Hippocratic
Ancient Greek physician
Hippocratic refers to Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician considered the father of Western medicine.
The Hippocratic oath is a code of medical ethics traditionally taken by physicians, pledging to do no harm and practice medicine ethically: The doctor took the Hippocratic oath upon graduation.
Hippocratic writings are texts attributed to Hippocrates and his followers.
Active desire to help
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- do no harmAvoid causing injury
- primacyCondition of being foremost
consent · privacy · medical ethics · professional conduct · patient rights · fiduciary duty · truthfulness · paternalism
Binding promise given
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- professionTrained occupational field
declaration · do no harm · commitment · promise · affirmation · obligation · ethical code · medical ethics
Classical Roman-era physician
- AsclepiusAncient medicine deity
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
Accommodates someone's wishes
- four humorsClassical medical fluid theory
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
clinical observation · bedside manner · case history · Corpus · empirical observation · symptom · regimen · diet
Cessation of life
- moribundNear death, failing
- terminalAt the endpoint
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
pallor · facies · end-of-life · dying · countenance
beneficence
Active desire to help
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- do no harmAvoid causing injury
primacy · consent · privacy · medical ethics · professional conduct · patient rights · fiduciary duty · truthfulness · paternalism · compassion
pledge
Binding promise given
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
profession · declaration · do no harm · commitment · promise · affirmation · obligation · ethical code · medical ethics · induction
Galen
Classical Roman-era physician
- AsclepiusAncient medicine deity
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
humors
Accommodates someone's wishes
- four humorsClassical medical fluid theory
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- prognosisPredicted disease course
diagnosis · clinical observation · bedside manner · case history · Corpus · empirical observation · symptom · regimen · diet · exercise
death
Cessation of life
sunken · pallor · facies · end-of-life · dying · countenance
Hippocraticmaleficent
Causing harm or evil
harmful · torturous · oath-breaking · iatrogenic · negligent
Hippocraticevidence-based
Supported by verified data
biomedical · shamanic · scientific · homeopathic · shamanistic
Hippocraticoath-breaking
Violating a sworn promise
unprofessional · unsworn · faithless · forsworn · perjured
- Hippocratic oathDoctor's ethical commitment
- Hippocratic medicineAncient Greek healing system
- Hippocratic corpusClassical Greek medical texts