Do medical doctors take an integrity oath?

Oaths are neither a universal endeavour nor a legal obligation, and they cannot guarantee morality. So why should doctors take an oath at all? In 1992 a BMA working party found that affirmation may strengthen a doctor's resolve to behave with integrity in extreme circumstances. read more

Yes. Almost every University has an oath that we take when we graduate, it includes integrity as one of its core parts. If not there are entities in charge of supervising medical behavior (for example in my country there is an ethical committee that receives notices and take charge when there is medical misconduct). read more

Doctors traditionally take the Hippocratic Oath upon graduation from medical school. The original version is believed to have been written during the 4th century B.C. and is commonly attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates of Cos. read more

In the UK, the closest to a modern Hippocratic Oath are the core values and principles set by the General Medical Council (GMC), laid out as the duties of a doctor under the title "Good Medical Practice". read more