The Medical-Surgical Journal
The hippocratic oath in a christian and pluralist society: Ethical continuity, theological tension, and the case for a renewed physician's pledge in romanian medical education
By N. N. HORIA, A. BURLACU, C. D. LUPASCU and 1 others.
Abstract
Few texts in medical history retain the symbolic force of the Hippocratic Oath. Though brief, ancient, and transmitted through a complex tradition, the Oath endures as the moral emblem of medicine. Its significance extends beyond history: the Oath frames medicine as a practice defined by self-restraint, fidelity to the patient, confidentiality, respect for teachers, and accountability to a broader moral order (1-3). The Hippocratic Oath stands as one of Western medicine's most enduring ethical touchstones.
Keywords
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Hippocratic Oath
- medical ethics
- Christian ethics
- religious pluralism
- medical professionalism
- confidentiality
- history of medicine
- Open access
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