Ron,
No i do'nt have a copy of the Cuban Oath of Hippocrates. 'Guess it may be in
Spanish, but basically containing the essence of the ethics laid down by the
Father of Modern (Western) Medicine. How the ceremony is done or the
incantations by our Iranian/Iraqi sisters and brothers is knowledge to be
sought. I have no clue.

However, students at the Ben-Gurion Medical School in Beer Sheva, Israel,
take the physician's oath at the beginning of their studies. Whereas in
parts of Australia & New Zealand ethical commitment is made upon graduation,
and usually combined with a prize giving ceremony.

Ron, this is one oath which has received a lot of criticism in recent years,
when the debate on Euthanasia(or Physician Assisted Death - PAD) has been
tabled.

At any rate, i hope the Cuban Doctor at the Serrekunda Health Centre has a
strong humane side(with reference to the inspiring history of his country in
the field of medicine). I hope he is NO Dr Harold Shipman!
Wishing Manneh's brother a continued quick recovery.
For you, a top weekend!
Sanyang



Darbo Haruna wrote:

"Lamin
I wonder if you have a copy of the Cuban Hypocratic oath? or is the one
approved by the AMA used worldwide, even in Iraq and Iran. Do medical
students in residency also take the oath? just wondering? Anni Kataburu
Kuunyu.


Les plus importants transformations sont les modifications "accidentelles".
Yours truly - Haruna."


From: Lamin Sanyang
Subject: Re: The Phantom Hospitals and soccer-crazed Doctors
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 21:27:35 +0000
The Hippocratic Oath
You do solemnly swear, each by whatever he or she holds most sacred
That you will be loyal to the Profession of Medicine and just and generous
to its members
That you will lead your lives and practice your art in uprightness and honor
That into whatsoever house you shall enter, it shall be for the good of the
sick to the utmost of your power, your holding yourselves far aloof from
wrong, from corruption, from the tempting of others to vice
That you will exercise your art solely for the cure of your patients, and
will give no drug, perform no operation, for a criminal purpose, even if
solicited, far less suggest it
That whatsoever you shall see or hear of the lives of men or women which is
not fitting to be spoken, you will keep inviolably secret
These things do you swear. Let each bow the head in sign of acquiescence
And now, if you will be true to this, your oath, may prosperity and good
repute be ever yours; the opposite, if you shall prove yourselves forsworn.
-This oath is a version approved by the American Medical Association.





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