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At least, do no harm
Author(s) -
Douglass Harold O.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.30865
Subject(s) - hippocratic oath , harm , do no harm , medicine , value (mathematics) , psychiatry , social psychology , psychology , machine learning , computer science
Are the physical and fiscal costs of a treatment really of value to the patient when the treatment provides only a chance for a small survival gain and a greater chance for patient discomfort? Physicians should remember the thrust of the Hippocratic Oath: “At least, do no harm.” See also pages 3725‐31.
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