Doctors and Nurses must patients who are contagious whether they want to or not. They can’t refuse to treat that patient because they don’t want to catch anything. Because all physicians are required to take the Hippocratic Oath, and that is not something to be taken lightly. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by physicians. It is the most widely known of Greek Medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards.
Hippocrates, the most famous ancient Greek physician, was a part of the historian Herodotus; a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria and lived in the fifth century BC. Hippocrates was part of a long Greek medical tradition. “Hippocrates is credited with the earliest extant medical writings. Of these, few are probably genuinely the products of Hippocrates, but some are accepted as such, including the famous "Oath" which in addition to all else shows that the 5th century B.C. physicians were already organized, trained and served as disciples”. A pediatrician should and does have to treat a contagious patient because of the Hippocratic Oath taken as a physician. They will do what needs to be done for a patient whether they are contagious or not. If a pediatrician or any doctor or nurse doesn’t treat the patient because he or she is afraid of catching whatever that patient has, they are breaking the oath. Then, that patient will come in contact with others and spread whatever they have around to other people.
Exactly what are the consequences for breaking the Hippocratic Oath? What happens if it’s broken? We all know about doctor-patient confidentiality, but let’s face it, in today’s world’ a “promise” is a lot of cheap talk without ramifications, In certain situations, there are people who swear or promise not to do anything but they do anyways and others who swear they will but they don’t. What are the tangible, actual consequences for breaking such an oath? Disbarment? License revocation? Some people don’t seem to understand the Hippocratic Oath, if you violate the terms of your licensing, you would be punished, reprimanded or cited according to the penalties for your violation. So, I think breaking the Oath means License revocation, which means no license, no medical career. But, according to my nursing teacher, if you break the Hippocratic Oath, your license gets suspended for a period of time and you’re given a second chance. If you break it again your medical career is over.
When I read online, according to an online source, “There is no direct punishment for breaking the Hippocratic Oath in modern times. It can be said that malpractice is the same thing and it carries a wide range of punishments from legal action to civil penalties.” To summarize, the Hippocratic Oath dictates that physicians should not deliberately harm their patients and should treat them of their illness. If not treated, then the patient could get worst and it would bring upon his or her death quicker and they could spread around their disease to other people healthy or not.
Hippocrates, the most famous ancient Greek physician, was a part of the historian Herodotus; a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria and lived in the fifth century BC. Hippocrates was part of a long Greek medical tradition. “Hippocrates is credited with the earliest extant medical writings. Of these, few are probably genuinely the products of Hippocrates, but some are accepted as such, including the famous "Oath" which in addition to all else shows that the 5th century B.C. physicians were already organized, trained and served as disciples”. A pediatrician should and does have to treat a contagious patient because of the Hippocratic Oath taken as a physician. They will do what needs to be done for a patient whether they are contagious or not. If a pediatrician or any doctor or nurse doesn’t treat the patient because he or she is afraid of catching whatever that patient has, they are breaking the oath. Then, that patient will come in contact with others and spread whatever they have around to other people.
Exactly what are the consequences for breaking the Hippocratic Oath? What happens if it’s broken? We all know about doctor-patient confidentiality, but let’s face it, in today’s world’ a “promise” is a lot of cheap talk without ramifications, In certain situations, there are people who swear or promise not to do anything but they do anyways and others who swear they will but they don’t. What are the tangible, actual consequences for breaking such an oath? Disbarment? License revocation? Some people don’t seem to understand the Hippocratic Oath, if you violate the terms of your licensing, you would be punished, reprimanded or cited according to the penalties for your violation. So, I think breaking the Oath means License revocation, which means no license, no medical career. But, according to my nursing teacher, if you break the Hippocratic Oath, your license gets suspended for a period of time and you’re given a second chance. If you break it again your medical career is over.
When I read online, according to an online source, “There is no direct punishment for breaking the Hippocratic Oath in modern times. It can be said that malpractice is the same thing and it carries a wide range of punishments from legal action to civil penalties.” To summarize, the Hippocratic Oath dictates that physicians should not deliberately harm their patients and should treat them of their illness. If not treated, then the patient could get worst and it would bring upon his or her death quicker and they could spread around their disease to other people healthy or not.