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Bookmark or Share- First, do no harm - Harvard HealthAs an important step in becoming a doctor, medical students must take the Hippocratic Oath. And one of the promises within that oath is "first, do no harm" (or " primum non nocere," the Latin translation from the original Greek.) Right? Wrong.
- The true meaning of ‘First, do no harm’ for doctors - MDLinxExperts say that a more holistic understanding of “First, do no harm” includes identifying foreseeable harm, maintaining high professional standards, and remaining cognizant of knowledge gaps.
- Patient safety - World Health Organization (WHO)“First, do no harm” is the most fundamental principle of any health care service. No one should be harmed in health care; however, there is compelling evidence of a huge burden of avoidable patient harm globally across the developed and developing health care systems.
- Hippocratic Oath - WikipediaIt is often said that "First do no harm" (Latin: Primum non nocere) is a part of the original Hippocratic oath. A related phrase is found in Epidemics, Book I, of the Hippocratic school: "Practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient". [7]
- Primum non nocere - WikipediaPrimum non nocere (Classical Latin: [ˈpriːmũː noːn nɔˈkeːrɛ]) is a Latin phrase that means "first, do no harm". The phrase is sometimes recorded as primum nil nocere. [1] [better source needed]
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