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Hippocratic oath

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Hippocratic oath

Oath laid down by the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC), who is regarded as the father of medicine. Taken by all doctors on qualifying, it lays down moral and ethical guidelines for the practice of medicine.
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