Not all graduating medical schools us the Hippocratic Oath and there
are various modern versions for those whjo do  - she statement from
the Cornell article

Some have revised it for today:
Cornell Medical School Rewrites Hippocratic Oath
http://www.nysun.com/article/26134?page_no=1

From that article: "Cornell's version of the oath does not address the
issues of abortion or physician-assisted suicide, which were both
frowned upon in the original and edited out of most modern versions."

There is controversy which often falls into whether people are pro or
con the death penalty.

Hippocratic Oath -- Classical Version

I swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and
all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will
fulfil according to my ability and judgment this oath and this
covenant:

To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to
live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to
give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my
brothers in male lineage and to teach them this art - if they desire
to learn it - without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts
and oral instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the
sons of him who has instructed me and to pupils who have signed the
covenant and have taken an oath according to the medical law, but no
one else.

I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according
to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice.

I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor
will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to
a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I will guard my
life and my art.

I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will
withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work.

Whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick,
remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in
particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons, be
they free or slaves.

What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside
of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one
must spread abroad, I will keep to myself, holding such things
shameful to be spoken about.

If I fulfil this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me
to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all
time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite
of all this be my lot.

Translation from the Greek by Ludwig Edelstein. From The Hippocratic
Oath: Text, Translation, and Interpretation, by Ludwig Edelstein.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943.

This should be left up to each physician whether to break the oath of
their medical profession if called to serve in this capacity.

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Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit,

Andrew <><
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com
Bondservant to the KING of kings and LORD of lords.

On Jan 7, 11:32 pm, Andrew B. Chung

Most of the versions of the Hippocratic Oath used today do not say
anything that would prevent doctors from taking part in executions, so
many doctors, especially the younger ones, would not be breaking an
oath.