Nearly all doctors recite the original Hippocratic Oath or an alternative version of it in medical school. Yet it remains controversial, prompting questions about whether it should be retired.

As private equity expands across the healthcare industry and proper patient care is brought into question, Don Berwick, MD, a Harvard Medical School health policy lecturer in Boston and former CMS ...

For other doctors, while oath-taking is still "a momentous occasion," the words spoken matter a great deal, and content of the traditional oath is problematic. Criticisms include Hippocrates' ...

Medical schools are increasingly adopting modernized versions of the Hippocratic Oath to reflect current societal issues, sparking debate about their effect on medical ethics, Medscape reported Jan.

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On a recent Sunday afternoon, I witnessed my son step into the long tradition of medicine at the University of Chicago's white coat ceremony. I watched him stand tall, reciting words physicians have ...