The Greek physician Hippocrates (460–370 BC), to whom the<unk>  is traditionally attributed The<unk>  is an<unk>  of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. The<unk>  is the earliest expression of medical ethics in the Western world, establishing several principles of medical ethics which remain of paramount significance today. These include the principles of medical confidentiality and non-maleficence. As the seminal articulation of certain principles that continue to guide and inform medical practice, the ancient text is of more than historic and symbolic value. Swearing a modified form of the<unk>  remains a rite of passage for medical graduates in many countries, and is a requirement enshrined in legal statutes of various jurisdictions, such that violations of the<unk>  may carry criminal or other liability beyond the<unk> 's symbolic nature. The original<unk>  was written in Ionic Greek, between the fifth and third centuries BC. Although it is traditionally attributed to the Greek doctor Hippocrates and it is usually included in the<unk>  Corpus, most modern scholars do not regard it as having been written by Hippocrates himself.
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