Physicians occupy a sacred space, entrusted with blood, breath, birth, death. It matters that they give their word to something greater than themselves.
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 The Hippocratic oath has undergone many revisions throughout the centuries. In earlier versions, physicians solemnly took their vows before the divine. The injunction to not do harm was followed by the statement: "I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art." (Biba Kayewich) | | The Oath We Think Doctors Take | | By Mollie Engelhart | | Physicians occupy a sacred space, entrusted with blood, breath, birth, death. It matters that they give their word to something greater than themselves. | | | | | |   | |
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