Petit E P
SAU-SAMU-SMUR, Centre hospitalier de Guéret, Avenue de la Sénatorie, F 23000 Guéret.
Presse Med. 2002 Jan 19;31(2):52-5.
The Hippocratic Oath is twenty-five centuries old. Probably drawn-up by Hippocrates himself, it intervenes in a particular cultural, political and religious context: that of Greece at the time of Pericles. It guaranteed the Asclepiad doctors of the continuity of their knowledge within their community. Medicine was highly esteemed because of it. The Oath, more than any other work of the Hippocratic collection, has outlived the centuries. It still remains one of the symbols of the medical profession. Despite its age, it provides insight into some of the questions of medical ethics even today. Its topicality is, without doubt, due to the transcendent nature of the values it proclaimed.
《希波克拉底誓言》已有两千五百年的历史。它很可能是由希波克拉底本人起草的，产生于特定的文化、政治和宗教背景：伯里克利时代的希腊。它确保了阿斯克勒庇俄斯派医生在其群体内知识的传承。医学也因此备受尊崇。《誓言》比希波克拉底文集的其他任何作品都更经得起岁月的考验。它至今仍是医学职业的象征之一。尽管年代久远，但即便在今天，它仍能让我们洞察一些医学伦理问题。毫无疑问，它的现实意义源于它所宣扬的价值观的超越性。
