Hippocratic Oath
"Hippocratic Oath" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An oath, attributed to Hippocrates, that serves as an ethical guide for the medical profession.
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D006625
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.566.479.068.400 K01.752.566.479.171.132.750.551 N05.350.213.400 N05.350.340.162.500.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hippocratic Oath" by people in Profiles.
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Wynia MK. The short history and tenuous future of medical professionalism: the erosion of medicine's social contract. Perspect Biol Med. 2008; 51(4):565-78.
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Geraghty KE, Wynia M. Advocacy and community: the social roles of physicians in the last 1000 years. Part I. MedGenMed. 2000 Oct 30; 2(4):E29.