Events, lectures, websites, articles, media reports, background reports and books concerning the Swiss Medical Oath
Cannibalism in medical ethics – Tages-Anzeiger
Commentary by Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Wils on the USZ scandal, entitled: Cannibalism in medical ethics. To the commentary in German
The Clinic for Orthopedics in Fribourg takes the Swiss Medical Oath
On September 19, 2019, the entire orthopedic clinic, under the leadership of chief physician Prof. Dr. medical Moritz Tannast, who took the Swiss Medicine Oath. With this, the…
Lecture by Prof. Bernhard Egger, MD, at FORUM ENGELBERG in Geneva
Lecture by Prof. Bernhard Egger, MD, at FORUM ENGELBERG in June 2019: «SWISS OATH: An ethical measure to prevent medicine developing to a pure business» The presentation of…
Swearing-in of commission members
On April 5th, 2019, Jochen Uebel, Pascal Schai, Audrey Kovatsch, Diana Meier-Allmendinger and Namir Lababidi (from left to right) took the oath in a small, solemn ceremony. …
False incentives in doctors’ remuneration – Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ
Article by Lukas Leuzinger in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ on the topic titled: False incentives in physician compensation should disappear. To the article in German
Lecture by Prof. Bernhard Egger, MD, at the Ethics Form Aarau 2018
Lecture by Prof. Bernhard Egger, MD, at the Ethics Forum in Aarau 2018, entitled “The Swiss Oath – Attitude and Self-Image of the Medical Profession”.
New doctors’ oath – an alibi exercise? – Swiss Television SRF
In the context of the oath ceremony of the FMCH Board on November 2, 2018 and the coverage by Swiss Television SRF, an article was also published on…
Oath and Ethos – Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Book entitled “Eid und Ethos – Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen Gelöbnis für Ärzte und Ärztinnen” by Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Wils and Dr. phil. Ruth Baumann-Hölzle (2018,…
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 FMCH Board of Directors took the…
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 concrete than all previous declarations and…