The Hippocratic Oath, although having emerged a century after Hippocrates himself, encapsulates the moralistic virtues Hippocrates believed all physicians should follow (1, 2, 4). Some of those virtues included a physician holding a teacher as equal to a parent, helping a patient without intent to do harm, refusing to administer a harmful drug to a patient or to suggest such an action, refraining from performing surgery, concerning himself only with the well-being of a patient, and keeping confidential the details of the patient (2, 4). Aside from instituting a guideline for physician practices, the Hippocratic Oath set a standard for codes of conduct that is followed even today (1,
The Hippocratic Oath, although having emerged a century after Hippocrates himself, encapsulates the moralistic virtues Hippocrates believed all physicians should follow (1, 2, 4). Some of those virtues included a physician holding a teacher as equal to a parent, helping a patient without intent to do harm, refusing to administer a harmful drug to a patient or to suggest such an action, refraining from performing surgery, concerning himself only with the well-being of a patient, and keeping confidential the details of the patient (2, 4). Aside from instituting a guideline for physician practices, the Hippocratic Oath set a standard for codes of conduct that is followed even today (1,