Abjuring or avoiding harm to a patient is a fundamental responsibility of a physician. To harm a patient, either verbally or physically, is a crime. The covenant in the oath is the same as saying “Do no harm,” and it is...
The fifth and next to the final covenant of the Hippocratic Oath discussed here is to abjure harm. The oath I swore states: That I will abjure (reject) any medicine or operation or counsel which is injurious or deleterious to...