Move Over Hippocrates: Harm Reduction as the New Paradigm for Health Care

The concept of "First, do no harm," which is embedded in the oath that kicks off the careers of most new doctors in America, has become something of a surrogate for the practice of medicine. But it's something of a false promise. Doctors routinely cause their patients harm. The oath we should be taking is, "Help…

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