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Dr. Crystal Luchkiw's avatar

Thank you for writing this canonical reminder of what our roots are in medicine. We are so far from that as a profession it’s scary. It’s surreal reading this as my Canadian (ontario) medical licence is currently suspended for upholding my oath. The inverse of the Hippocratic oath is our current majority reality. But, the declaration of duty to the gods is key. Regulatory bodies or the government do not have the authority to interfere with upholding that duty. Regulators are meant to protect the public from the very actions they themselves are doing and enforcing unlawfully. Colleges are inserting themselves in the centre of the sacred physician-patient relationship. They’ve threatened reprisal for any physician who actually practices by the Hippocratic oath. What a terrible crisis to actually be in. What’s unnerving to me, is that the courts are going to be ultimately deciding on the validity of this duty, this godly practice and relationship of authority, and of patient rights.

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Dr Anne McCloskey's avatar

No harm must be from the time of conception to natural death. When Hippocrates lived, this was the understanding. Abortion and euthanasia are the anthesis of non cocere. It's not complicated.

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