Hippocratic Quotes
11 quotes by 9 authors
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In a thousand words I can have the Lord's Prayer, the 23rd Psalm, the Hippocratic Oath, a sonnet by Shakespeare, the Preamble to the Constitution,…
— Roy H. Williams
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Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others
— Ezekiel Emanuel
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The idea that we would operate and amputate healthy tissue from a baby, from an unconsenting minor, to supposedly prevent some hypothetical disease, goes against…
— James W. Loewen
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I feel badly for the people who suffer from the side effects and consequences of hazardous pharmaceuticals. It's antithetical to the Hippocratic Oath. I want…
— Chris Kilham
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Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality are merely lipstick cost control, more for…
— Ezekiel Emanuel
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Reasoning based on cost has been strenuously resisted; it violated the Hippocratic Oath, was associated with rationing, and derided as putting a price on life...…
— Ezekiel Emanuel
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On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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Make this the golden rule, the equivalent of the Hippocratic oath: Everything we ask a child to do should be worth doing.
— Philip Pullman
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I think the personal satisfaction of doing good in the community and increasing value and holding true to the Hippocratic oath and being able to…
— Raul Ruiz
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Though moral axioms to guide the conduct of the practitioner have existed since the beginnings of the profession of healing, Western doctors are most likely…
— Sherwin B. Nuland
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The time has come to formulate guidelines for the ethical conduct of scientist, perhaps in the form of a voluntary Hippocratic Oath.
— Joseph Rotblat
Who Wrote These Hippocratic Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 11 Hippocratic Quotes as follows: