Can you say your oath?

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I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
 
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I will do my best:
to be honest
to be fair
to help where I am needed
to be cheerful
to be friendly and considerate
to be a sister to every Kiwi
to respect authority
to use resources wisely
to protect and improve the world around me
to show respect for myself and others through my words and actions
 
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I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

First and foremost, I must not play at God. I will maintain utmost respect for human life from its beginning unto its terminus. I will do no harm or injustice to those I treat.

Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness.

I will administer no poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such, even upon threat of harm.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding both overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

Whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession through discourse with my fellow man, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be sacrosanct.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being. My responsibility extends to those related to whom I treat, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not", nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.
 
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