Analysis Of The Hippocratic Oath

The Hippocratic Oath was a set of standards and principles that unified all physicians in the Ancient Greek Era. This Oath was innovational for the time because there was not anything prior to this set of standards for physicians. During the Ancient Greek Era, many people had confused ideas about physician’s roles and this Oath allowed patients and doctors to understand each other while being religious. The Hippocratic Oath states three key points: continuing the education of medicine, using skills for the good, and the need to uphold to the religious standards of society in practice.

The first key point is that physicians, despite the level of experience, will continue to learn medicine. Readers can see this in the Oath when it states “I will hand on precepts, lectures and all other learning to my sons, to those of my master and to those pupils duly apprenticed and sworn, and to none other.”. There is a unifying concept throughout the Oath that all members will continue to share and pass on information from one generation to the next. This is important during this time because the only

Brothers are mentioned often throughout the Oath because of the dominating amount of males involved. Reading the Oath, it does not give any indication on why this is only for males.

In conclusion, The Hippocratic Oath was an innovational tool to allow patients and physicians a set of standards that will uphold to the views of society; this includes, religious beliefs, usage of skills for the good, and the continuation of learning of medicine. This Oath allowed for physicians to be more accepted by society now that patients were understanding of the role they played. Which in turn, resulting in more people seeking out medical treatment when required. Not only does this benefit physicians while they are continuing to learn medicine but it also betters society’s overall