[gizmo686]

> The Hippocratic oath says that a physician should do no harm

No it doesn't. Such a standard would make the practice of medicine impossible, as all treatments have some risk of harm.

What is relevant to this discussion is the below excerpt of the modern form of the oath:

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