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    On Being the Hippocratic Doctor: Views of House officers in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital
    with F. Maduka-Okafor, A. Udeaja, and A. I. Chuku
    Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 27 (2): 59-65. 2017.
    Medical students in many countries take a medical oath on graduation from medical school. Given that there is little or no formal medical ethics education in many Nigerian medical schools, the current relevance of swearing to these medical oaths is being questioned. This study determined mainly the views of pre-registration house officers on the relevance of the Hippocratic-based medical oaths and some selected issues related to the ideals espoused therein. Using selfadministered questionnaires,…Read more