serment d'Hippocrate

CONT: [ ... ] serment d'Hippocrate [ ... ] que le Code de déontologie des médecins a repris en ces termes : «Le médecin doit exercer sa profession dans le respect de la vie, de la dignité et de la liberté de la personne humaine.»

CONT: ... the Oath of Hippocrates required a physician to pledge, amongst other things that ""he would not give to a woman an abortifacient pessary."" Hippocrates symbolized the new respect for life which was to join forces with philosophy and religion in implementing a protective custody for the unborn.
CONT: The so-called Hippocratic Oath was unquestionably the exemplar for medical etiquette for centuries, and it endures in modified form to this day.