Patient Care vs. Potential Harm – Balancing the Hippocratic Oath
Navigating the ethics of medicine This concept is derived from the Hippocratic Oath, a guiding principle of medicine that dates back to ancient Greece.While the exact phrase “first, do no harm” (“primum non nocere” in Latin) is not found in the original oath, it hasbecome a central tenet of medical ethics. “First, do no harm”… Read More Patient Care vs. Potential Harm – Balancing the Hippocratic Oath