Every year, students entering Harvard medical and dental schools write their own oaths about how they pledge to interact with each other and care for themselves, their patients, and the larger ...

It is a sacred promise taken by all physicians to uphold ethical standards while delivering empathetic care to the patient. It is the earliest expression of medical ethics in the western world. This ...

A ceremony took place in the Asklepieion of Kos—the birthplace of Hippocrates—to administer the oath to outstanding new ...

The Hippocratic oath serves as a mission statement for physicians, articulating principles that guide their work. Its tenets include beneficence, nonmaleficence and confidentiality, but they are often ...

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 ...

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' ...

It was no surprise when the Biden administration recently outlined in a broad executive order the challenges AI poses and what is needed to address them, including within health care. AI has enormous ...