Few physicians say the Hippocratic Oath strongly influences their practice of medicine, according to an article published March 14 in the Archives of Internal Medicine. According to the survey results ...

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 ...

Weill Medical College at Cornell University has rewritten the Hippocratic Oath – the vow for newly trained doctors that’s been around for more than 2,500 years. The oath has been rewritten before, and ...

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' ...

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 ...

AS A PHYSICIAN, I never imagined that Medicaid — our nation’s cornerstone public health insurance program — could turn into a tool for immigration enforcement. But this month that’s precisely what ...

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 new oath recited by first-year medical students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine addresses racial injustice and misinformation, according to NPR. Members of the class of 2024 at ...