An oath that doctors took and still take where the doctor is mostly in control in doctor-patient relationship
Hippocratic Oath
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Who wrote the Hippocratic oath?
Hippocrates
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Doctors should never speak on and patients whereabouts or business
Confidentiality (Hippocratic oath)
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What Does The Oath Do?
The oath allows people to swear to the Greek Gods that they will heal to the best of their ability, spread their knowledge to others, and put the patient’s nee
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What Professional Field is The Hippocratic Oath Related To?
Medicine
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The Hippocratic Oath established one of the earliest principles that guide physicians to do no harm is
Nonmaleficence
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It guides our decisions and actions. It's the invisible force that helps us distinguish between right and wrong.
Ethics
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It is a subspecialty of medical care that brings together patients, caregivers, and nonmedical and medical professionals in an effort to make the best decision on a health care issue.
Medical Ethics
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__________ is the freedom of patients and clients to make their decisions on their conditions
Autonomy
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_________ means that everything done by the medical practitioner should be in the best interest of the patient.
Beneficence
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A medical ethics that requires fairness in the management of patients and distribution of resources
Justice
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How is "Truthfulness" conveyed to the patient by medical practitioner? Explain
The physician is expected at all times to tell the patient the truth about their clinical condition.
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A patient taking his or her own life with the aid of a physician is known as
Physician-assisted suicide
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An act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die by withholding treatment or withdrawing artificial life-support measures.
Euthanasia
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________ is also known as conventional medicine, allopathic medicine, or Western medicine, is the dominant system of healthcare practiced worldwide.
Modern Medicine
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Medicine practices which are often based on traditional knowledge, cultural beliefs, and holistic philosophies.
