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Category: General

1. October 201820. August 2022General, TV

Protect patients from dangerous incentives – Schweizer Fernsehen SRF

Following the Clinic for Surgery of the Cantonal Hospital of Fribourg in June of this year, on November 1, 2018, the entire […]

20. June 201820. August 2022General, TV

Oath-taking ceremony of the Department of Surgery of the Cantonal Hospital of Fribourg – Schweizer Fernsehen SRF

On June 7, 2018, 40 doctors of the Cantonal Hospital of Fribourg promised the Swiss Oath. The Swiss Oath is much more […]

4. October 201720. August 2022General, Print Journal

The “Swiss Oath” – Swiss Medical Journal

Article in the Swiss Medical Journal No. 40/2017 with the title “The “Swiss Oath””. Authors are Prof. Bernhard Egger, MD,  Dr. theol. […]

1. March 201720. August 2022General, Print Journal

Professionalism – what does it mean? – Bioethica Forum

Published article in Bioethica Forum issue 3/4 – 2017, “Ethics of Professional Roles”, by Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Wils and Dr. theol. Ruth […]

24. February 201720. August 2022General, Print Journal

Medical Ethos – Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Article in Deutsches Ärzteblatt No. 8/2017 by Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Wils: “Ärztlicher Ethos: Zeit für einen neuen Eid”. To the article in […]

9. March 201620. August 2022General, Print Journal

We need to talk about a new oath for doctors – Swiss Medical Journal

Response to letters to the editor in the Swiss Medical Journal No. 10/2016 by Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Wils, Dr. theol. Ruth Baumann-Hölzle, […]

12. November 201520. August 2022General, Newspaper, Print Journal

It is time for a new oath – Die Zeit

Article in the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit” No. 46/2015 with quotes from Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Wils: “I is time for a new […]

17. June 201520. August 2022General, Print Journal

An oath for today’s doctors – Swiss Medical Journal

Article in the Swiss Medical Journal No. 25/2015 by Max Giger, MD, with the title: An Oath for Today’s Doctors. To the […]

1. June 201520. August 2022General, Print Journal

Journal Thema im Fokus: The Oath

Journal on the oath, published by Dialog Ethik: Thema im Fokus No. 121: Der Eid (Towards a new oath for physicians). The […]

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Announcement

General Meeting (GM) on June 18, 2026, at 18:00 via TEAMS! (Link available from D. Faoro: denis.faoro@hin.ch from April 18, 2026)!

The association is looking for NEW BOARD MEMBERS! If you are interested (especially younger medical professionals interested in ethics!), please get in touch via the contact form!

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