Doctors' oath in Britain?

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Jim Spriggs - 23 Jun 2005 23:27 GMT

What oath (if any) do doctors of medicine take in Britain (or England)
before they are allowed to practice? At what point in their training do
they take it?

Tia.

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Anonymous - 24 Jun 2005 05:21 GMT

"Jim Spriggs" asked:

> What oath (if any) do doctors of medicine take in Britain (or England)
> before they are allowed to practice? At what point in their training do
> they take it?
>
> Tia.

Either the Hippocratic Oath, or a modern restatement known as the
Declaration of Geneva, at graduation.

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Tim Fitzmaurice - 24 Jun 2005 11:03 GMT

> "Jim Spriggs" asked:
>> What oath (if any) do doctors of medicine take in Britain (or England)
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> Either the Hippocratic Oath, or a modern restatement known as the
> Declaration of Geneva, at graduation.

There are copies of the text of the original Hippocratic Oath, an AMA
authorised one and one introduced by the BMA in the UK here

http://www.priory.com/ethics.htm

There is a fairly detailed treatise with referencing links here

http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000020/

For an actual statement of what is sworn at Liverpool universoty and its
source is here
http://www.liv.ac.uk/FacultyMedicine/handbk/hippocratic.html

I immagine the other medical schools around ni the UK may have similar
pages

Tim
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Jim Spriggs - 24 Jun 2005 18:50 GMT

> What oath ...

Thanks for both replies.

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