Sixty seconds on . . . the Hippocratic oath

Ye gods, that’s as old as the hills. What’s new?

Exeter Medical, which has just seen its first cohort of medical students graduate, has put a new spin on the Ancient Greek oath. They promised to “work towards a fairer distribution of health resources,” as well as the usual Hippocratic stuff such as “never intentionally cause harm to patients.” The graduands also promised to oppose policies that breach human …