希波克拉底誓言

希波克拉底是古希腊医生，被誉为医学之父，。对他的生平所知甚少，也不知是否的确有此人，但有一批手稿（称为〈 希波克拉底文集〉）却流传至今，集中就包括了这个准则。它被译成多种文字，在医师之间代代流传，至今仍在许多医学院校的毕业典礼上宣读，被医务人员视为指南。
誓言分为两大部分：第一部分医师与医学生之间应当相互承担的义务。第二部分是医师的誓约：医师要发誓尽其所能为患者谋福利，不能使患者遭受祸害；在其私生活及医务方面要堪为楷模；保证决不帮助意图自杀的人或企图堕胎的妇人；决不利用患者对自己的信任去谋私利；要保守在诊疗过程中得悉的秘密。

Hippocratic Oath:

I swear by Apollo the Physician and by Asclepius and by Health and Panacea and by all the gods as well as goddesses, making them judges [witnesses], to bring the following oath and written covenant to ful- fillment, in accordance with my power and my judgment; to regard him who has taught me this techne as equal to my parents, and to share, in partnership, my livelihood with him and to give him a share when he is in need of necessities, and to judge the offspring [coming] from him equal to [my] male siblings, and to teach them this techne, should they desire to learn [it], without fee and written covenant, and to give a share both of rules and of lectures, and of all the rest