In fact, until the late 1960’s, many physicians made house calls instead of seeing the patient in a hospital setting. This is why the Hippocratic Oath includes the idea that any physician who enters a home must enter strictly with the intent to benefit the ill and refrain from any dishonorable actions, including seduction, to the houses residents. Going to patients’ homes made it easier to honor the patients’ privacy outside of a hospital room. Physicians were, and still are, under strict regulation to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality unless the patient is a harm to others or has broken the law. Considering that society and common law has changed, the Hippocratic Oath has been rewritten several times in order to better fit the needs of current physicians. Though, some ideas have been removed or updated, the main idea that a physician should never intentionally harm a patient, remains the same. Physicians are still expected to practice medicine ethically and sans malice. In ancient times, physicians had to answer to any number of Gods, but today’s physician must answer to the law. Should they “transgress this Oath and violate it,”(Original Hippocratic Oath) they’re fates are to be determined by
In fact, until the late 1960’s, many physicians made house calls instead of seeing the patient in a hospital setting. This is why the Hippocratic Oath includes the idea that any physician who enters a home must enter strictly with the intent to benefit the ill and refrain from any dishonorable actions, including seduction, to the houses residents. Going to patients’ homes made it easier to honor the patients’ privacy outside of a hospital room. Physicians were, and still are, under strict regulation to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality unless the patient is a harm to others or has broken the law. Considering that society and common law has changed, the Hippocratic Oath has been rewritten several times in order to better fit the needs of current physicians. Though, some ideas have been removed or updated, the main idea that a physician should never intentionally harm a patient, remains the same. Physicians are still expected to practice medicine ethically and sans malice. In ancient times, physicians had to answer to any number of Gods, but today’s physician must answer to the law. Should they “transgress this Oath and violate it,”(Original Hippocratic Oath) they’re fates are to be determined by