Beowulf Code
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The Beowulf Code is a code of ethics for medical practictioners within the Honorverse (the setting of many science fiction stories by David Weber). It is similar to the Hippocratic Oath.
The Beowulf Code originated on the planet Beowulf, in the Sigma Draconis system. The planet is renown for its medical establishment. Its practictioners developed a code of ethics in the wake of Earth's Final War. It supplants the Hippocratic Oath in the Honor Harrington universe.
One of the provisions of the code is Practitioner-Patient Confidentiality. However this clause has stipulations on circumstances where Confidentiality can be involuntarily violated, or can be waived by one party without consent of the other party.
