Comments on Secondhand Smoke: Your 24/7 Seminar on Bioethics and the Importance of Being Human: Cornell Medical School Turns Hippocratic Oath to (...

"We will see if anything comes of it."Don't hold y...

2006-01-24T09:09:00.000-08:00

"We will see if anything comes of it."

Don't hold your breath. Most would view it as sentimental rubbish anyway.

:: peder ::

Peder E. Horner, M.D.
Portland, Oregon

I have been urging some medical professional group...

2006-01-23T23:33:00.000-08:00

I have been urging some medical professional groups I am in touch with to do mass reaffirmation of the Hippocratic Oath as a public advocacy tool against euthanasia. We will see if anything comes of it.

We had the choice of some UN authored screed or th...

2006-01-23T19:56:00.000-08:00

We had the choice of some UN authored screed or the ancient wisdom of Hippocrates. I and very few of my friends decided on the later once we saw how watered down the former was. When I tell my patients about the details, they shake their heads rather sadly. The father of our calling wrote the oath foreseeing exactly our current circumstance and to protect the profession against the corruptive influence of serving two masters. This doesn't mean that you have to offer therapy where it is futile, but to actively end life is not the act of a healer

Boy, I hope not. Thanks.

2006-01-23T16:32:00.000-08:00

Boy, I hope not. Thanks.

Hi Wesley, I think your complement about the phras...

2006-01-23T09:12:00.000-08:00

Hi Wesley, I think your complement about the phrase that states a doctor should not "abandon a patient in their time of need" might be too optimistic. I'm afraid their true intention might be to justify acts such as abortion and assisted suicide - those situations could be considered "times of need." If that is the intent of the phrase then it is a slam on doctors who refuse to perform those acts. Thanks for the great blog.
-Debbie