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- From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Hippocratic Oath (was: Can't Touch This)
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 12:48:26 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- Message-ID: <lgqcnqINNfc@peaches.cs.utexas.edu>
- References: <7056.466.uupcb@travel.com>
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- Summary: How does it apply?
-
- -*----
- In article <7056.466.uupcb@travel.com> carl.camurca@travel.com (Carl Camurca) writes:
- > Isn't there the Oath of Hippocrate ?!? Sue the Doctor!!!
-
- It is not clear to me how the Hippocratic Oath applies to this
- circumstance. Regardless, Carl Camurca's suggestion that a
- doctor can be sued on its basis is pretty silly.
-
- o The law does not bind physicians to the Hippocratic Oath.
-
- o Not all physicians swear to the Hippocratic Oath.
-
- o Given that the traditional Hippocratic Oath is given to
- some Greek gods, it is not clear to me how a physician
- who is not pagan would morally view it.
-
- o Not all of its admonitions are broadly approved by people
- today.
-
- > Angry, Carl.
-
- And silly. What a combination.
-
- Russell
-