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Meaning of primum non nocere



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

primum non nocere
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It's a Latin phrase and it means "the first thing is not to hurt." The main thing is to do no harm. Although not in the Hippocratic Oath it is a maximum of Hippocrates and is practiced by all Doctors since ancient times.

  



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Primum non nocere : Full Latinism says : Primum non nocere , secundum cavere , tertium sanare : First of all do no harm, then prevent and finally heal . Ethical principle of physicians that although not listed as such in the Hippocratic Oath is as an attitude in this text. Medicine as an activity in the service of people just as education has all our respect and consideration, but they should never be speculative or used to enrich themselves.

  










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