Bound by the Hippocratic Oath and unfailing commitment to the maintenance and improvement of human health, doctors have continued to serve the human race in leading a healthier and longer life. Imagine the countless times you have heard a doctor pulling out someone from a life or death situation or discovering the cure to a deathly disease or the times you yourself have felt better after a visit to your doctor.
This sacred profession has come a long way from ancient healers using herbs to cure man to cardiologists and neurologists using modern medicine to fight new and resurfacing diseases. Whatever the title associated with this profession, it would not be wrong to say that doctors’ contribution to society is immense and cannot be paid back
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And what better way to do so than celebrating the National Doctors’ Day.
What is National Doctors’ Day?
National Doctors’ Day is celebrated on July 1 all across India to honour the renowned physician Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. This national holiday is indicative of the importance doctors and physicians have in our lives and the veneration they deserve.
Considering the health issues such as dengue, hepatitis, tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia that continue to plague India, a large portion of the population is dependent on the efficiency and responsibility of doctors. However, with the advent of medical technology and definite progress in medical treatments the health condition in India is improving, but in most regions the aid comes solely from these doctors. Thus, this day is also be seen as an encouragement those all doctors who have made their life mission to save human life against all odds and an eye opener to all those who may be struck by a failing career, telling them that their services are
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Hospital, the R.G. Kar Medical College and the Chittaranjan Seva Sadan, for the purpose of medical education and medical aid, both.
The government of India awarded Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, on February 4, 1961 for his immense services and a C Roy National Award was started to recognise the contributions of individuals in the fields of medicine, science, politics and arts.
Celebration of World Doctors’ Day in other countries
The World Doctors’ Day is celebrated in other countries as well on other dates and may be associated with other reasons, but its observance everywhere shares the same purpose of honouring the doctors worldwide.
In United States the Doctors’ Day is celebrated as a holiday on March 30, 1933 on the anniversary of the first use of general anaesthesia in surgery. Whereas, the people of Cuba honour their doctors on the birthday of Carlos Juan Finlay, a Cuban physician and pioneer of the yellow fever research, on December 3, 1833. In Vietnam this day is celebrated on 27th February and the Iranians observe this day on Avicenna's birthday on 23rd
instead of raising champagne glasses to ring in the new year. Soon, doctors will be
Twenty four centuries ago, Hippocrates created the profession of medicine, for the first time in human history separating and refining the art of healing from primitive superstitions and religious rituals. His famous Oath forged medicine into what the Greeks called a technik, a craft requiring the entire person of the craftsman, an art that, according to Socrates in his dialogue Gorgias, involved virtue in the soul and spirit as well as the hands and brain. Yet Hippocrates made medicine more than a craft; he infused it with an intrinsic moral quality, creating a “union of medical skill and the integrity of the person [physician]” (Cameron, 2001).
As a society we place those in the medical profession on a pedestal. They are people to be looked up to and admired. In many ways they are Gods, right here with us on earth. People put the hope and faith in doctors hoping they can perform miracles. Throughout history, doctors have indeed preformed many wonders. There were, however, some doctors that betrayed this belief and peoples trust. These doctors could be found in concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Dachau. These doctors committed unspeakable acts against the Jews and other minorities, believing that they were conducting helpful experiments. Following the holocaust, however, they were punished for their actions.
As a junior in high school, I am considering medicine as a possible career choice. Through my research in this field, I discovered the Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath is the most famous of the Hippocratic documents; it has served as an ideal for the professional attitude and ethics of physicians to the present; the historical origin of the oath is so obscure that even the date of its composition is placed from the 6th to the 1st century B.C.
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It has been said by many experts that there has been a surplus of physicians in the past, but that there will soon be a shortage of physicians. This shortage will have been instigated by many factors, and is predicted to have various effects on society, both immediate and long term. There have been proposed solutions to this shortage, but there is a fine balance to be found with these many solutions and factors. However, once this balance is found, the long-term mending of the physician shortage may begin.
The Hippocratic Oath is an oath that doctors are sworn into where they start their practice. An “invocation to Apollo, Panacea, Asclepius, and Hygeia” (structmed.cimcr.uk) is made. This practice is still followed to this day by doctors all around the world. Every time they would operate on a person they would take an oath on Asclepius and other gods of health. He was also responsible for the invention of medical
In the twenty-first century people are accustomed to hospitals with trained doctors, sterile environments, and sensible techniques. However, in medieval times people relied on inexperienced doctors, filthy environments, and techniques inspired by outdated physicians and astrology. Modern medicine is advanced and expanding life spans, while medieval medicine was primitive and often greatly shortened lives. Therefore, modern medicine has not been inspired by medieval medicine, but it has been inspired by those that came after the middle ages. The first great factor of medieval medicine that displays how outrageous and uninspirational it was is the lack of training their doctors possessed.
There are new types of diseases which are spreading quite frequently which need to be diagnosed and battled. Sometimes one feels it is difficult to put a price on the services the physician renders. After all they save lives and one can’t put a price on ones life. However, one feels that physicians are not getting their due. The reason being they are so involved in their practice that they do not concentrate on the financial part.
...dred years ago is now equivalent to a small outpatient hospital visit. These huge advancements in medicine which save millions of lives every year are attributed to the medical industry.
During his employment as a medical official the reality of reservation life could not be ignored. Although he must have wanted to help his people there were many difficulties of the time. They were far away from Western civilization and supply to medical equipment. The epidemics of small pox, measles, and influenza were attacking the people. He could not al...
The oath serves as an antidote to professional arrogance, obligating doctors to practice humility and self-awareness, accept their limitations and pursue lifelong learning to better care for the sick. (Hantman, Melissa.) The oath condones certain practices and disapproves of others to prevent anything that could put the patient in harm's way. Even though some of the Hippocratic Oath’s policies have become outdated it should still remain because, the Hippocratic Oath still has relevance to today’s society. Hippocrates applied a common-sense approach to the treatment of disease and he was also a stickler for discipline and precision, veering away from superstition and towards empiricism for the first time in Western traditions.
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Although with everything this world has to offer, there are disadvantages, and modern medicine does not fall short but the fact is that there are a lot of advantages that accompanies this course of treatment for the entire society, starting from each individual to the economic state of the modern society, modern medicine is making its mark in a positive way. By identifying and preventing illnesses, modern medicine has greatly improved lives, improved the economy and also diagnosed underlying illnesses in the modern society.