Events, lectures, websites, articles, media reports, background reports and books concerning the Swiss Medical Oath
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…
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. Ruth Baumann-Hölzle, Dr. Max Giger, MD,…
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 Baumann-Hölzle: «Professionalität – was heisst das?»….
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 German
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, Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Egger, Dr….
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 oath”. To the article in German
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 article in German
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 journal can be ordered via the…