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Hippocratic Oath

oath of ethics taken by physicians
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Summary

Hippocratic Oath is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,288 views/month, #13 of 6,426).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Hippocrates[3]
  • Instance of: vow[4]
  • Named after: Hippocrates[5]
  • Part of: Hippocratic Corpus[6]
  • Commons category: Hippocrates[7]
  • Has edition or translation: The Oath[8], Il Giuramento di Ippocrate[9]
  • Main subject: clinical ethics[10], medical ethics[11]
  • Earliest date: 400 BC[12]
  • First line: Ὄμνυμι Ἀπόλλωνα ἰητρὸν καὶ Ἀσκληπιὸν καὶ Ὑγείαν καὶ[13]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: Hp. Jusj.[14]
  • Role of agent(s) of action: physician[15]

Why It Matters

Hippocratic Oath has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Hippocrates Saintes

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Pallor · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 23d ago · LM.CR · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → Hippocrates
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