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To: dynachrome; All
Wikipedia on the Hippocratic Oath:

In the 1970s, cultural and social forces induced many American medical schools to abandon the Hippocratic Oath as part of graduation ceremonies, usually substituting a version modified to something considered more politically up to date (correct)

70 posted on 07/24/2008 6:08:30 PM PDT by whatisthetruth
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To: whatisthetruth; dynachrome
In the 1970s, cultural and social forces induced many American medical schools to abandon the Hippocratic Oath as part of graduation ceremonies, usually substituting a version modified to something considered more politically up to date (correct)

Be in interesting to see the before and after text of the actual oath that was, and now is, being taken. Anyone got them?

71 posted on 07/24/2008 8:22:16 PM PDT by Jim W N
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