by APFLI | Mar 16, 2007 | Hippocratic Oath
After World War II and the Nazi doctors, the World Medical Association issues the Declaration of Geneva to update the Hippocratic Oath. "I solemnly pledge myself to consecrate my life to the service of humanity. I will give to my teachers the respect and...
by APFLI | Aug 29, 2004 | General Information / History / Stats / Types
ABORTION AND THE DEFINITION OF THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN LIFE Until the 1970s, medical professionals, human rights groups, and birth control providers traditionally understood human life to begin at conception/fertilization: Hippocratic Oath The ancient Greek...
by APFLI | Mar 3, 2004 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption
Until the 1970s, medical professionals, human rights groups, and birth control providers traditionally understood Human Life to begin at conception (also termed "fertilization"): Hippocratic Oath. The ancient Greek Hippocratic Oath – for thousands...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2004 | Hippocratic Oath
HIPPOCRATES “Historians tell us that Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, was particularly concerned with the financial corruption of physicians. It seems that of the seven capital sins that continue down the centuries to plague mankind, it is avarice –...
by APFLI | Feb 14, 2004 | Hippocratic Oath
[Explaining the purpose of the 1995 Restatement this way, Dr. Joseph R. Stanton said, “There are many sincere young male and female followers of Hippocrates emerging in the ranks of medicine today. It is the hope of the signers and endorsers of this 1995...
