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Hippocrates of Cos was said to have lived sometime between 450 BCE to 380 BCE. He was a physician.

The Hippocratic Oath was intended to set forth an informal code of behavior for physicians. Today, however, it is rarely used or followed in its entirety.

Hippocrates has been called the 'Father of Medicine.' He wrote extensively on medical science and is said to be responsible for the Oath that bears his name.

There should be a Hippocratic Oath for poets. If poets were held to anything near the standard of physicians, there would be far less doggerel in the world.

Despite ethical questions raised by the Nuremberg Code and other guidelines, human experimentation abuses continued. In 1974, public policy focused on clinical research.

In 1959, Henry K. Beecher published the first of a series of articles on the ethics of human experimentation.

The medical profession existed for thousands of years before the first code of medical ethics was accidentally developed in 1794.

Apples are good for you, giving Vitamin C and dietry fibre. What's more, they taste good and kids like them! That's why the UK's "Apple Day" has been running for 17 years

Ignoring the use of lethal injection as a means of euthanasia or assisted suicide, lethal injection is the most common method of execution in use in America today.

You may or may not know that there is a tremendous shortage of nurses and that shortage is expected to continue to grow as Baby Boomers hit retirement age.

Abraham Verghese has written his debut novel and, while not perfect, it is a gift to the reader.

Your city or state may be planning its Centennial parade. However, under the Obamacare bill if the local centenarian needs hip replacement, he may not be marching in it

2008 marks the 20th year of Lifelines' campaign to reach out to people on death row in America, here we find out what it's all about.

Hippocrates, an ancient Greek healer who became known as the 'father of medicine', used a number of medicinal plants and healing herbs in his teachings and written work.

President Obama's address at Notre Dame University, a top tier Catholic institution, will not affect the historic Catholic position of when human life begins.

The great Greek statesman Pericles breathed life and inspiration into his city; when he died, the glory of Athens died with him.

Physicians can be torn between their Hippocratic calling to alleviate suffering and their ethical concerns over sanitizing state-sanctified executions.

Police used an effective tactic on protesters at an insurance office in Albuquerque Friday: friendly persuasion.

Capital punishment is no longer on the British statute books. Historically the British judiciary had a bloody choice when it came to methods of execution.

This is the second in a series designed to help readers learn to find philosophy in the real world and to be able to see how it works in practice.