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. 2019 Apr;61(Suppl 4):S773-S775.
doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_140_19.

Hippocratic oath: Losing relevance in today's world?

Vishal Indla  1 , M S Radhika  1
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Hippocratic oath: Losing relevance in today's world?

Vishal Indla et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

Hippocrates oath has been considered the gold standard of ethics in medicine since long. But, the oath was formulated long before the advancements in bioethics. In this article, we try to analyse the important aspects of the oath and examine whether it holds up in the current era of medical malpractice and consumer laws or has lost its relevance.

Keywords: Ethics; Hippocratic oath; Psychiatry; law.

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