Guest guest Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 "Another problematic norm of medical care dating from that period occurs with the practice of eugenics. Society, for reasons relevant to those times, encouraged the creation of a superior class of people. Though not specifically addressed in the Oath, these practices reveal the values of the society that produced the Oath. In Sparta, weak or “defective†babies were allowed to die in order to reduce the burden on society, and the breeding of superior men with desirable women was encouraged in order to produce healthier soldiers. The irrelevance of the Oath to current medical practice is most obvious when one realizes that the practitioners who took the Oath were allowed neither to practice surgery, considered to be a separate field, nor to teach others unless they were in the same school or students of the same teacher." Aroop Mangalik, MD; University of New Mexico Cancer Research & Treatment Center, Albuquerque. For details, please vist the following link http://www.hektoeninternational.org/Another_look_Hippocrates.html Thank you very much. With warm personal regards, Nikhil Dr. Surender N. Gupta, MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;PGCHFWM; FAIMS;FIMS;MA (Phil);MAE (Epidemiology) Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, CHHEB, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India. Pin-176001. 01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office)Mobile: 094181-28634. E-mail IDs: drsurendernikhil drnikhilsurender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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