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.

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 ...

The Hippocratic Oath. Sculpture by Wilfried Fitzenreiter. Credit: SeptemberWoman / Wikimedia Commons That is to say, it is almost certain that the author of the oath was not Hippocrates himself, and ...