我愿尽余之能力与判断力所及,遵守为病家谋利益之信条,并检柬一切堕落和害人行为,我不得将危害药品给与他人,并不作该项之指导,虽有人请求亦必不与之。尤不为妇人施堕胎手术。我愿以此纯洁与神圣之精神,终身执行我职务。凡患结石者,我不施手术,此则有待于专家为之。
无论至于何处,遇男或女,贵人及奴婢,我之唯一目的,为病家谋幸福,并检点吾身,不作各种害人及恶劣行为,尤不作诱奸之事。凡我所见所闻,无论有无业务关系,我认为应守秘密者,我愿保守秘密。尚使我严守上述誓言时,请求神祗让我生命与医术能得无上光荣,我苟违誓,天地鬼神实共亟之。
[英文]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.(源于希波克拉底文集)
[作者]希波克拉底( Hippocrates,约公元前460-前377),古希腊医生,被誉为医学之父。关于其生平可信的材料甚少,同时代或近乎同时代的柏拉图及米诺的作品中有过一些描述。500年后希腊医生索拉努斯根据传说及想象写过希波克拉底传,但仅知他出身科斯的世医家庭,身材矮小,医术超群。他广泛游历希腊及小亚细亚,行医授徒,长期在科斯的医科学校任教。现存有60篇著作署以希波克拉底之名,总称《希波克拉底文集》。但经研究,这些作品非一人一时之作,创作年代前后相差至少100年,且长短、风格、观点、读者对象各异;但均用爱奥尼亚方言(当时希腊学术界使用的语言)写成,内容涉及解剖、临床、妇儿疾病、预后、饮食、药物疗法、医学道德、哲学等。杰出的有《流行病学》、《圣病》、《预后学》、《格言》等。据说出自其手的《希波克拉底誓言》,是举世闻名的医学道德准则,一直被医务人员视为行为指南,至今仍在许多医学院校的毕业典礼上宣读。
[编者] 非典时期,医生职业道德话题重开, 人们温习希波克拉底誓言,并付诸行动,出现了许多可歌可泣的故事。我是第一次全文诵读希波克拉底誓言,并为之感动。誓言是高尚的,由此想到各行各业均已约定的职业道德,这些东西已经不少了,如果能付诸行动,我们的世界将要美好得多。