Part one of term paper
More than 2000 years ago Hippocrates who was known as the founder of medicine established a code of behavior for medical students. It is still recited by students about to enter medical practice today. The Hippocratic Oath addresses three major points. The first of these states that no deadly medicine should be given to anyone by diagnosis o ...

Part two of term paper
... heard in connection or not in connection with a physicians practice should not be divulged. this means that all information given to a physician during practice or not during practice should be kept secret. One major point of the Hippocratic Oath is addressed in the today's news. Dr. Jack Kevorkian who repeatedly ignores the section of the oath dealing with the harming or killing of an individual. His assistance in the suicide of 39 persons, breaks the very backbone of the Hippocratic Oath. Althou ...