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![The Hippocratic Oath has been eclipsed as a document of professional ethics by more extensive works. The first example in modern times was by Thomas Percival at Manchester Royal Infirmary, who published a code of 'medical ethics' in 1803.[20] It was then adapted by other medical associations, such as the American Medical Association's Code of Medical Ethics (first adopted in 1847) and the British General Medical Council's Good Medical Practice. These documents provide a comprehensive overview of the obligations and professional behaviour of a doctor to their patients and wider society. Doctors who violate these codes may be subjected to disciplinary proceedings, including the loss of their license to practice medicine. The lengthiness of these documents has made their distillations into shorter oaths an attractive proposition. In light of this fact, several updates to the oath have been offered in modern times,[21][22] some facetious.[23]
In 1948, the World Medical Association (WMA) drafted a medical oath, called the Declaration of Geneva. "During the post World War II and immediately after its foundation, the WMA showed concern over the state of medical ethics in general and over the world. The WMA took up the responsibility for setting ethical guidelines for the world's physicians. It noted that in those years the custom of medical schools to administer an oath to its doctors upon graduation or receiving a license to practice medicine had fallen into disuse or become a mere formality".[24] In Nazi Germany, medical students did not take the Hippocratic Oath, although they knew the ethic of "nil nocere"—do no harm.[25]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mka45vdfzpj6qys7tyu24yri/bafkreidrzrfodnaiw5jrorlbd5mw7vfi2hrxvs74vuysdd3sn7rniavoeu)
