of the Hippocratic oath that doctors can judge what is in our best interests. |
Oh, and the beauty is that according to the Hippocratic oath I should've left you the samples alone and let myself die. |
He also wrote an alternative Hippocratic oath, now recited by Tufts and other graduates. |
I cannot believe that a surgeon who performs an operation with which he or she is not happy is fulfilling the Hippocratic oath. |