The Hippocratic oath is a 2500-year-old promise to doctors are taking, outlining professional responsibilities and ethical principles of the profession sacred. The first modern version of the Hippocratic oath was adopted in 1948. Took version, released in November by the world medical Association in Chicago two years to complete and is the first major update of the ancient text. A new name was proposed: “the oath of the doctor”.
The journal of the American medical Association article, Dr. Ramin Walter Parsa-Parsi, chair of the world medical Association Declaration of Geneva of the working group, says the change “has enabled this important document to more accurately reflect the challenges and needs of the modern medical profession.”
Of course, the patients were in the forefront in all versions of historical document, but now is a reminder of the priorities of patient autonomy. Difficult to limit complex of medical ethics, the notion of “patient autonomy”, but a hit on Google does a good job: “the rights of patients in decisions about medical care without their healthcare provider trying to influence the decision.”
Shares/Getty ImagesA doctor tells the patient in an undated photo.
Practically and emotionally, it is not always easy when you don’t agree with the desires of the patient, but I learned a lot about being a doctor, just asking patients what they want. I still have patients who ask me for them to decide what will be better, but even in these cases, we always decide together.
Another interesting change to the pledge reiterates its call for doctors to care about each other in a giant “house of medicine” that can sometimes emphasize the relationship, like any other profession. The first version of the oath in 1948, asked the doctor to “behave with his colleagues as he would like them to behave with him.” She refers to doctors as men is not lost on anyone today, but the language is a reflection of what medicine looked like in the 1950-ies. According to the Association of American medical colleges, in 1950, only 6 percent of doctors were women. But today, there are so many women medical students, male medical students in American medical schools.
In 2006, the line about colleagues changed to “my colleagues will be my brothers and sisters.” And in 2017, there was a renewed call to treat each other well: “I will give to my teachers, colleagues and students respect and gratitude for what they have the right.”
So on the day of this National doctors, I say thank you to Dr. Timothy Johnson, one of my mentors and one of the first doctors to receive the award “doctor of America” as former chief medical editor of news channel ABC’. And that the new Hippocratic oath, I checked In With Dr. Tim, the doctor, who took me under his wing to help start her journalistic career a decade ago. He said: “I think the changes are impressive, and for a long time. They accurately reflect the dramatic changes in the relationship between doctors and patients that occurred in the last few decades.”
Day happy National doctors to doctors everywhere!
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“The oath of the doctor”
AS A MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION:
I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to the service of humanity;
Health and well-being of my patient will be my main concern;
I will respect the autonomy and dignity of my patient;
I will maintain the utmost respect for human life;
I will not permit considerations of age, disease or disability, creed, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation, social standing or any other factor to intervene between my duty and my patient;
I will respect the secrets which are confided in me, even after the death of the patient;
I will practice my profession with conscience and dignity and in accordance with good medical practice;
I will promote the honour and the noble traditions of the medical profession;
I will give to my teachers, colleagues and students respect and gratitude for them.
I will share my medical knowledge for the benefit of the patient and health development;
I will be engaged in their health and well-being, and ability to provide service of the highest standard;
I will not use my medical knowledge to violate human rights and civil liberties, even under threat;
I make these promises solemnly, voluntarily and in good faith.
Sourse: abcnews.go.com
