A CHRISTIAN PHYSICIAN’S OATH
• With gratitude to God, faith in Christ Jesus, and dependence on the Holy Spirit, I publicly profess my intent to practice medicine for the glory of God.
• With humility, I will seek to increase my skills. I will respect those who teach me and who broaden my knowledge. In turn, I will freely impart my knowledge and wisdom to others.
• With God’s help, I will love those who come to me for healing and comfort. I will honour and care for each patient as a person made in the image of God, putting aside selfish interests.
• With God’s guidance, I will endeavour to be a good steward of my skills and of society’s resources. I will convey God’s love in my relationships with family, friends, and community. I will aspire to reflect God’s mercy in caring for the lonely, the poor, the suffering, and the dying.
• With God’s blessing, I will respect the sanctity of human life. I will care for all my patients, rejecting those interventions, which either intentionally destroy or actively end the lives of the unborn, the infirm, and the terminally ill.
• With God’s grace, I will live according to this profession.
Christian Medical & Dental Associations (1991)
