"The Hippocratic Oath: Modern Version" by Louis Lasagna

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The modern version of the Hippocratic Oath, written by Dr. Louis Lasagna in 1964, is a pledge commonly taken by medical school graduates in the United States.
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  1. judgment
    the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
    I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant...
  2. covenant
    a signed written agreement between two or more parties
    I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant...
  3. physician
    a licensed medical practitioner
    I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
  4. therapeutic
    tending to cure or restore to health
    I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
  5. nihilism
    complete denial of established authority and institutions
    I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
  6. sympathy
    sharing the feelings of others, especially sorrow or anguish
    I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
  7. disclose
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
    I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know.
  8. frailty
    moral weakness
    But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty.
  9. cancerous
    relating to or affected with abnormal cell growth
    I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability.
  10. stability
    the quality of being enduring and free from change
    I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability.
  11. adequately
    in a sufficient manner
    My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
  12. prevention
    the act of hindering
    I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
  13. obligation
    the state of being bound to do or pay something
    I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
  14. sound
    exercising or showing good judgment
    I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
  15. oath
    a solemn promise regarding your future acts or behavior
    If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter.
Created on Thu Mar 26 12:28:42 EDT 2026 (updated Wed Apr 08 12:18:04 EDT 2026)

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