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No, it is not a legal requirement for doctors to take the Hippocratic Oath. However, most of the people do take the oath because it is a tradition. At least 87% of Americans take the oath.

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What is a scientific word with prefix hipp?

Hippuric acid. Hippocratic Oath.


What is the goal of the Hippocratic oath?

The goal of the Hippocractic oath is to ensure that medical professionals uphold ethical and moral standards. The Hippocractic oath has been refered to recently in the debate over assisted suicide.


Does the etymology of the word hypocrite have anything to do with the hippocratic oath?

No. We trace "hypocrite" to the Greek word for "actor," from which we derive our current meaning of one who pretends to be what he is not or one who pretends to have principles or beliefs that he does not have.The Hippocratic Oath, on the other hand, takes its name from the Greek physician Hippocrates, often called the father of medicine, who lived from about 460 B.C. to about 377 B.C. Although some people joke bitterly that the Hippocratic Oath is hypocritical, anyone who has attended a medical school graduation at which newly graduated physicians take this Oath will sense the seriousness and passion that medical people feel for the sentiments it expresses. For more information about the Oath, see http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/doctors/oath_modern.html


Where does the word hypocrite come from?

I don't know for certain, but I think that the word hippocrit comes from Hippocrate, a very influencial person in the history of medicine. Doctors are supposed to have to take a Hippocratic oath and if you break the oath you were a hippocrit... well thats what makes sense anyway.


Did John donne Betrayed Catholics by taking the Oath of Supremacy?

maybe