Students' Corner Protocols For Exercise During Pregnancy: Acknowledgement
Students' Corner Protocols For Exercise During Pregnancy: Acknowledgement
Students' Corner
Protocols for Exercise during Pregnancy
S.A. Fazlani
4th year Medical Student, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi.
The Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 B.C) is its precepts are as valid today as they were in Hippocrates'
traditionally regarded as the founder of medicine, scientific time. This can be best understood through an historical
discipline and medical ethics. 1 The Hippocratic Oath, taken review of the oath's transmission and acceptance in different
by ancient and medieval doctors, requires high ethical eras of western history. The longevity of the oath, however,
standards from medical doctors. Its principles are is clearly attributable to its intrinsic merit, its high moral
considered important in professional and ethical education reverent tone, and a literary eloquence that placed
of medical doctors even today. 2 Hippocrates among the best writers of antiquity.4
The Hippocratic Oath has survived, with over-riding Historically, the ethics of a professional were the
power, the test of time since it addresses the intrinsic nature ethics of a gentleman. Since the industrial revolution in the
of medicine. Even those who know little of it or reject parts 19th century, it has been argued that it has become
of it acknowledge it to be a symbol of the values of imperative to apply the principle of autonomy to issues in
medicine. It has been argued that it is its drive to the heart the ethics of health care.5
of medicine that makes the Hippocratic Oath inspiring even The social changes in the 1960s, where citizens
today.3 asked for a greater voice in all affairs that affected them
The moral and ethical message of the Hippocratic gave rise to formal approaches to ethics in the health fields.6
Oath has exhibited remarkable resiliency through the ages, The increasing incorporation of medical technology
in varied cultures. Although its language may appear odd, coupled with social demands (including those for health