On a recent Sunday afternoon, I witnessed my son step into the long tradition of medicine at the University of Chicago's white coat ceremony. I watched him stand tall, reciting words physicians have ...

Every year, students entering Harvard medical and dental schools write their own oaths about how they pledge to interact with each other and care for themselves, their patients, and the larger ...

Nearly all doctors recite the original Hippocratic Oath or an alternative version of it in medical school. Yet it remains controversial, prompting questions about whether it should be retired.

Because of my belief in the high ideals outlined in the Hippocratic Oath, and since I am concerned about physician behavior, ethics and their relative morality, I believe it is worth examining not ...