It feels good to have pleasure. Why would anyone deny it to themselves. ~ Anonymous

DrTerri — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:28:04 +0000

Right? What are your thoughts? Post them here and we will review and make public.

Surrender. Surrender often. But not to your principles. ~ Anonymous

DrTerri — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:26:23 +0000

Ponderings on this topic? Please post and we will review and make public for all to enjoy.

Think for yourself. Don’t let anyone think for you. ~ Anonymous

DrTerri — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:24:07 +0000

I would love to hear your thoughts on the topic.

Feel free to post any and we will review and post to the public.

“SO WHAT?!” ~ AJF

DrTerri — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:36:41 +0000

Comments anyone?

“It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, what is true is invisible to the eye.” ~ St. Exupery

DrTerri — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:35:19 +0000

How do you interpret this quote? Simply click on the "COMMENTS" link below and leave your message.

“Well behaved women seldom make history.” ~Ulrich

DrTerri — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:33:16 +0000

Well ladies… how have you made an impact on history. I would love to read your comments. Simply click on the "COMMENTS" link below and leave your message.

” Be the change you wish to see in the world. ” ~ Gandhi

DrTerri — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:24:00 +0000

Share with us the small steps you are taking to make the world a better place.

“The time to be happy is NOW!” ~ AJF

DrTerri — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:25:26 +0000

THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH: MODERN VERSION

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:44:36 +0000

On this page each month I will post a new discussion starter, a picture, a poem, a quote or saying which holds much meaning for me. Then I will kick off the dialogue with my take on the subject. I encourage everyone to voice her reaction. I look forward to reading your comments!
~ Dr. Terri Vanderlinde

My opinion on the Hippocratic Oath:

I think that this version is more understandable and more applicable than the original one written thousands of years ago. But they both have the same underlying message, that a doctor should always be pure of heart and mind when caring for patients. That she will suggest only options that support their best interest. And that she has a will sacrifice what is necessary to care for others’ health and well-being. This is the code by which I practice medicine. Please let me know if you believe that I ever deviate from this path. Thank you. Dr. Terri Vanderlinde.

Hippocratic Oath:
I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.

Written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna, Academic Dean of the School of Medicine at Tufts University, and used in many medical schools today.

Upon graduation, many medical students take a modern version of the oath written by Louis Lasagna in 1964.

Best Gyn