The oath has been called “the apex of the development of strict ethical concepts in medicine, ”“ the basis of the patient - physician relationship in the developed world, ” and “the high - water mark of professional morality. ”
शिवाय, त्या शपथेत मना केलेल्या अनेक गोष्टी हिप्पोक्रेटीझच्या काळात रूढ असलेल्या औषधशास्त्राच्या विरोधात नव्हत्या.