My Pledge to My Patients, Physicians for Compassionate Care (Oregon, 1996)

Whenever I care for a terminally-ill patient, I will give comfort care until natural death. I will also support my patients' wishes not to prolong the dying process with futile care.

Whatever I see or hear in the course of medical practice, I will keep private and confidential. I will always avoid sexual involvement with my patients.

I will always affirm and guard these ethical principles with integrity, recognizing that every human life is inherently valuable.