Most medical-school graduates take the oath. But is
it still valid?
The Hippocratic Oath Today
by Peter Tyson
Note: We are no longer accepting submissions for this feature, but we encourage you to peruse the responses from both doctors and non-doctors posted at the bottom of this page.
In this feature, we asked both doctors and non-doctors to comment on the
relevance of the Hippocratic Oath, which most aspiring physicians take
upon graduation from medical school. See their responses below.
To give you a sense of the controversial nature of the oath today, and to
grease your mental gears, we suggest that you read the short article below,
along with the classical and modern versions of the Hippocratic Oath before
reading the submissions.
Most medical-school graduates take the oath. But is
it still valid?