Old Medical Oath Needs Refresh From the Original Hippocratic Version

Graduating medical school students traditionally swear allegiance to the Hippocratic Oath, which they assume mandates that they “first do no harm,” but it is dated and now coming under fire.

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Ever since the time of the honorable Hippocrates, newly minted physicians swear the traditional Hippocratic Oath that mandates that they “first do no harm” to…